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13)Universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outsidethe student's field of study.
Write a response in which you discuss theextent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing andsupporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/orexamples that could be used to challenge your position.
With the increasing complexity ofsociety, graduates from universities are expected to possess a wide scope ofknowledge when applying for jobs, thus making high requirements on universitiesabout whether they should require every student to take a variety of coursesoutside the student's major. Obviously the statement above stays in favor ofsuch a recommendation, however, from my perspective of view, while it does havesome merits, fundamentally I disagree with it in that it ignores the highexpenses of education and the distraction it will cause students to endure fromtheir major study.
Admittedly, there is no denying the factthat by way of providing a wide range of classes for students, they can have atleast a basic knowledge of all kinds of fields of study, which may helpstudents find out what they truly love to do, as a result from the fact thatmany students are in actuality no so much into their profession, thus offeringthem a chance to discover themselves and realize their potential. Also, sincemodern society has placed much harsher requirements on the graduates, forexample, they wish to have recruits excelled at computer, English and business,an extensive curriculum of university education could better prepare them forsuch requirements, which is also an important goal of education.
However, despite the advantages above, acompelling argument in objection to the statement above is the fact that theresources of education are limited, which leads to a prohibitive cost ofeducation. If universities are compulsory to offer students so much courses,they will have to employ more teachers and more teachers mean more expenses,which will proportionally lead to a commensurate rise in the fees ofuniversity. Then it is hard to assure that every student in all universitiescould afford such an increase.
Furthermore, granted the increase oftuition is little enough for the majority to accept, then, requiring studentsto attend all this classes indicate they have to pay attention and make effortsto understand the knowledge of these courses, which undoubtedly will take up aconsiderable amount of time. However, college students are busy enough toengage themselves in the study of their own major, a good grasp of which needsa remarkable amount of time devoted to , so such a distraction, no matter hugeor not, will pose certain detrimental effects on the outcome of theirprofessions.
Tosum up, it is justified that students should enlarge their scope of study tosome subjects irrelevant to their majors, however, it is a choice rather than arequirement. What the universities should do is to offer the courses studentsfeel interested in and encourage to learn using measures of awards, instead ofenforcing obligatory regulations to ensure the learning process. |
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