Universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the

student’s field of study.

While I agree that universities should require students to take courses that are not
their major, the requirement is still a matter of debate.
To take courses out of students’ field of study can not only broaden students’
horizon, but also help students to discover more potentials on their career path. For
example, as an economic major student, it is not until I took an elective subject about
creative industry that I found out I can also combine my profession with passion,
which is movie, to work in film industry. Another advantage of requiring students to
take courses outside their field of study is that it could help students to be multi-
skilled and well-rounded, which can definitely facilitate the team work with their
future colleges. For instance, if the students with computer science background have
the basic knowledge about financial aspect, they can have a better cooperation with
the colleges in accounting department. Being multi-skilled can further benefit the
students’ career when they are promoted to management position, which requires
executive ability. If the students are also familiar with the field out of their study,
they can definitely make a more comprehensive decision.
Some people might argue that requiring students to take a variety if courses outside
their field of study will distract them from studying their major. As far as I’m
concerned, this issue is simply the matter of requirement. If the schools only require
students to take at least two courses outside of their field before graduation, it won’t
be such a burden.

In my opinion, the universities should require students to take courses outside of

their field of study for the benefits mentioned above. However, the course
requirement shouldn’t take up too much time of the students in order to provide
them with much flexibility to learn what they want.