Do course projects involving human subjects require IRB approval?

Not usually. Course-related research projects usually are limited in scope, do not lead to generalizable knowledge and are not undertaken with that goal in mind. These projects are considered classroom exercises and are not subject to review by the IRB.

(Please refer to rfcuny.org/ResCompliance/Student_Researc... more detail.) However, the course instructor must have completed the CUNY Computer-Based Training Program for Human Subjects Protection before he or she can decide whether an assigned classroom exercise qualifies as "research practica". More.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.