University students should be required to take history classes - essay

University students should be required to take history classes even they are not part of the field of the study. Do you agree or disagree with the statement. Give the specific reasons and examples to support your position.

There has been much public debate in recent days among students over whether college students should learn history no matter what field they study. Contrary to the opinion of many people that learning history is useless and people should live in the present It is my heartfelt belief that all college students should take history course. Because History enables people to understand the past and help us predict the future.

First and foremost, some minor disadvantages to learn history both of a lack of time and no sense of future life. some college students deem that they are over swamped with their major course, they could not make some time to learn the history class which not have any connect to their future career, otherwise they consider given all the demands that press in from living in the present and anticipating what is yet to come, why bother with what has happen?

Later on even though there may be one or two drawbacks to require all students learn history, the benefit far outweighs them. The history course helps prepare young people for college studies, international experience, and active participation in civic life. It helps get them ready for the roles they will inevitably play as citizens of both their country and the world. For example, how can we evaluate war if the nation is at peace, how can we understand genius, the influence of technology innovation, or the role that beliefs play in shaping family life, if we do not use what we know about experience in the past? The case is not rare, It is typical of dozens I have had concerned

Last but not the least, history education helps us better understand how and why the world got to be the way it is. It gives attention to the histories of nations, civilizations, and other groups and the differences among them. But it particularly emphasizes the history, problems, and challenges that humans have shared simply because they are humans. History course contributes to our cultural literacy. Human beings, unlike other species, have the gift of language, that is, symbolic thinking and communication. Communicating intelligently in any language, whether English, Spanish, or Vietnamese, requires that we share a common fund of knowledge, information, vocabulary, and conceptual tools. We need shared knowledge and understandings partly because we live in a world where people in specialized occupations and professions tend to use special words, terms, and concepts that "outsiders" do not understand.

From what has been discussed above, we may safely arrive at the conclusion that University students should be required to take history classes even they are not part of the field of the study. Only through studying history can we grasp how things change, only through history can we begin to comprehend the factors that cause change. While school can provide different level's history course, students can choose what level they interested in.

-- whether *or not* college students...


Contrary to the opinion of many people that learning history is useless and that people should live in the present, it is my heartfelt belief...


...should take *a* history course... or should take history courses.


--you don't need the "Because" or the "help us". (History enables people to understand the past and predict the future. I'm going to try and edit the next para.


Next para...


And the next para!


Umm... the bracketed section doesn't appear to relate to the benefits of learning history.

And the last para!


Change the bracketed section to something that concludes your essay with a punch. Such as, "mankind cannot afford to ignore the lessons of history" or something similar. Right now it introduces a different topic and seems to ramble.

Hope this helps! Good luck!

Dear Saira

Thank you very much

I will read them careful later

SairaTasartir gave great help! Here are some ideas for this paragraph, which needed a lot of work:

First and foremost , a minor disadvantage to requiring history involves a lack of time. Some college students explain that they are over swamped with work from their major courses, and that they cannot make some time to spend learning the curriculum of a history class that does not have any connection to their future careers; otherwise They reason that, given all the demands of the that press in from living in the present and anticipating what is yet to come , they should not have to bother with what has happened in the past.

...safely arrive at the conclusion that University students should be required to take history classes even when they are not part of the field of the study.

I look forward to seeing your next draft!

Dear Kevin

Thank you very much~you will see my new draft soon!

Some points to consider:

When summarizing the case against learning history in your first body paragraph, you might want to include the notion that the study of history is the study of dates, names, and facts that can be easily looked up online should they ever be needed.


This needs work. Why should a knowledge of history be helpful for any of this? One's own personal experiences and family history could serve for most of it. The first example is your strongest. Evaluating war is perhaps easier to do if you have studied the history of other military conflicts. Perhaps you could expand on this. Also, talk more about the importance of "active participation in civic life." You can turn this into a general case for a liberal arts education (including history) making for good citizens.

As a previous commenter pointed out, your second to last paragraph sort of gets off-topic. The idea of history acting as cultural literacy is interesting, but you need to elaborate on it and tie your other points back to the idea more clearly.