Universities should require students to take courses only within those fields they are interested in studying.
With the increase in tuition of higher education, there has been an uproar from the public decrying the amount of classes students take to obtain their degree. I believe universities should continue to require students to take courses outside of the field they are interested in studying.
When high school students graduate, some may know what their career will be. They may have been exposed to their chosen path as teenagers, and because of it there is no ambiguity for what their major will be in college. On the other hand, there are many students who are clueless about which major to select. Taking basic courses can expose them to a field which they may enjoy. This was the case with me. I knew my life would revolve around science when I took biology as a freshman in college.
Having a basic understanding of how life functions outside of your major is good for the student. In turn, this benefits society. Perhaps a student whose intention was not to major in economics, now has a better idea of how to make a budget because he learned it in his economics class. Another example is people understanding how science works. This will prevent them from falling into the trap of believing conspiracy theories they may see online.
In recent years, there has been an explosion in the price of tuition, and forcing students to take more classes will make it more difficult for them to pay. This is a valid counterpoint. Adding more classes to the student's career equates to college being more expensive. However, the benefits of exposing students to classes outside their chosen field are greater. I do not believe the solution to this issue is to remove classes, but to make college more affordable.
There are many observable benefits as a result of students taking classes outside of their chosen fields. Consequently, universities should require students to continue to take those courses.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 347, Rule ID: AFFORD_VB[1]
Message: This verb is used with the infinitive: 'to field'
Suggestion: to field
...tudents to classes outside their chosen field are greater. I do not believe the solut...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, consequently, however, if, may, so, as a result, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 19.5258426966 92% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.4196629213 97% => OK
Conjunction : 3.0 14.8657303371 20% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 6.0 11.3162921348 53% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 31.0 33.0505617978 94% => OK
Preposition: 51.0 58.6224719101 87% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 12.9106741573 54% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1587.0 2235.4752809 71% => OK
No of words: 324.0 442.535393258 73% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.89814814815 5.05705443957 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24264068712 4.55969084622 93% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.54562654866 2.79657885939 91% => OK
Unique words: 165.0 215.323595506 77% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.509259259259 0.4932671777 103% => OK
syllable_count: 495.9 704.065955056 70% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 1.0 4.99550561798 20% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 23.0359550562 69% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 39.3533670732 60.3974514979 65% => OK
Chars per sentence: 79.35 118.986275619 67% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.2 23.4991977007 69% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.55 5.21951772744 68% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 10.2758426966 88% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => 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: 0.276195172542 0.243740707755 113% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0910319337664 0.0831039109588 110% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.151679293705 0.0758088955206 200% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.191267821615 0.150359130593 127% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.140033549019 0.0667264976115 210% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.7 14.1392134831 69% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 63.7 48.8420337079 130% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.4 12.1743820225 69% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.84 12.1639044944 89% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.79 8.38706741573 93% => OK
difficult_words: 69.0 100.480337079 69% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 11.2143820225 75% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.7820224719 68% => The average readability is low. Need to imporve the language.
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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