This task asks you to choose your research topic and formulate at least 3 research questions to get you started. I encourage you to use the class slides to help you if you get stuck. You can find them here.
This assignment should take you 1-2 hours to complete and it is due before class on Tuesday, 3/2.
Assignment Directions
Part 1: Choose a topic and then answer the following questions:
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- What is your topic?
- Why did you choose this topic?
- What do you want to learn about this topic?
- Why do you want to learn about this?
- What information will help you learn this?
- Where are you going to look to find this information?
Part 2: Write 3-5 research questions you will use to begin the process.
Leave a comment: Post your answers to Part 1 and Part 2 below.
Part 1:
My topic is how does virtual traveling experience help to broaden our horizon. I choose this topic because I would like to explore how people interact with each other even though we speak different languages and have different backgrounds. Even though people can’t go out for now, they still can explore the world with simple clicks on their phone. In the end, I want to learn how traveling form who we are (Origin) because our ancestors used to move to different places and form their own cultures. I would like to find the similarities and differences among cultures and promote cultures to people who might be interested. I think knowing the world trends can help me better knowing about my topic as well as papers relate to anthropology and geography. I will go to Baruch library and find how scholars think traveling can help the development of human cultures.
Part 2:
1) How does traveling help people to discover new lifestyles and development of personal characteristics?
2) What is the connections between traveling and interactions among people?
3) How does internet help and change the way we travel to a place?
4) How does virtual traveling experience ( Gamification) help people managing through COVID?
Part 1
The topic I choose is the effect of myopia in modern society. The reason why I chose this topic is due to the fact that nearsightedness is such a common problem in today’s world, but it has not always been that way. I want to learn about the effects this change in eye health has affected society as a whole. I wanted to learn about this because there is always this concept that a person with glasses is always nerdy, which I think is not really true. The information that will help me learn about this topic is to look into research papers and articles related to this topic. To obtain this information, I would use the Baruch Library database to find resources for my research.
Part 2
1. How has the rise of the internet affected the way society views myopia?
2. How does being nearsighted affect an individual’s way of life in society?
3. What are the connections between being nearsighted and its effects on society as a whole?
4. How has being nearsighted affect a person’s view of society as a whole?
5. How has myopia affected the young generation on how they view its connection with society?
My topic will be about COVID-19 pandemic. I choose this topic because it is the issue that most people in the world are worrying about currently, and there are more than million people had died from this pandemic. I want to learn how this pandemic will end and what are some possible cure for this virus, so that Covid-19 will end earlier and everything will goes back to normal. The information that I need will be how COVID 19 virus were spread and what are some possible cure that are out right now. I will look into database and scientific journals for the information.
1. What are some possible cure for COVID 19?
2. What are some vaccines that are available right now, and their side-effects?
3. What are the syndromes of different age group of people who are infected with the COVID 19 virus?
Part 1:
The topic I choose is Cryptocurrency. The reason I chose this topic is because I remember there was a time where many claim that cryptocurrency is the future. I don’t know much about it right now and I’m interested in knowing what makes people say that and maybe determine how long will it take for it to actually be used in the society.
Part 2:
How is the value of the Cryptocurrency determined?
How has it evolved? (Who started it?) (Who advertised it?)
Does it have a future? How long will it take for society to adopt this system?
Part 1
My topic is going to be about what impact COVID-19 brought on the tourism industry. I chose this topic because the tourism industry is a very important industry that earned a lot of money every year. Traveling is people’s top choice during vacation season. I want to learn how important this industry is. Information like the pre and post COVID period can help me understand this topic. I may find this information in news reports or online.
Part 2
1.What actions or changes does the tourism industry do in order to keep their business going during pandemic?
2.What impact COVID-19 brought on the tourism industry?
3.How traveling, these types of relaxing activities, help our mood during pandemic?
4.Why is it important to keep this industry going?
My topic is surrounding the current COVID 19 virus that is going around. I chose this topic because I wanna learn more about it and it has a major impact in our world right now. I wanna try to learn of possible ways that the COVID could be cured through vaccines and how the COVID itself works in terms of within the body. I can use databases from some major medical sources or science sources in the Baruch Library.
-Is there a possible way of getting rid of the disease once it enters the body like a drone without the body?
-What is in the current cure of the vaccine for COVID and can we increase that power in a certain way?
-How different are each of the existing COVID Vaccines and what do they all have in common and what do these differences make in terms of a stronger cure?
-What is the fundamental way the COVID works as it enters your system, what happens?
Part 1:
My topic is the impact of remote learning. I chose this topic because the epidemic has forced many students, including me, to have remote learning at home. This is something I have never experienced before. I want to know what impact the remote meeting will have on students. I want to find some information about the development of remote learning and how it will affect people. I will use the Baruch library and related websites to help me research.
Part 2:
1. The development of remote learning in the past decade
2. Theimpact of distance learning on students
3. The future of remote learning
Part 1:
My topic is the impact of phobias on college students. I chose this topic because the epidemic forced many students, including me, to study at home. As a result, many students suffer from phobias. I want to learn about the phobias status of college students and find out some information about phobias of college students. I will use the Baruch Library to help me find information.
Part 2:
1. What are the most common phobias of college students?
2. The effect of phobias for college students.
3. How do college students overcome phobias.
Part 1:
The classic definition of Agoraphobia would be the fear of being in a position where there is no source of escape or help available if something goes wrong. Due to the lockdown since March 2020, an increasing number of people are becoming increasingly unfamiliar with daily activities such as going to the grocery store, walking in a park, using the subway, etc; leading people to develop the fear of performing such activities. I chose this topic because I would like to learn more about the psychological effects of covid on people from researching this topic. CUNY colleges are expected to be in person from the fall 2021 term and many freshmen such as myself haven’t even seen the Baruch campus yet. So, I would like to learn more about what possible types of mental effects can covid have on us as we go to college for the first time in our lives as sophomores compared to students before us who got to experience the college environment in their first year of college. I am going to research more about agoraphobia due to covid, ask students who went to college before the pandemic about their college experience, ask freshmen such as myself about their college experience online, etc.
Part 2:
-How has covid affected college students?
-Will the effect of staying home for so long lead freshmen college students to having a different mindset about college than those who got to experience it before the pandemic?
-Is online schooling leading more college students to developing agoraphobia?
Part 1
My topic is how has Covid-19 impacted the world of soccer. I chose this topic because as a soccer fan I can see some obvious influences of the virus on soccer (no fans in the stadiums, severe economic losses of teams, players getting infected with the virus etc.) However, I want to learn more details about these occurrences. I also want to look up if there are more things going on than these listed above. I believe various articles will help me learn more about this topic. I think I can find this information in the Baruch Library Database.
Part 2
1.How are the main institutions of soccer dealing with the current situation of the pandemic?
2.Will there be additional restrictions or will the actual ones change?
3.What is going to happen with the development of teams?
4.What is the opinion of the audience (soccer fans) towards this situation?
Part 1:
My topic is about cov-19 that is going on in the world right now. I chose this topic because I want to know more about the disease that cause the quarantine and how it consider one of the most dangerous disease in the history. I want to learn is there a possible way to curse this disease since it took so long for the scientist in the world to create a effective cure. I want to learn about the cure for the disease because I want know if there is any hope to get out of this quarantine and resolve this pandemic. I would just search on google to get the basic idea of what going on and then use database in Baruch library to find reliable remedies and tests.
Part 2:
1. What combination of material created the cure for cov-19
2. Does the cure have any side effect that we need to be aware of?
3. Is the cure still effective toward the continuously mutating disease?
4. How does the cure work in our body? Is it any different from other medicine?
Part 1:
My topic is myopia existing solutions. I chose this topic to learn more about solutions that are already out there and how we can improve upon it. According to survey results, blindness is one of the top 10 fears for American people. I want to learn about the pros and cons of products and how it affect individuals in our society today for our groups project. I can find these information anywhere, like Google or Baruch’s online library.
Part 2: Write 3-5 research questions you will use to begin the process.
1. How does glasses impact individuals both physically and mentally?
2. How is myopia linked to mental stress?
3. Is lasik worth it? (fear, price, after effects, etc)
Part 1: I would like to base my research on depression. More specifically, how our current life style with the pandemic has caused an increase in people being diagnosed with depression. Last semester I took a psychology course and we briefly touched upon depression. It sparked an interest and I’d like to research more about what depression and how people obtain this mental illness. I’d use information and research from doctors and hospitals.
Part 2:
– How has the pandemic impacted the mental state of young adults?
– Does being alone for a long period of time affect our mental state?
– How does a person become depressed?
Part 1: I would like to choose Agoraphobia to be my topic. Because it has been a whole year since the outbreak of the epidemic. All outdoor and indoor activities were forced to close, including schools. This has caused everyone to self-isolate at home to prevent the spread of the epidemic. The entire year of online classes restricted the normal social interaction of most students, which made many people feel lonely and helpless. This leads to phobias. I hope to learn more about this disease and help more people in need.
Part 2:
How does the epidemic affect people’s mental health?
How to overcome or alleviate the phobia?
What are the consequences of phobia?