The elective course is a selected track that narrows your field to a specific realm. In studying a secondary field is a good <span> way to pursue multiple intellectual interests and develop specialized knowledge. This is equivalent to what we call in schools as D. minor.</span>
It depends on which word is in bold.
If the bolded word is <em>ribbon, </em>then it is used as a direct object in this sentence.
The winner is indirect object, and a ribbon is direct.
I would write them all out but im lazy. change the noun after the word by and make that the subject of the sentence followed by the verb and the rest of the sentence :)