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Term Paper Topic Ideas

We recognize that choosing a topic for an assignment is sometimes a student's biggest obstacle. That is why we offer the following tips and resources for choosing a topic along with a list of some local issues that might be interesting to you.

Tips for Choosing a Topic

  • Select a topic that appeals to you!
     

  • Choose a topic that fits the assignment that you have been given.
     

  • Consider how difficult will it be to find information on your topic.
     

  • Ask whether or not you have enough time to research the topic.
     

  • Identify the best resources for the topic that you have chosen. For example, if you have chosen a very current topic to research, recent newspaper and magazine articles, television newscasts, and the Internet may be where you will find the bulk of your information.
     

Resources for Term Paper Ideas

Possible Local Topics

Area newspapers, local agencies, and Web sites can be great resources for information on hot topics happening in your own community or state. Here are some "hot" topics in South Carolina:

  • Agriculture Subsidies

  • Artists in SC

  • Blue Laws

  • Car Taxes

  • "Choose Life" License Plates

  • Cigarette Taxes and Restrictions

  • Confederate Flag Issue

  • Drought Conditions

  • Earthquakes

  • Economic Development

  • Education Funding

  • Elections

  • Environment

  • Famous South Carolinians

  • Hazardous Waste

  • Health Issues

  • Heat Conditions

  • Heritage Corridor

  • Highway Safety

  • Hispanic Population

  • Hunting in SC

  • Hurricanes

  • Infant Mortality

  • International Business

  • Jobs

  • Labor Unions

  • Literacy

  • Loggerhead Turtles

  • Lottery

  • Motorcycle Helmets

  • Musicians in SC

  • Nuclear Power Plants

  • Politics

  • Prisons in SC

  • Property Taxes

  • Racial Discrimination

  • Retirees in SC

  • Riverboat Gambling

  • Sales Tax Holidays

  • Security Issues

  • Sports in SC

  • Teacher Pay

  • Technical Education

  • Teenage Pregnancy

  • Toll Roads

  • Tourism

  • Video Poker

 
 

 

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 Last Updated May 02, 2007