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 sur

In today’s immensely competitive work environment, gaining expertise in one area has become paramount. A civil engineering student specializing in designing of structures works with computer aided tools to design structures in an office building, whereas someone majoring in the same field but specializing in construction management works on the site. However, even a structural engineer needs to know about construction techniques and practical issues on the site to come up with better solutions.

Knowledge of subjects other than the area of specialization opens up multiple avenues for a student. For example, computer programming is now being often cited as the literacy of the 21st century. Prior to the computer era, how hard it must have been to construct refineries having interface from different engineering departments. But the technology now has enabled us to see detailed 3D simulations of structures and buildings on our computers. Traditional engineers with the help of computer programming are coming up with such innovative solutions which wouldn’t have been possible without exposure to courses outside major fields of study.

Another advantage, multidimensional learning confers upon students is the ability to choose careers in which they are really interested. Sometimes, students choose a major field of study which does not synchronize with their abilities or talents. For example, a civil engineering student, having access to courses in Architecture, finds himself more intrigued by design rather than mathematical calculations.

Though allowing students to do courses outside major field of study, universities should not make them strictly compulsory. Making courses in humanities compulsory is fine but universities should allow students to opt outside courses by their choice. Afterall, the main point behind allowing outside courses is to give students a varied exposure.

In conclusion, it would be beneficial for students to have multidimensional learning only if they are allowed to choose what they want to study.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 269, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[1]
Message: The pronoun 'someone' must be used with a third-person verb: 'majors'.
Suggestion: majors
... in an office building, whereas someone majoring in the same field but specializing in c...
^^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 252, Rule ID: AFTERALL[1]
Message: Did you mean 'after all'?
Suggestion: After all
...to opt outside courses by their choice. Afterall, the main point behind allowing outside...
^^^^^^^^

Discourse Markers used:
['but', 'however', 'if', 'really', 'so', 'whereas', 'for example', 'in conclusion']

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

Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.293604651163 0.240241500013 122% => OK
Verbs: 0.15988372093 0.157235817809 102% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0901162790698 0.0880659088768 102% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0406976744186 0.0497285424764 82% => OK
Pronouns: 0.031976744186 0.0444667217837 72% => OK
Prepositions: 0.133720930233 0.12292977631 109% => OK
Participles: 0.0523255813953 0.0406280797675 129% => OK
Conjunctions: 3.19574212848 2.79330140395 114% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0436046511628 0.030933414821 141% => OK
Particles: 0.00872093023256 0.0016655270985 524% => OK
Determiners: 0.0523255813953 0.0997080785238 52% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0116279069767 0.0249443105267 47% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0145348837209 0.0148568991511 98% => OK

Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2069.0 2732.02544248 76% => OK
No of words: 308.0 452.878318584 68% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 6.71753246753 6.0361032391 111% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.18926351222 4.58838876751 91% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.454545454545 0.366273622748 124% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.373376623377 0.280924506359 133% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.295454545455 0.200843997647 147% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.198051948052 0.132149295362 150% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.19574212848 2.79330140395 114% => OK
Unique words: 188.0 219.290929204 86% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.61038961039 0.48968727796 125% => OK
Word variations: 69.337338624 55.4138127331 125% => OK
How many sentences: 15.0 20.6194690265 73% => OK
Sentence length: 20.5333333333 23.380412469 88% => OK
Sentence length SD: 40.7712316877 59.4972553346 69% => OK
Chars per sentence: 137.933333333 141.124799967 98% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.5333333333 23.380412469 88% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.533333333333 0.674092028746 79% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.94800884956 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.21349557522 38% => OK
Readability: 57.870995671 51.4728631049 112% => OK
Elegance: 2.0625 1.64882698954 125% => OK

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.427753794895 0.391690518653 109% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.103751912399 0.123202303941 84% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0772914753843 0.077325440228 100% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.57550399536 0.547984918172 105% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.156333489712 0.149214159877 105% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.153655495706 0.161403998019 95% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0426483295747 0.0892212321368 48% => The sentences are too close to each other.
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.207987289175 0.385218514788 54% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0330574255251 0.0692045440612 48% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.239402855168 0.275328986314 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0589576410251 0.0653680567796 90% => OK

Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 10.4325221239 67% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 5.30420353982 19% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.88274336283 143% => OK
Positive topic words: 7.0 7.22455752212 97% => OK
Negative topic words: 1.0 3.66592920354 27% => More negative topic words wanted.
Neutral topic words: 6.0 2.70907079646 221% => OK
Total topic words: 14.0 13.5995575221 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

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Scores by essay e-grader: 3.75 Out of 6
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