Senior Comprehensives, Sample Topics
Class of 2014[edit]
- Abuse in the Garment Industry
- Animal Cruelty in the Food Industry
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Anxiety in High School students
- Child Abuse in Homes and Families
- Corruption in Developed & Developing Countries
- Displaced People in Asia
- Divorce & Its Effect on Children
- Education in Cambodia: effects of the Khmer Rouge and poverty
- Education in South Korea
- Effects of Mining
- Euthanasia
- Game Addiction
- Global Financial Crisis
- Global Resource Depletion
- Heterosexism and Homophobia
- HIV/AIDS in First and Second World Countries
- Homelessness in Japan
- Influence of Media's Representation on Women's Behavior
- Internet Addiction
- Lack of Women's Education in Developing Countries
- Loud Music and its Effect on the Body
- Maternal Mortality in Developing Countries
- Math Anxiety and Its Effect on Learning
- Obesity and its Relationship with Lack of Exercise
- Poverty in Korea due to Education
- Poverty in the Philippines
- Private Militaries
- Public Education in the United States
- Racism in Media: Muslims in the U.S. Media
- Relationship Between Bullying and PTSD
- Sex Trafficking
- Sexual Objectification
- Social and Emotional Impact of Learning Disability
- Teen Drug Use
- Teen's Strive for Perfection
- Teenage Celebrity Obsession
- The Human Cost of Technological Advancement
- The Importance of Early Diagnosis in ADD/ADHD
- The Obesogenic Environment
- Water Scarcity and Its Effect on Women
- Worship
- Wrongful Convictions
Class of 2013[edit]
- Abortion and Disregard for Human Life
- America Depression in Adolescence
- Bulimia
- Bullying
- Challenges Faced by Children with Learning Disabilities.
- Child Abuse
- Child Labor in the Coffee and Chocolate Industries
- Child Marriage and Women’s Rights
- Child Soldiers
- Cognitive and Communicational Differences between Males and Females with Hope of Ameliorating the Situation of Severe Misunderstanding Between the Two Genders
- Depression and Suicide in Japan
- Destructive Cultism
- Disability Discrimination Specifically in Japan
- Discrimination Against Students with ADHD
- Divorce and Effects on Children
- Drug abuse
- Education in Poor and Developing Countries
- Education of Kids with Disabilities
- Education: Curing the Creativity Crisis
- Effects of Divorce on Children
- Electromagnetic Radiation of the Mobile-Phone
- Euthanasia
- Health Care Issues
- HIV/AIDS Discrimination in South Africa
- How to Face Anorexia
- Illiteracy and Its Effect on Poverty in the Philippines
- Lack of Eye Care in Developing Countries
- Learning Disabilities
- Low Self-confidence
- Media Addictions Leading to Hikikomori
- Media Effect on Teenage Body Image Leading to Eating Disorders
- Men's Response to Sexual Oppression/Child Sex Slavery
- Obesity
- Organ Trafficking Around the World
- Performance-enhancing Drug Usage
- Plastic Pollution in the Ocean
- Poverty in Third World Countries Focusing on Kenya as an Example
- Poverty in Indonesia
- Poverty in Third World Countries such as Nepal
- Sex-trafficking in India
- Sleep Problems for Youth and the Dangers of Energy Drinks
- Social Media Depression
- Teen Gangs
- Violence in Music
- Yakuza Organized Crime Group
Class of 2012[edit]
- Abandoned Children/Orphans
- ADHD and Education
- Animal Abuse and Domestic Violence
- Animal Testing
- Anorexia and Bulimia
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Brand Piracy
- Bullying
- Child Displacement
- Child Labor in the Cocoa Industry
- Child Obesity Epidemic
- Childhood Obesity and Nutrition
- Corporate Influence on Media Bias
- Disabled
- Divorce Effects on Children
- Drug Lag
- Earth Buried in Trash: Landfills
- Eating Disorder
- Effects of Coral Extinction on Marine Environment
- Emergence of Cyber Warfare
- Environmental Issues in the Fashion Industry
- Euthanasia: The Right to Die
- Health Issues with Tobacco
- Homelessness in Japan
- Honor Killings of Women in Muslim Societies
- Illegal Immigration Slavery in the USA
- Israel-Palestine Conflict Today
- Karoshi: Death of a Salaryman
- Living with Autism: People’s Judgmental Glance
- Mass Media’s Effect on Body Image
- Media Influence on Youth
- Nuclear Proliferation
- Obesity in Geriatrics
- Organized Crime: Yakuza
- Physical and Psychological Problems Associated with Adolescent Cosmetic Surgery
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- PTSD in Disaster Area Children
- Racial Media Bias
- Sedentary Lifestyles
- Suicide in Japan
- The Christian Response to Homosexuality
- Video Game Addiction
- Violence and Hate Crimes against the Mentally
- Voluntary Prostitution
- White Supremacism & Racial Hate in North America
- Women’s Rights in the Middle East
Class of 2011[edit]
- Abortion and the Alternatives
- Aids Orphans in South Afrtica
- Challenges of Air Pollution Due to Transportation
- Challenges of Hunger in Bangladesh
- Challenges of the Deaf
- Child Abuse
- Child Labor in Thailand
- Childhood Obesity in Developed Countries
- Children Slavery in the Ivory Coast
- Children Soldiers in Africa
- Cyberspace Addiction
- Discrimination Against the Romani Minority Group in Europe
- Disempowerment of Women through Religion
- Domestic Environment which Encourages Child Abuse and Possible Treatment Strategies
- Dyslexia
- Educating Girls in the Developing World
- Effects of Smoking
- Elderly Integration into Japanese Society
- Ethical Issues on Criminal Justice
- Female Genital Mutilation
- Food Fraud
- High School Dropouts
- Human Trafficking in Third World Countries
- Lack of Safe Drinking Water in Rural Areas of Developing Countries
- Materialistic Consumerism and Compensated Dating
- Math Anxiety and its Roots in Early Education
- Multinational Corporations and Violation of Human Rights the Issues of Advertising
- Negative Stereotypes/ Labeling Against Learning Disabilities
- Obesity and the American Diet
- Performance Enhancing Drugs and Methods
- Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports
- Poor Nutrition in School Aged Children in North America
- Post Colonization and Apartheid in South Africa
- Propagation of AED (Automated External Defibrillator)
- Sexual Molestation in Schools and Their Psychological Effect on an Individual
- Slavery in West Africa
- Stereotypes and Its Psychological Effect on People
- Street Children in Romania
- Teacher Trouble Why Ineffective Teaching Persists in High Poverty Schools
- Teenage Drug Abuse
- The Calamity of Divorce
- The Connection between Depression and Suicide
- The Effects of Unhealthy Family Relationships on Society
- The Family Structure and Teenage Alcoholism
- Tropical Deforestation
- Unintended Teenage Preganancy (Protect the One You Love)
- Victimization of Muslim Women (Female Terrorism)