The suggestion by author making it mandatory to take courses apart from majors in Universities is an appraisable effort. Unambiguously, such efforts will help in equipping students for 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 help in countering recession and can help in changing career paths in the future. Such a policy may be criticized for being time consuming but offers far more benefits.
Undoubtedly, no single domain 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 current domain. 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 to switch career paths. Miranda conducted a survey last year on college students and found out that students taking part in courses in a different from their current study 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. Last year alone on an average in the 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 or some other reason 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 knowledge of another field is also very beneficial in a world where people change their careers every 10 years.
However, such an endeavor is time consuming. Precious time is lost that may otherwise would have been devoted in gaining better expertise in majors. Contrastingly, it should be noted that it is only human nature to get bored with 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 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 and unrelated courses to complete their credits.
We can finally deduce that taking a course out of field of study is integral for any degree it not only helps with employability but also provides better exposure to students, completing their credits for degrees along and serving as a pill of refreshment.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 267, 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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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 : 22.0 19.5258426966 113% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 20.0 12.4196629213 161% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 32.0 33.0505617978 97% => OK
Preposition: 73.0 58.6224719101 125% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 12.9106741573 31% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2684.0 2235.4752809 120% => OK
No of words: 529.0 442.535393258 120% => OK
Chars per words: 5.07372400756 5.05705443957 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.79583152331 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.7526122158 2.79657885939 98% => OK
Unique words: 271.0 215.323595506 126% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.512287334594 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 844.2 704.065955056 120% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 3.10617977528 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 4.38483146067 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 23.0359550562 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 84.6214364095 60.3974514979 140% => OK
Chars per sentence: 134.2 118.986275619 113% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.45 23.4991977007 113% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.8 5.21951772744 73% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 17.0 10.2758426966 165% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.83258426966 21% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.250565351025 0.243740707755 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0736227616718 0.0831039109588 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0710115237509 0.0758088955206 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.141058198476 0.150359130593 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0443794566169 0.0667264976115 67% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.7 14.1392134831 111% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.09 48.8420337079 92% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 12.1743820225 110% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.42 12.1639044944 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.63 8.38706741573 103% => OK
difficult_words: 124.0 100.480337079 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 11.8971910112 76% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 11.2143820225 111% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 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.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 267, 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 ...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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 : 22.0 19.5258426966 113% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 20.0 12.4196629213 161% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 32.0 33.0505617978 97% => OK
Preposition: 73.0 58.6224719101 125% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 12.9106741573 31% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2684.0 2235.4752809 120% => OK
No of words: 529.0 442.535393258 120% => OK
Chars per words: 5.07372400756 5.05705443957 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.79583152331 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.7526122158 2.79657885939 98% => OK
Unique words: 271.0 215.323595506 126% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.512287334594 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 844.2 704.065955056 120% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 3.10617977528 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 4.38483146067 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 23.0359550562 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 84.6214364095 60.3974514979 140% => OK
Chars per sentence: 134.2 118.986275619 113% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.45 23.4991977007 113% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.8 5.21951772744 73% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 17.0 10.2758426966 165% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.83258426966 21% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.250565351025 0.243740707755 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0736227616718 0.0831039109588 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0710115237509 0.0758088955206 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.141058198476 0.150359130593 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0443794566169 0.0667264976115 67% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.7 14.1392134831 111% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.09 48.8420337079 92% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 12.1743820225 110% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.42 12.1639044944 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.63 8.38706741573 103% => OK
difficult_words: 124.0 100.480337079 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 11.8971910112 76% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 11.2143820225 111% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 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.