Many people believe that university students should study a full range of subjects, instead of some specific subjects. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this viewpoint?

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Some people argue that
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of studying few specific subjects, University students should study a wide range of subjects.
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studying variety
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a studying variety
the studying variety
of subjects will give students vast knowledge of many different
fields but
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fields, but
they won't be able to gain expertise in
one
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career
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field they like.
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essay will discuss how studying some specific subjects is better for
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's
career
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rather than studying many subjects. It is believed that studying many different subjects will open
plethora
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a plethora
of different
career
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opportunities for a student, with the knowledge of various
streams
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streams, one
one
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can implement them together if required all by herself or himself. Electronic
engineers
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engineers, for
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example nowadays
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example, nowadays
have to learn programming languages, mobile and web development to adapt to
fast growing technical era
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a fast growing technical era
the fast growing technical era
, these topics originally belongs to the computer science stream
,
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if these topics would have been there in their curriculum
one
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may not need to devote extra time and money to learn them. Due to all these reasons many people are inclined towards having full range of subjects in
University's courses
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the University's courses
.
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, many disagree with
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fact and want University's degree to be specialized towards
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core field. Having in depth knowledge of few core subjects
will will give
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will give
students a head start on their professional
career
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.
For instance
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, many global leading companies require experts in their company for work
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as management, hardware and software developing etc.
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is where having an expertise will come in handy, most of the times firms will prefer people who have sufficient skills and require no or very less time for training period. All of these reasons give
one
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a huge advantage and counter the fact of learning many subjects for a successful
career
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. Overall, while studying many subjects in a university education may prove to be helpful in some jobs, person with
better understanding
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a better understanding
of specific work have higher chances of getting their dream job.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • well-rounded education
  • interdisciplinary
  • innovation
  • critical thinking
  • adaptability
  • specialization
  • academic performance
  • cognitive overload
  • employability
  • workforce demands
  • niche areas
  • mastery
  • learning styles
  • career aspirations
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