Topic: Universities should require students to take courses only within those fields they are interested in studying.

The view that univiersities should require students to take courses only within those fields that they are interested in studying would have more of a negative rather than a positive effect on today's students. Some instances in which this might be a negative effect include the inhibition of producing well-rounded individuals, and not allowing students to explore their talents outside of their interests. A positive effect might be to narrow the number of courses required that are extraneous to certain majors of study and do not necessarily contribute to the manufacturing of a well-rounded individual.

Universities are often though of as prestigous institutions that produce well-rounded and productive members of society. This is in part because the students are required to take a small amount of courses that are outside of their field of study as well as the majority of courses in their field of study. For example, if taking a government class would not be required for business student, and a few years into the workforce their company begins to be involved in either local or federal legislature, the student might be at a disadvantage because he is not well versed in common knowledge about our government. This disadvantage could ultimately cost the employee his job.

University years are also famous for their student's potential of self-discovery. Many students change majors because sometimes the student is not naturally inclined in the field that they are studying. Continuing on the path of the field that they are not naturally inclined in could lead them down a path where they are unhappy due to their failure and may end up not getting a job after they get their degree because they cannot compete with their cohort. Letting students experiment with different university courses can open up potential interests or opportunities to find a field in which they are naturally inclined to excel. Suppose a student was a musical prodigy but because of his interest in history and University restricting the courses he could take to only history courses. In this case, the musical talent would never be manufactured because the student would not have been required to take course in a field in which he didn't even consider.

There are some instances in which universities requiring students to take only courses within their fields of interest might be a positive influence on the students. One such instance would be when students are required to take a multitude of classes that will not serve them in their future endeavors or aid in building their foundation of general knowledge of the world. An example of this could be an English student who is required to take an upper-level calculus class. This student would most likely never use these upper-level calculus skills outside of the classroom, it is not applicable to her main field of study, and although it is good knowledge to have- it is not necessarily needed to be a well-rounded individual. The requirement of this class could delay the student's graduation and in turn it could cause her to enter her desired occupation at a later date.

Requiring students to take courses only within those fields they are interested in studying could have both a positive and negative effect on university students. Hopefully, this topic will be discussed by both the faculty and students to come up with a solution that will figure out a solution so universities can contribute even more efficiently to the influx of productive members of our society.