"To specify the topic" means to provide specific, clear details or instructions about what the subject or focus of a conversation, discussion, or writing should be. Full definition
Planning 2015 quarterly meetings with specified topics offered at each meeting. (nar.realtor)
The call doesn't specify topics of interest or a budget; a CNRS spokesperson says that part of CNRS's $ 10 million budget for interdisciplinary projects may be used. (sciencemag.org)
So, when teachers do not specify topics for a research paper, they do not mean to confuse you somehow but rather to teach you make the right decision so that it would result in your entire success. (customwritingservices.org)