▶ Your Answer :
The aim of education is to make students
acquire acknowledge, cultivate inner capability, and know what they want to be.
In terms of this aim of education, whether universities should require every
student to take various courses outside the student’s field of study or not is
important subject. Some people disagree with this argument because of students’
right to choose what they study. However, taking a variety of courses outside
the students’ major has a lot of advantages in that various knowledge also will
be helpful for the study of major, and in that inner capability of students can
be cultivated.
Of course, requiring the students to
take various courses outside the student’s field of study may be
compulsory method for students. They have a right to choose what they want to
study, which is an important issue for them when they plans their future.
Therefore there are some opinions that taking courses outside the student’s
major should be elective courses rather than the requirement courses. But,
importance of acquiring wide knowledge is significantly advantageous, which
should not be overlooked.
First, universities
should provide the students with wide background knowledge, even outside the
student’s field of study. Knowledge’s diversity is always helpful for students,
and will be also important background for studying their major study.
Especially, in this era, where a fusion of study is emphasized, studying only
major field is a narrow viewpoint, and the students should study a variety of courses outside their field
of study. For example, in science field, an academic wall between physics and
chemistry is collapsing, and co-workers research the fusion study. Recently, as a result of
fusion, the material “Graphene” is developed by endeavor of both fields of
physics and chemistry. In this point of view, the students should acquire wide
knowledge outside their major.
Second, educational institute’s role is
to cultivate students’ inner capability, and to help the students considering
and choosing their future. Educational institutes should help the students because
they have a hard time determining their future including what they want to be
and what they want to study. In order to help the students, in Korea, many
universities implement various projects such as employment school where the
students can find their aptitude and can determine their future. And in other
universities, the courses of liberal arts are opened in order to help the
students who have a trouble with choosing something.
In conclusion, although the right to
choose what the students want to study should be respected, requiring the
students to take various courses has many advantages. Acquiring the various
knowledge and cultivating inner capability will be important assets for their future.
The students are mankind’s future, and should be encouraged by all people.
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