Some people believe that universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student s field of study Others believe that universities should not force students to take any courses other than those that will help pr

Making it mandatory to take courses apart from majors in Universities is an appraisable effort. Unambiguously, such efforts will help in better equipping students further in their careers in a new and very demanding market. Additionally, it may also help in eliciting hidden talents and interests that might otherwise have been left dormant. A course outside of major may also shield against recession in a particular market and can help in changing career paths in future. Such a policy may be criticized for being time consuming but can offer far more benefits.

Undoubtedly, no single field can be treated in isolation all domains are connected knowledge from one field can equip us with a new prospective and amplify our existing knowledgebase of our field. Further, it may very well be the case that an individual during the course of college is able to discover his hidden talents and interests by pursuing a different course and he may even try and switch career paths. Miranda conducted a survey the last year on college students and found out that students taking part in courses in an another field were more likely to switch career paths, had better grades in majors relatively to others that did not take part in other courses and were less likely to be left nonplussed if questioned outside of their domain knowledge.

Interestingly, the cliché is in correlation with employability of a person. The job markets these days are competitive, having many skills is in demand from potential candidates, and a multitalented employee is desired. Last year alone on an average in state of Arizona candidates that applied for a job had at least 3 skills they could highlight in their CVs. Additionally, experiences gained from other fields might prove useful in case of losing job due to recession one can quickly apply for another job highlighting other skills. The financial security offered with multiple skillsets definitely makes lives more stable as evident from 2008 recession people relying on more than one skill set got quickly employed after losing their jobs. The flexibility that one can have in changing careers by having the basic knowledge of another field is also very beneficial in a world where people change their careers every 10 years.

However, it may be argued that such an endeavor may cost a student his precious time that may otherwise would have been devoted in gaining better expertise in there majors. Contrastingly, it should be noted that it is only human nature to get bored of doing the same thing repeatedly and may even decrease efficiency. Pursuing another subject may act as a stress reliever as is the case with most of students, 4 out of every 5 students take secondary courses out of there major to alleviate stress and kill boredom. Additionally, taking up secondary courses also helps students with completing credits for their degrees. Students usually prefer to take easy unrelated courses to complete their credits.

We can finally deduce that taking course out of field of study is integral for any degree it not only helps with employability but also provides better exposure to students that might have been missed other wise and completing their credits for degrees along with serving as a pill of refreshment.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 464, Rule ID: IN_PAST[1]
Message: Did you mean: 'in the future'?
Suggestion: in the future
...t and can help in changing career paths in future. Such a policy may be criticized for be...
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Line 3, column 255, Rule ID: DURING_THE_COURSE_OF[1]
Message: Use simply 'during'.
Suggestion: during
...ery well be the case that an individual during the course of college is able to discover his hidden ...
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Line 3, column 384, Rule ID: TRY_AND[1]
Message: "Try and" is common in colloquial speech, but "'try to'" is recommended for writing.
Suggestion: try to
...uing a different course and he may even try and switch career paths. Miranda conducted ...
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Line 3, column 528, Rule ID: AN_ANOTHER[1]
Message: One of these determiners is redundant in this context. Choose only one: 'a field' or 'another field'.
Suggestion: a field; another field
...that students taking part in courses in an another field were more likely to switch career paths...
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Line 7, column 244, Rule ID: BORED_OF[1]
Message: Did you mean 'bored with'?
Suggestion: bored with
...ted that it is only human nature to get bored of doing the same thing repeatedly and may...
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Line 7, column 393, Rule ID: MOST_SOME_OF_NNS[1]
Message: After 'most of', you should use 'the' ('most of the students') or simply say ''most students''.
Suggestion: most of the students; most students
...s a stress reliever as is the case with most of students, 4 out of every 5 students take seconda...
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Line 9, column 202, Rule ID: OTHER_WISE_OTHERWISE[1]
Message: Did you mean 'otherwise'?
Suggestion: otherwise
...to students that might have been missed other wise and completing their credits for degree...
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Line 10, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...with serving as a pill of refreshment.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, however, if, may, second, so, well, apart from, at least

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 24.0 12.4196629213 193% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 35.0 33.0505617978 106% => OK
Preposition: 73.0 58.6224719101 125% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 12.9106741573 23% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2739.0 2235.4752809 123% => OK
No of words: 543.0 442.535393258 123% => OK
Chars per words: 5.04419889503 5.05705443957 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.82725184711 4.55969084622 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73035272989 2.79657885939 98% => OK
Unique words: 276.0 215.323595506 128% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.508287292818 0.4932671777 103% => OK
syllable_count: 862.2 704.065955056 122% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 3.10617977528 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 4.38483146067 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 28.0 23.0359550562 122% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 78.2176804832 60.3974514979 130% => OK
Chars per sentence: 144.157894737 118.986275619 121% => OK
Words per sentence: 28.5789473684 23.4991977007 122% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.0 5.21951772744 77% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 7.80617977528 102% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.83258426966 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.256519217557 0.243740707755 105% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0827374931506 0.0831039109588 100% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0724572069894 0.0758088955206 96% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.154658728787 0.150359130593 103% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0540922985604 0.0667264976115 81% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.6 14.1392134831 117% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 43.06 48.8420337079 88% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.2 12.1743820225 117% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.54 12.1639044944 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.69 8.38706741573 104% => OK
difficult_words: 126.0 100.480337079 125% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 11.8971910112 76% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.2 11.2143820225 118% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.5 Out of 6
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