Universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student's field of study.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be

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Universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student's field of study.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.

In addition to choosing a primary field of study, university students should be required to take a variety of classes, to expand their breadth of knowledge.

University students who take courses outside of their primary field of study develop a broader base of knowledge, and this can greatly supplmenent their career prospects. One of the main purposes of attending university is to prepare for careers in industry, and although it is important to develop a specialization, solely focusing one's time in college in one field is oftentimes insufficient. In the modern world, most jobs do not only require a single skill, or knowledge in a single field. For example, to prepare for a career in software engineering, students often major in computer science, which provides the foundations for this industry. However, in addition to a core background in computer science, software engineers must also have strong communication skills to write documents or present ideas to a group. Thus, in order to prepare for this area, universities should encourage students to not only focus on completing a computer science major, but also hone their writing and communication skills through classes selected from the humanities.

Those who disagree with the idea that universities should require students to take breadth classes outside of their main field of study may argue that depth, rather than breadth, is the best way to prepare individuals for their careers. By focusing on one specific field, students can specialize, and become an expert in that area. Career specialization can be beneficial because it may be valuable to employers, and lead to higher paying jobs, and is sometimes inevitable over the course of one's careers. Nevertheless, specializing too much in a particular field, especially as students, can be quite risky. Changes in the economy, for example, through technological innovation, may results in certain sectors to decline, and individuals who have deeply specialized in an area may be without a job and have difficulty adapting to a changing career landscape. By developing a broad base of knowledge, through courses outside of a student's primary field of study, students can better prepare for their long-term career. Even if studying these areas don't reap immediate benefits, a broader background reduces long-term career risk.

Though it is important for students to develop expertise in their field of study, universities should also require students to take courses in other subjects. A broader education base not only better prepares students for the interdisciplinary requirements of modern jobs, but also improves one's ability to work long-term.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, may, nevertheless, so, thus, as to, for example, in addition

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 19.5258426966 56% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.4196629213 113% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 14.8657303371 81% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 11.3162921348 62% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 19.0 33.0505617978 57% => OK
Preposition: 66.0 58.6224719101 113% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 12.9106741573 85% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2269.0 2235.4752809 101% => OK
No of words: 420.0 442.535393258 95% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.40238095238 5.05705443957 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.52701905584 4.55969084622 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.01656048973 2.79657885939 108% => OK
Unique words: 205.0 215.323595506 95% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.488095238095 0.4932671777 99% => OK
syllable_count: 707.4 704.065955056 100% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 6.24550561798 16% => OK
Article: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 9.0 1.77640449438 507% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 10.0 4.38483146067 228% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 20.2370786517 79% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 26.0 23.0359550562 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 48.5096639856 60.3974514979 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 141.8125 118.986275619 119% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.25 23.4991977007 112% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.25 5.21951772744 101% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.24840703812 0.243740707755 102% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0996404011749 0.0831039109588 120% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0871929522433 0.0758088955206 115% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.199630853649 0.150359130593 133% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0452842040718 0.0667264976115 68% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.1 14.1392134831 121% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 36.63 48.8420337079 75% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.6 12.1743820225 120% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.34 12.1639044944 118% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.91 8.38706741573 106% => OK
difficult_words: 106.0 100.480337079 105% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 11.8971910112 118% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 11.2143820225 111% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.7820224719 127% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:

para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.


Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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