The phrase "select the topic" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to ask someone to choose a topic for discussion or assignment. For example, "Please select the topic for your essay."
However, you may select the topic of the course based on your interests.
For the final week of class, students will select the topic.
For example, if students select the topic of species extinction, they might wish to pursue only the topic of commercial sturgeon extinction.
In their first year, a PMP class would select the topic that interested them most — the so-called Public Management Initiative, or PMI.
The free app, released quietly to the App Store last month, pairs users with "helpful listeners" for short, one-on-one chats on issues ranging from addiction, divorce and family issues to "inspiration" and "everyday life". After signing up for the app with an e-mail address or Facebook account, users select the topic they need to talk about and describe their problem.
Just select the topic and click "Search".
Select the topics relevant to your work from our All Topics page.
After entering your e-mail address, you can select the topics you're interested in learning about.
A difficulty when preparing such elicitation interviews is to select the topics to discuss, so as to avoid missing important information.
At the other end of the continuum, self-regulated learning is available, wherein the students select the topics they want to cover in whatever order they wish.
For example, users could select the topics on which they would like to receive more information, at what time of day, and at what frequency.
