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
Identifyeach of the following items as either a broad topic, narrowed idea, or research question.
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Political Correctness
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What are three ways to resolve conflict in order to maintain a healthy relationship?
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Communication
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What are three reasons factory farming hurts animals or the environment?
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Business Ethics
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Technology
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What are three reasons why pre-employment drug testing can reduce turnover or violate employees' rights?
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Education
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What are three ways to reduce health care costs?
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Incarceration
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What are three challenges faced by military families?
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Social Media
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Homeschooling
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Psychology
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What are three reasons why online learning is as good as face-to-face learning?
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Part 2: Topic Selection and Discussion
Review the table below, and select a broad topic, anarrowed idea within that broad topic, and the research question associated with that narrowed idea. No other topics will be accepted.
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Broad Topic
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Narrowed Idea
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Research Question
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Communications & English
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Conflict Management
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What are three ways to resolve conflict in order to maintain a healthy relationship?
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Public Relations
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What are three ways negative press can actually lead to a celebrity's success?
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Biology & Environmental Science
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Space Exploration
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What are three benefits to humanity of space exploration?
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Renewable Energy
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What are three forms of renewable energy that need to be better implemented?
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Business & Management (incl. Accounting & Human Resources)
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Customer Complaints
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What are three improvements that businesses can learn from their customers' complaints?
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E-Commerce
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What are three reasons why e-commerce completely replaced traditional business sales methods?
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Criminal Justice & Security
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Background Checks
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What are three reasons why background checks should be required for all employees at all companies?
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Identity Theft
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What are three ways that people can protect themselves from identity theft?
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Education
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Bilingual Education
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What are three reasons schools should start offering more bilingual education?
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Arts Education
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What are three reasons arts education should be required in all levels of K-12 education?
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Healthcare
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Health Care Technology
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What are three waystechnology has influenced health care in the last 10 years?
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Obesity
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What are three ways the government can help solve the obesity problem in America?
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Psychology
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Children and Sports
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What are three benefits to children who play sports?
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Work and Family
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What are three family-friendly measures companies can use to make workers more productive and happy?
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Technology
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Children and Technology
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What are three reasons technology helps or hinders development in a child?
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Technology and Productivity
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What are three ways technology has made us more/less productive at work?
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Respond to the prompts below in a minimum total of 175 words.
- Identify thebroad topic, narrowed idea, and research question you selected and explain why you chose them.
- What interests you academically or personally about your selections?