Why are all students ___31___ to take several courses in natural science？ Science courses provide students ___32___ only with knowledge that is crucial in our highly technological society, but it also provides them with opportunities to develop their critical thinking. However, students majoring in humanities usually ___33___ taking such science courses because they claim that scientific knowledge may not have a direct ___34___ to most careers in humanities. This objection ___35___ one of the key goals that a university education is set up to achieve. A university is an institution of higher learning where students are educated in many subjects, not merely trained in one field. ___36___these natural science courses are difficult for non-science majors, they are necessary courses as part of a holistic university education.