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How to Choose a Topic for an Essay – Tips for Social Sciences and Humanities Students
Posted by admin in Social Sciences on November 15, 2011
College students tasked with choosing their own topic for an essay or term paper are usually at a loss given the multitude of issues and topics that they can choose from. Not knowing where to begin can be a cumbersome problem that leads to unnecessary delays. The following useful tips aim to lessen the burden that students majoring in the humanities and social sciences have to contend with when choosing a topic for an essay/report that they need to submit in class.
Tip#1
As a college student, develop the mindset that your professor will, sooner or later, ask you to write an essay which is likely to be more than 3 pages long. Think of it as part of college life aside from the tests and exams and perhaps, the booze and parties. Inevitably, you need to be keen about the different topics and issues discussed in class because it is likely that you’ll be asked to work on any one of them for a term paper or essay.
Tip#2
Understand your own interests and the issues you are currently dealing with or have dealt with in relation to the different topics and issues discussed in class. Using your personal experiences and interests and turning them into a topic for a term paper or essay (as long as they are related to the course) is a goldmine and helps you gain insight to something personal. Also, working on a topic that is close to your heart helps in keeping your motivation high. Students who end up dissatisfied and unmotivated to finish their term paper are those who are not really happy about the topic they chose to work on. Read the rest of this entry »
Should I Study Any of the Social Sciences in College?
Posted by admin in Social Sciences on November 15, 2011
Many high school students going onto a four year college have a rather hard time picking out what to study. And you have to admit it is indeed problematic, after all whatever they pick to study will cost them a pretty penny and it better be something that gives them a return on investment if they are to pay off all those student loans right?
So, let us say the student is not really into the sciences, medicine, computers, and chooses to chase a social science degree. This becomes a really tough choice. For instance if they pick history, will they really learn history? History is something that we continually re-write based on politics, power, and control. Victors re-write the history always. And as one person said; “they just re-arrange the piles of crap to keep you on your feet, besides unless you were there, you can’t know.”
Well, how about a degree in law, politics or economics, as there are jobs available and you might actually learn something right? Ha ha ha. Okay, let’s take that premise and consider this. First, Law cannot be learned, oh sure, you can learn some theory and memorize some laws, but it’s constantly changing. And really it’s all gray, never black and white, it just appears to be. Read the rest of this entry »