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Sociology Topics

Sociology Topics for Presentations

  1. Are Charter Schools Overrated?
  2. Are Entitlement (Welfare) Programs Creating a Culture of Dependency?
  3. Are Prisons Effective?
  4. Are “Stand Your Ground” Laws an Effective Way to Stop Violent Crime?
  5. Do Americans Need a Common Identity?
  6. Do Religion and Prayer Benefit Health?
  7. Do Video Games Encourage Sexist Behavior?
  8. Do We Have a Population Problem?
  9. Does Immigration Benefit the Economy?
  10. Does the Social Media have a Largely Positive Impact on its users and the Community?
  11. Does the Threat of Terrorism Warrant the Ending of Civil Liberties?
  12. Has Affirmative Action Outlived Its Usefulness?
  13. Has Zero Tolerance Worked?
  14. Is America in Moral Decline?
  15. Is Employer/School Monitoring of Employee Social Media Justified?
  16. Is Gene-Editing of Human Embryos Coming Soon? (crispr)
  17. Is Gentrification Another Form of Segregation?
  18. Is Globalization a Positive Development for the World Community?
  19. Is Humankind Dangerously Harming the Environment?
  20.  Is Increasing Economic Inequality a Serious Problem?
  21. Is Pornography Negative for Society?
  22. Is Racial/Religious Profiling a Defensible Public Policy?
  23. Is Street Crime More Harmful Than White-Collar Crime?
  24. Is the Election Process Fair?
  25. Is There Support for Arming Teachers in Schools?
  26. Is Torture Ever Justified?
  27. Is Universal Basic Income the Safety Net of the Future?
  28. Should Biotechnology Be Used to Alter and Enhance Humans?
  29. Should Children of Undocumented Immigrants have a path to US Citizenship (dream act)?
  30. Should Corporations Be Allowed to Finance Political Campaigns (citizens united)?
  31. Should Doctor Assisted Suicide Be Legalized for the Terminally Ill?
  32. Should Laws against Drug Use Remain Restrictive?
  33. Should Prostitution/Sex Work Be Legal?
  34. Should the Government be able to Decide Who Can Have Children?
  35. Should the Government Provide National Health Insurance?
  36. Should the Minimum Wage be Increased?
  37. Should There be Net Neutrality?
  38. Should Trans Individuals be able to Compete in Collegiate Sports/Olympic Games?
  39. Should There Be a “Wall of Separation” Between Church and State?
  40. Should We Abolish the Death Penalty?
  41. Will the Fourth Industrial Revolution (automation/robots) Bring About a Wonderful World?
  42. Will the World be Able to Feed Itself in the Foreseeable Future?

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