The issue whether undergraduate students majoring in Business or in the Science should be required to take any courses in the humanities is a contentious one. Each side of the argument has its own strengths and weaknesses. Nevertheless, making some humanities course mandatory is really beneficial. Therefore, I strongly disagree with the statement and would argue that humanities courses are integral part of human education regardless of which branch of study a student belongs to.
First of all, the study of humanities has been an integral part of human scholarly pursuit. Since the dawn of civilization, humanities subjects which are now divided into subgroups like economics, social science, political science, philosophy had guided the human civilization and helped in many decision making processes. In the twenty first century although the demand for science and technology is skyrocketing, the study of humanities is still relevant. No one is separated from human society no matter how geeky scientist/ inventor he/she might be. A person has to live in the society, abide by its rules, pay taxes etc. The study of humanities informs a student of all these essential knowledges. For example, if an undergraduate student who is majoring in software engineering does not have any knowledge regarding the ethics and laws of cyber security then he/she may be vulnerable to committing cyber crime unwittingly. If the student had proper knowledge regarding the laws of cyber crime then he may not have done so in the first place. Again, many technological inventions have severe implications on the human society. Some inventions although seem promising the short term, may be proven harmful for the humankind in the long term. The study of humanities and ethics help us grow a sense among undergraduate students of this particular scenario. Again, the same can be said about particular business decisions which have far greater implications on the human society. Some business decisions may be harmful to the society, in this context the study of humanities is quite relevant. Moreover, a person regardless of his/her major should have a working knowledge of economics which is very essential for managing finance, understand financial strategies in a particular organization.
Furthermore, apart from apprising social duties and responsibiliities, the study of humanities help a science/ business graduate develop a sense of emotional intelligence which is very crucial in day to day lives. Psychology helps business decision makers in marketing. Philosophy lays the foundation of all branches of knowledge including science. In fact, many scientists or inventors were philosophers themselves. Pascal, Rene Descartes, Leibnitz are to name a few.
In conclusion, although some undergraduate students majoring in STEM or business may find it burdensome to have additional humanities course alongside their regular coursework, it will certainly be proven beneficial in the long run. Taking all the reasons into consideration, requiring science and business majors to take necessary humanities courses is justified.
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- Undergraduate students majoring in Business or in the Sciences should not be required to take any courses in the Humanities since those courses won t benefit their future careers Write a response to the prompt in which you discuss whether or not you agree 66
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...elves. Pascal, Rene Descartes, Leibnitz are to name a few. In conclusion, althou...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, furthermore, if, may, moreover, nevertheless, really, regarding, so, still, then, therefore, apart from, as to, for example, in conclusion, in fact, first of all, in the first place
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 22.0 19.5258426966 113% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 14.8657303371 74% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 11.3162921348 62% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 19.0 33.0505617978 57% => OK
Preposition: 63.0 58.6224719101 107% => OK
Nominalization: 17.0 12.9106741573 132% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2649.0 2235.4752809 118% => OK
No of words: 479.0 442.535393258 108% => OK
Chars per words: 5.53027139875 5.05705443957 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.67825486995 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.11898673327 2.79657885939 112% => OK
Unique words: 248.0 215.323595506 115% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.517745302714 0.4932671777 105% => OK
syllable_count: 846.0 704.065955056 120% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.59117977528 113% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 6.24550561798 32% => OK
Article: 9.0 4.99550561798 180% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.2370786517 124% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 57.4016585126 60.3974514979 95% => OK
Chars per sentence: 105.96 118.986275619 89% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.16 23.4991977007 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.52 5.21951772744 144% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 10.2758426966 88% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.277603343452 0.243740707755 114% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0804556827593 0.0831039109588 97% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.096926791414 0.0758088955206 128% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.208787854711 0.150359130593 139% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.10700135251 0.0667264976115 160% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.2 14.1392134831 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 35.27 48.8420337079 72% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.1 12.1743820225 108% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.79 12.1639044944 122% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.86 8.38706741573 106% => OK
difficult_words: 130.0 100.480337079 129% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 11.8971910112 76% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => 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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