Recently, college students are encouraged to learn many academic subjects to broaden their horizons. I appreciate the policy that exposes us to a more colorful world. Nevertheless, specializing in one specific major is more important for the good of students’ future.

First of all, specializing in one specific subject enables us to get hold of a better job because our knowledge and skills of a certain aspect need to be proficient enough. For instance, I dream of entering the investment bank in the future. And this job requires me to have a good understanding of the theory of finance. What I need to do is to read textbooks in microeconomics, macroeconomics, and so on. Even though I have a broad knowledge of art or history, it doesn’t help a lot because the subjects don’t match my career goal.

What’s more, focusing on one subject encourages students to devote more and be persistent than having broad knowledge. When you dig deeper into a certain aspect, you will find it more and more difficult to learn. When I was a freshman, I need to read some elementary theory and draw simple graphs. However, after I became a sophomore, I found that we need cope with a large quantity of data to figure out the conclusions rather than remember several words of theory.

In addition, concentrating on one major costs less time than learning too many subjects. Take myself for example, I will do internships in accounting firms and investment banks during the semester after finishing my homework of my major. If I learn too many majors at a time, there will be no time left for internships and other interesting activities.

From all the analyses above, specializing in one subject enables us to gain knowledge for a decent job, encourages us to be more persistent, and costs less time. So, it is better to specialize in one subject than spending too much time on broad knowledge of many majors.