Possible Research Topics

ARTS

3-D Stage Design

Aesthetics
Atlantis (Reality/Myth)
Censorship of the Arts
Christian Artists in a Secular Marketplace
Copyright Infringement Concerning Sound Recordings
First Things First 2000 (a design manifesto)
Motion Picture Association of America
Mozart Effect
Musicians and Unions
Music Lyrics
-Effects on Young People
-Rating System For
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Painting Restoration
Period Music and Period Instruments
Piano Improvisation
Protecting the Intentions of Playwrites
Religious Art
Solutions to Art Forgery
Traditional Methods Replaced by Computers

BUSINESS

Advertising
-Alcohol
-Legibility of Typography
-Questionable Strategies
Acquisitions and Mergers and the U.S. Economy
Affirmative Action
-Unconstitutional
Agricultural Economy
Anti-trust Policy
Asia
-Economic Crisis
Auditing Standards
Bankruptcy laws
Benefits of American Companies Not Expanding Internationally
Big Six Auditing Practices
Business Ethics
Computer Use Monitoring
Consumer Power
Corporate Downsizing
Corporate Responsibility

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Credit Card Debt
Employee Benefits
Euro
Free Trade
Glass Ceiling
Government Restrictions on Chemical Industry Because of Pollution
Hostile Corporate Takeovers
International Monetary Funds
Internet sales
Monopolies
-DOJ vs. Microsoft
Necessity of Employee Safety Programs
Outsourcing of U.S. Jobs
Personal Information
-Businesses (Selling or Exchanging)
Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) as a Worthy Investment
Sexual Harassment
Software Sharing
Sweatshops
Site Based Management
Telecommuting
Tobacco Advertising
-Ban
-Targeting Children
-Tobacco Lawsuits
Trade Unions
Value-Added Tax
White Collar Crime and Computers

COMMUNICATION

Adverse Effects of Modern Media Comedy

Communication Decency Act
Community Journalism
Fairness Doctrine
Freedom of the Press vs. Rights to Privacy of Individuals
-To Investigate and Report
Genderlects
Hate Speech
Intergender Communication
Inter-Personal Communication
-Electronic Mediated Communication
Journalistic Ethics
-Deception in Investigative Reporting
-Manipulation of the Public
-War Reporting
Media Propaganda
News Media
-Affect on Elections

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 -Racism
Relationship Development
Role of Christian Broadcasting
Subliminal Communication
Tabloid Journalism
Television
-Affects on Children Who Watch Too Much
-Affects of its Language on Children
-Affects of its Violence in Cartoons
-Affects of its Violence on Children
-Affects on Creativity
-As Bonding Tool Between Parents and Children
-Image of Women
-In the Court Room
-Individual Rights of People
-Issues of Decency
-Necessity of the 24 hr. Indecency Act for Public Television
Video games
-Violence

CRIME

Anti-Crime bill
Capital Punishment
Child Testimonies in Sexual Abuse Cases
Child Abuse
Counseling sex criminals and victims
Death Penalty
-Insanity Plea
FBI/CIA Power Abuses
Foster Care Reform
Juvenile Crime Bill
Juvenile Delinquency
-Correction System
-Geographical Influences
-Parental Influences
-Some should be tried as adults
Parole
Police Brutality
Pornography
Prison Fellowship Ministries
Prisons
Rehabilitation programs
Utility of Curfews

ECONOMICS

Causes of Inflation
China

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 -MFN
-World Trade Organization
Economic Consequences of Easy Credit
Economic Effects of Early Retirement
Effects of Increased Taxes on the Federal Deficit
Estate Taxes
Farm Crisis
Federal Income Tax codes
Flat Tax
Global Recession and U.S. Trade
Japan Trade Agreement
Justification for Increased Government Involvement
Minimum Wage
NAFTA's Effects on Small Businesses
Predictions on NAFTA
Predictions on GATT
Protectionism vs. Free Trade Policies
Right-To-Work Laws
Russia’s Instability
U.S. Economic Sanctions and Foreign Relations
Welfare to Work Programs

EDUCATION

Ability Grouping
-Alternatives to
-Pros and Cons
Academic Standards
Acceleration (Skipping a grade)
Achievement
-Effects of Child’s Socio-Economic Status
Advanced Placement Program
At Risk Students
Attention Deficit Disorder
-Hyperactivity
Bilingual Education
-Individualized Instruction in ESL Education
-Second Language Teachers Need to be Aware of Cultural Patterns
Block scheduling
-In High School
Bush’s Education Plan
Censorship
-In the Classroom
-In the Library
-In Textbook Selection
-Of Creationism
-Of High School Newspapers
-Of the Internet
Charter Schools

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 -As Agents of Reform
Christian School or Public School
Christians in the Public Schools
Class Size
Creation in the Public Schools
Educational Interactive Media
-Overuse
ESL
-Focus on Student’s Ability to Make Themselves Understood vs. Precision and Accuracy
Evaluation
Falsifying Research
Foreign Languages
-Impact on ESL Students
-Immersion Method
Fraternities and College Life
Giftedness
Graduation Standards
High-Stakes Academic Testing
Inclusion Policy in Education
Junior High
-Grades 6-8 or 7-9
-Middle School Curriculum
Kindergarten
-Full or Half Day
Magnet Schools
Math Education
-Use of Technology
Mainstreaming
-Autistic Children
-Of ADHD students
-Alternative Treatments
-Behavior Modification
-Overdiagnosed
-Use of Ritalin
-Severely Handicapped Students
Montessori Education
Multicultural Education
Music Education
-Funding
-Incorporation of Religious Types in Public Education
-Therapy
-Suzuki and Kodaly Music Teaching Methods
-Value of
Negative Effects of Corporal Punishment in the Schools
Outcome-based Education
Parental Involvement in Education
Prayer in Public Schools
Pre-Schools
-Academic vs. Non-academic

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 -Learning Centers vs. Direct Instruction
Private v. Public Funding
Public vs. Private Post-secondary Education
Reform
-Goals 2000
-Profile of Learning
Religion in Public Schools
Role of Computer Automation
-Changes because of
School-Based Child Care
School Curriculum and Parents Role
School Choice/Open Enrollment
School-to-Work Opportunities Act
School Vouchers
-Should not be used for private education
Segregation of Students with AIDS
Sex Education
-Abstinence-Only Approach
-Distribution of Contraceptives
-In Elementary Schools
-Parents' Role
Sexual Harassment in Schools
Single-Gender Education
Social Promotion
Standardized Tests
Teacher Unions
Teacher Certification as a Valid Qualification
-Alternatives
Teacher Education
Technology
-Overuse
Uncertified Teachers
Values in the Public School Curriculum
Year-Round Education
Whole language and/or Phonics
Zero Tolerance

ENGLISH/LITERATURE
Authorship of Shakespeare
Censorship
-Of Literature
Charlotte Bronte
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Huck Finn Controversies

HEALTH

Alternative Medical Treatments for Cancer

Animal Experimentation

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Biological Control in Disease Prevention
Biological terrorism
Carbohydrate vs. Protein Diet
Contraceptives
Diet for Competitive Athletes
Ethical Concerns
-Somatic-Cell Germ Therapy
-Stem Cell Research
Fetal Tissue Research
Food Guide Pyramid
Health Care Reform
Herbs
-Therapeutic Use
Hypnotism
Invitro Fertilization
Legalizing Marijuana
Midwifery
Performance Enhancing Drugs
-Creatine, Androstenedoine
Physicians
-Sleep Deprivation
Prayer
-Healing Power of
Steroid Use
-Decriminalization of
Surrogate Mothers
Treatment of Veterans in VA Hospitals
Vitamins
-Accuracy of the Minimum Daily Requirements
-Comparison of Synthetic and Natural
-Validity of Megavitamin Therapy

HISTORY

A-Bomb Was Necessary

Abuses Against Native Americans Initiated by Christopher Columbus
Allies’ Decision not to Bomb Auschwitz in WWII
Archaeologists, Native Americans and Human Remains
Basis for the Atlantis
Battle of Dunkirk
Cause of the Hindenburg Disaster
Construction of the Egyptian Pyramids
Construction of Stonehenge
Controversies Concerning the Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Controversies Concerning the Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy
Coregency 18th Dynasty Egypt
Date of the Exodus

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Ellis Island and the Americanization of Last Names
Emancipation Proclamation – A Politically Savvy Move But Not What the War Was Fought Over
George Washington
Holocaust?
Impact of World War II on Anti-Semitic Attitudes
Jonestown Tragedy
Necessity of the Preservation of Historic Architecture
Ronald Reagan’s Methods for Ending the Cold War
Roosevelt's Foreknowledge of Pearl Harbor
Rosenberg Guilt
Significance of the Battle of Vicksburg vs. The Battle of Gettysburg
Thomas Jefferson’s Faith
Treatment of Native Americans
US Foreknowledge of the Sinking of the Lusitania
WWII
-Propoganda
-Nazi Confiscated Art Returned to Original Families

POLITICS

Arms Control
-Its Future Direction
-Barriers to its Success
Campaign Financing
Civil Liberty vs. National Security
Constitution
-Interpretation of
Electoral College/Voting Procedure
English as the National Language
Federal Budget
-How to Balance It
Gun Control
-Effect on Violent Crime
Health Care Reform
-Effects on Retirement
-Quality of Medical Care
Homosexuality
-Justification for Discrimination
-Role in the Military
Immigration Policy
-Illegal Immigration
-Mexican immigration should be increased
-Proposition 187 -- Health Care, Etc. to Illegal Immigrants
Income Tax
-Effectiveness as a Source of Government Income
-Flat Tax
-Its Discrimination Against Certain People Groups
Justification for Foreign Aid

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Lobbying
-Its Abuses
-Its Positive Rule
NATO
-Should Eastern Block Countries be Allowed to join?
Palestinian Autonomous Rule
Political Correctness
Presidential Impeachment
Public Housing
Regulations to Protect Minors in Third World Countries
Social Security (Privatization)
Trade Embargo with Cuba
Trade Policies
Trade Restrictions
-US Should Stop Using as a Weapon
United Nations
U.S. Military Spending
U.S. Peacekeeping Role in Somalia
Validity of Public Opinion Polls
War Powers Act
-Is it Constitutional?
Welfare Reform

PSYCHOLOGY

Assisted Suicide
Best Therapy for Abused Children
-Art Therapy
Best Therapy for the Terminally Ill
Best Therapy for Grief Sufferers
Breaking Cycle of Intergenerational Abuse
Causes of Suicide
Christian Psychologists
Confidentiality in Counseling
-Breaking
Counseling for Demonic Possession
-Misconceptions of
Depression Therapies
Dream Interpretation as Therapy
-Validity of Dreams
Drug Treatments
Eating Disorders
Effects of Pornography
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Environment vs. Heredity as the Source of Intelligence
False Memory Syndrome
Gambling
Group Home Issues
Healing Power of Music

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Maslow’s Model of “Hierarchy of Needs”
Military to Civilian Psychological Adjustments
Multiple Personality Disorder
Music Therapy
-With Physical and Mental Ailments
Psychological Impact of Abortion
Reality of Extrasensory Perception
Reliability of Repressed Memories
Roger’s Theory in Christian Counseling
Social Effects of Overcrowding
The Utility of Hypnosis
Thought Field Therapy
Treatments of ADHD
Use of Prozac
Validity of I.Q. Tests

RELIGION

Astrology
-Effects of Belief in it
-Its Scientific Basis
Archaeology vs. Native American Religion
Bible and Science
Bible Code
Biblical Flood Story
Canon
-Changing for Multicultural Concerns
Catholic Doctrine
Causes of Religious Intolerance
Charismatics
Christian Education
Christian Peace Movement
Christian Scientists
-Should be Prosecuted for the Preventable Deaths of Their Children
Church in Postmodern America
Contemporary Church Music
Cross Over Christian Artists
Darwinism
Divorce and Remarriage
Egyptian Pyramids
Ethics of Birth Control
Evangelism
-Comic Books
Evolution vs. Creationism
Exculsivist Theology
Fasting
Focus of Control & Christian Life
Great Awakening
Hebrews

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 -Study Within Context
Homosexuality
-Christian Response
Humanism and Religion
Integrity of Church Leadership
Intelligent Design (Creation)
Islam in the U.S
Israel Belongs to the Hebrews
Liability of Churches for Abuses Committed by Lay People
Lifestyle Evangelism in the Workplace
Lordship Salvation
Meaning-based Bible Translation
Messianic Jews as Christian and Jew
Missions
-Cooperation of National and Western Missions
-Cultural Morals vs. Biblical Morals (ie.usge of alcohol, bribery)
-Long-term vs. Short-term
-Western Missions World Responsibilities
Modern Tongues
Position of Mary in the Catholic Church
Racism in the Church
-Church Integration Should be a Deliberate Church Policy
Reasons for Increased Cult Participation
Religious Freedom in the US is under Attack
Role of Syncretism in Religion
Seeker Sensitive Churches
Social Drinking
South Africa
-Role of Church in Reconciliation
Spiritual Gifts
Suicide and Salvation
Televangelism
Temple Mount
Youth Leadership
-Generation “X” and Generation 2000
Youth Ministry
-Curriculum and Paradigms
Women in Ministry

SOCIETY

Adoption
-As a Solution to Children Having Children
-Do Procedures Hinder Good Adoptions?
-Lesbian/Gay Adoptions
-Multi-Ethnic Adoptions
-Connect to Culture of Origin
-Returning Children to Biological Parents After Having Been Removed
-In the Case of Abuse or Neglect

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Alcoholism
-Comparisons of Rehabilitation Methods
-Effects on Mental Health
-Heredity vs. Environment
-Effects on the Economy
Assisted Suicide
Benefits of Open Adoption
Causes of the World Food Crisis
Corporal Punishment on Children
Criminal Profiling Through Deductive Rather than Inductive Methods
Dating
Day Care
Divorce Can Be Beneficial for Children
Effects of World Population Growth
Equal Opportunity
Euthanasia
Family Preservation Policy
Famine & Hunger
Fathers
-Role in Child Development
Foster Care
Geriatric Prisons
Growing Old in America
Hate Groups
Homosexuality
-Causes of
-Christian Response
-Parenting
-Rights (Legislation)
Legalizing Drugs
Mentally Handicapped
-Caring For
Moral Decline in America
-A Result of Parent’s Neglect in Teaching Moral Principles
Native American Concerns
-Fishing Rights
-Gaming
Obsolescence of the Family
Parental Consent of Minors' Abortions
Parental Liability
Parenting Styles
-Influence on Future Violence in Children
Public Library Internet Censorship
Racial Problems Within the Armed Forces
Refugees
-Effects on the Domestic Economy
-Should be Required to Learn English
-Solutions
Restorative Justice

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Reverse Racism
Rock Music
-Effects of violent, sexually perverse music
Sanctions on South Africa
Sex Offenders
Social Programs for Teen Mothers
Social Security
-Privatizing
-Solutions to Bankruptcy
Separation of Church and State
State-Run Lotteries
Teenagers
-Responsibility of Parents in Reducing Violence

SPORTS & RECREATION

Academic Standards for Athletes

Athletes and Blood Doping
Coaches Need to Focus on the Development of Child Athletes Rather Than Winning
Changing Environment in College Sports
Democratic Coaching Methods
Effects of Sports Role Models on Society
Effects of Steroid Use
Ethics of Violent Sports
-HIV Testing
Gender Equity in Sports
Head Injuries in Contact Sports
NCAA Leniency
Parks
-as a Necessity
-Solutions to Increased Popularity and Overuse
Salary Caps for Professional Athletes
Sociological Effects of "Big Business" Sports

TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT

Animal Experimentation
-Cloning
Automotive Emissions Controls and Laws
Biological and Chemical Weapons
-Should US Intervene in the Production of?
Cloning of Humans
Computer Use
-Monitoring
Dangers Associated with Developing Artificial Intelligence
Digital Images
-Copyright
Endangered Species
Environmental Preservation Needs

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Ethics of Organ Transplants
Feasibility of Geothermal Energy
Garbage & Recycling
Genetic Research
-Agriculture
-Effects on the Legal System
-Safety and Ethical Concerns
Internet Privacy
Logging Public Lands
Milk Producers and BST
Nuclear Energy
Pollution
Possible Realities of Science Fiction
Protecting Federal Lands from Development
Reality of Global Warming
Replacing Fossil Fuels
The Necessity of Mass Transit Systems
The Future of Solar Energy
Utility of the U.S. Space Program
Validity of UFO's
Validity of Municipal Fresh Water Contamination Claims

WOMEN

Executives
Feminist Movement Contrasted with Christian Doctrine
Image of Women
-in Advertising
-on TV
Physical Self-Defense of Battered Women
Retaliation of Battered Women
Women in the Workplace
-Glass Ceiling
-Negative Effects of Day care
Women in Combat
Women's Rights and Pornography

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