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

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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.

The claim that every student should take courses outside their field of study is not entirely feasible. While it may seem very appealing at first because exposing the student to various subjects may at surface look like expanding their options it may cause more harmful effects than good.

Firstly,one should understood that the University education is one of the crucial phase of a student's life. He/she should be carefully moulded during this period. Thus focus is very significant.
According do many psychological and scientific studies, focus on single area renders undivided attention which allows mastery over the subject to produce world class results. The same studies suggest that providing a person with more than one option confuses them and scatters their focus.
For example,if a student is a physics major and he is forced to take philosoh or music because of universiy's requirement, he might be wasting time fumbling with the keyboard when he could have been developing theories for blackhole. One should understand that time is not unlimited. University education is a huge factor is determining the future of majority of the youth of the nation who are the potential citizens determining a country's economy.
So, a curriculum designed for a university has larger impact than anticipated.

Moreover, it is also possible for the student to lose interest in the area of their interest if the university makes a mandatory rule for him/her to take courses outside their field.This occurs because the energy and willpower are exhaustible sources. They have to be carefully utilised. Imagine, what would have happened if great leaders, innovators and thinkers were forced to take subjects that they did not enjoy. It can cause many detrimental effects.
Thus nurturing a student's passion and desire is very important. Making him/her to go in their way an helping them realise their dreams is the role a University education should play.
Having said that, one should also remember that widening the horizons of students by exposing them to variety of subjects may give them many more options. There are many instances where a scientist has had an epiphany because of his involvement in another field. But careful analysis of risk benefit ratio should be done.The results interdisciplinary research has given cannot be ignored but that is also possible by collaborating experts from every field. Also, to make a student aware of him/her options, he/she should be introduced to as many as subjects possible at school level which will help them decide their grad school choices.

In conclusion, there is no denial that including other course may be beneficial but focus in one area at a time provides much better results. If he/she wishes to switch fields it can be done after attaining mastery in one subject. Lastly the proverb 'Jack of all trades Master of none' has a slightly negative connotation and is scientifically proven to yield sub standard results.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, if, lastly, look, may, moreover, so, thus, while, for example, in conclusion

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 27.0 19.5258426966 138% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 20.0 12.4196629213 161% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 14.8657303371 74% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.3162921348 124% => OK
Pronoun: 47.0 33.0505617978 142% => OK
Preposition: 50.0 58.6224719101 85% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 12.9106741573 54% => More nominalization wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2502.0 2235.4752809 112% => OK
No of words: 482.0 442.535393258 109% => OK
Chars per words: 5.19087136929 5.05705443957 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.68556276237 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73156082895 2.79657885939 98% => OK
Unique words: 266.0 215.323595506 124% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.551867219917 0.4932671777 112% => OK
syllable_count: 801.0 704.065955056 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Interrogative: 1.0 0.740449438202 135% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.2370786517 119% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 60.6691706214 60.3974514979 100% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.25 118.986275619 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.0833333333 23.4991977007 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.29166666667 5.21951772744 82% => OK
Paragraphs: 9.0 4.97078651685 181% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 11.0 7.80617977528 141% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => 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: 0.205290089542 0.243740707755 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.057774951683 0.0831039109588 70% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0580186329676 0.0758088955206 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0866428838927 0.150359130593 58% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0399303894031 0.0667264976115 60% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.1 14.1392134831 93% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 42.72 48.8420337079 87% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.1743820225 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.82 12.1639044944 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.18 8.38706741573 109% => OK
difficult_words: 139.0 100.480337079 138% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 11.8971910112 71% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Maximum six paragraphs wanted.

Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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