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Topic Selection Worksheet

Complete Parts 1 and 2 of this worksheet. This assignment is the first step in writing your Final Essay assignment, due in Week 5.

Part 1: Topics, Ideas, and Research Questions

Identify each of the following items as either a broad topic, narrowed idea, or research question.

Item

Response

Political Correctness

What are three ways to resolve conflict in order to maintain a healthy relationship?

Communication

What are three reasons factory farming hurts animals or the environment?

Business Ethics

Technology

What are three reasons why pre-employment drug testing can reduce turnover or violate employees’ rights?

Education

What are three ways to reduce health care costs?

Incarceration

What are three challenges faced by military families?

Social Media

Homeschooling

Psychology

What are three reasons why online learning is as good as face-to-face learning?

Part 2: Topic Selection and Discussion

Review the table below, and select a broad topic, a narrowed idea within that broad topic, and the research question associated with that narrowed idea. No other topics will be accepted.

Broad Topic

Narrowed Idea

Research Question

Communications & English

Conflict Management

What are three ways to resolve conflict in order to maintain a healthy relationship?

Public Relations

What are three ways negative press can actually lead to a celebrity’s success?

Biology & Environmental Science

Space Exploration

What are three benefits to humanity of space exploration?

Renewable Energy

What are three forms of renewable energy that need to be better implemented?

Business & Management (incl. Accounting & Human Resources)

Customer Complaints

What are three improvements that businesses can learn from their customers’ complaints?

E-Commerce

What are three reasons why e-commerce completely replaced traditional business sales methods?

Criminal Justice & Security

Background Checks

What are three reasons why background checks should be required for all employees at all companies?

Identity Theft

What are three ways that people can protect themselves from identity theft?

Education

Bilingual Education

What are three reasons schools should start offering more bilingual education?

Arts Education

What are three reasons arts education should be required in all levels of K-12 education?

Healthcare

Health Care Technology

What are three ways technology has influenced health care in the last 10 years?

Obesity

What are three ways the government can help solve the obesity problem in America?

Psychology

Children and Sports

What are three benefits to children who play sports?

Work and Family

What are three family-friendly measures companies can use to make workers more productive and happy?

Technology

Children and Technology

What are three reasons technology helps or hinders development in a child?

Technology and Productivity

What are three ways technology has made us more/less productive at work?

Respond to the prompts below in a minimum total of 175 words.

· Identify the broad topic, narrowed idea, and research question you selected and explain why you chose them.

· What interests you academically or personally about your selections?

<Enter a response of at least 175 words here.>

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