Knowledge, as we know it, it much more diversified than it was at it's nascent stage. Each person has different interests and it's true for academic fields too. It is desirable that a person would study and specialize as many fields of science, arts or commerce as possible. However, that is not feasible. While a person may have multiple fields he finds appealing, one should not be forced to study a variety of subjects. So the recommendation that, students should be 'required' to take a variety of courses outside the student's field of study is not tenable.
The primary purpose of a university is to create and spread knowledge. To create knowledge in a field one must dive really deep and specialize. If he was forced to study unrelated subjects, his primary goal would remain yet to achieve. For example, if someone is studying medical science, researching to find a cure of cancer, he should not be pushed towards complex algorithms of computer science or intricacies through which a political leader runs his country.
The job sector might be unfriendly to those graduates, who knows a little about many fields without a working knowledge on any. To serve a specific function in a job, one needs to have some degree of specialization and efficiency, which can be achieved by focusing on a particular field of study.
Though examples exist, which show that an unrelated subject can help in ways one can not even think of. For example, being a man of computers, Steve Jobs took calligraphy courses just because he liked it. He didn't think it would be advantageous for his software. However, it did help him a lot when he was designing fonts for his personal computers. But the difference here is, he liked Calligraphy.
So, the stern tone of forcing students to take unrelated courses is disagreeable. Rather, university should just keep the option open to take disparate courses. So that students can enjoy their enjoy studying a subject, let it be their primary focus or just for their fondness to it. Forcing them would just hinder their path of progress.
The primary purpose of a university is to create and spread knowledge. To create knowledge in a field one must dive really deep and specialize. If he was forced to study unrelated subjects, his primary goal would remain yet to achieve. For example, if someone is studying medical science, researching to find a cure of cancer, he should not be pushed towards complex algorithms of computer science or intricacies through which a political leader runs his country.
The job sector might be unfriendly to those graduates, who knows a little about many fields without a working knowledge on any. To serve a specific function in a job, one needs to have some degree of specialization and efficiency, which can be achieved by focusing on a particular field of study.
Though examples exist, which show that an unrelated subject can help in ways one can not even think of. For example, being a man of computers, Steve Jobs took calligraphy courses just because he liked it. He didn't think it would be advantageous for his software. However, it did help him a lot when he was designing fonts for his personal computers. But the difference here is, he liked Calligraphy.
So, the stern tone of forcing students to take unrelated courses is disagreeable. Rather, university should just keep the option open to take disparate courses. So that students can enjoy their enjoy studying a subject, let it be their primary focus or just for their fondness to it. Forcing them would just hinder their path of progress.
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