Universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student’s field of study.
In today’s competitive world, knowledge about a single field of study doesn’t do much good. People are changing, and their needs, too. A person with a degree in a single subject is not considered important. With the changing world, job requirements are changing, too. Nobody wants to hire a person who has devoted all his college life to a single subject. Employers want their employees to have knowledge in variegated subjects. Therefore, the author’s statement is cogent and rational.
One must remember the apophthegm, “known is a pond, unknown is an ocean”. Focusing only on a single field of study occludes our mind to think only in a certain direction. Our creativity ossifies and our ability to change the world, even a little, is occluded. Focusing only one area of study is like a frog in a pond; just like the frog is oblivious to the outside world, we are obfuscated about other studies that might help in making our future bright. The proliferation of technology, changing environment and liberal thinking is a result of people choosing multi-disciplinary subjects. For instance, Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest man would not be where he is today had it not been for his interest in learning new things and opting for multiple courses outside his field of study in college. Similarly, Robots would not be invented had mechanical engineering not mixed with computer engineering and varied fields of science. There are so many inventions and ideas that have been generated and can be generated with the juxtaposition and amalgamation of different fields. A circus in Germany uses holograms of animals in the show considering the need to obviate animal cruelty.
It is necessary for universities to offer students a variety of courses, not only for the benefit of students, also for its own benefit. Universities gain recognition on the basis of the courses it offers and success rate of students. Offering multiple courses not only help them attract more students, but gain recognition in the market, as success rate of students contributing to the society increases as they learn about new and different things to apply practically. It is in college, when students learn the most. Interacting with people of various cultures, ideologies and learning and realizing their area of interest help them think pragmatically.
In contrast, some might think that burdening the students with different courses will make them lose focus from their field of study and make them mechanical. It is important for students to grow, which cannot happen without interacting with people, sharing ones views and understanding them. Studying, albeit, makes us ready for the job market, it cannot help is deal with the outside world, with diverse groups of people. Physical and mental health and studies are considered to be in concomitance.
It is, therefore, crucial for universities to offer its students courses outside their field of study, but it should not be mandated. Students should be taught the importance of learning multi-disciplinary subjects with the need to maintain physical and mental health. Every person is different, so it should depend on the student whether to opt for elective subjects or not, according to their needs, preferences and ability.
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Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, similarly, so, therefore, for instance, in contrast, of course
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 28.0 19.5258426966 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.4196629213 113% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 11.3162921348 62% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 36.0 33.0505617978 109% => OK
Preposition: 75.0 58.6224719101 128% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2755.0 2235.4752809 123% => OK
No of words: 529.0 442.535393258 120% => OK
Chars per words: 5.20793950851 5.05705443957 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.79583152331 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.93018964269 2.79657885939 105% => OK
Unique words: 260.0 215.323595506 121% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.491493383743 0.4932671777 100% => OK
syllable_count: 840.6 704.065955056 119% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 28.0 20.2370786517 138% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 47.1927766005 60.3974514979 78% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.3928571429 118.986275619 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.8928571429 23.4991977007 80% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.75 5.21951772744 53% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.2758426966 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.83258426966 207% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.273293432475 0.243740707755 112% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0639672756574 0.0831039109588 77% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0720207658471 0.0758088955206 95% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.154588468747 0.150359130593 103% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0875696240355 0.0667264976115 131% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.6 14.1392134831 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 48.8420337079 109% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.1743820225 85% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.94 12.1639044944 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.65 8.38706741573 103% => OK
difficult_words: 138.0 100.480337079 137% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 5.0 11.8971910112 42% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 54.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.25 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, similarly, so, therefore, for instance, in contrast, of course
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 28.0 19.5258426966 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.4196629213 113% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 11.3162921348 62% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 36.0 33.0505617978 109% => OK
Preposition: 75.0 58.6224719101 128% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2755.0 2235.4752809 123% => OK
No of words: 529.0 442.535393258 120% => OK
Chars per words: 5.20793950851 5.05705443957 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.79583152331 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.93018964269 2.79657885939 105% => OK
Unique words: 260.0 215.323595506 121% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.491493383743 0.4932671777 100% => OK
syllable_count: 840.6 704.065955056 119% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 28.0 20.2370786517 138% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 47.1927766005 60.3974514979 78% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.3928571429 118.986275619 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.8928571429 23.4991977007 80% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.75 5.21951772744 53% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.2758426966 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.83258426966 207% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.273293432475 0.243740707755 112% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0639672756574 0.0831039109588 77% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0720207658471 0.0758088955206 95% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.154588468747 0.150359130593 103% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0875696240355 0.0667264976115 131% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.6 14.1392134831 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 48.8420337079 109% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.1743820225 85% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.94 12.1639044944 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.65 8.38706741573 103% => OK
difficult_words: 138.0 100.480337079 137% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 5.0 11.8971910112 42% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 54.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.25 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.