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College of Arts and Sciences to Offer Unemployment Minor

By BIMS and Snap , in Campus Life , at March 21, 2023 Tags: , , ,

Yesterday morning, the College of Arts and Sciences announced a new Unemployment Minor to prepare liberal arts students for a more realistic future.

According to the dean’s office, the minor was introduced in response to graduates who were “somehow surprised” by their inability  to earn a livable wage and afford a home after getting a degree. Required courses focus on “real-world skills lacking in liberal arts education” and include “Living With Your Parents”, “Wilderness Survival Skills”, “Debt Management”, and seminars titled “Instant Foods” and “Reviving Your Dreams”.

Although the new minor was received positively by current students, recent graduates have expressed concern that courses are no substitute for real-world experience. “Sure, maybe you’ll learn a little by cramming for exams about living paycheck-to-paycheck,” former religious studies student Brie Livingston said. “But until you have to work at both Sweet Eugene’s and your church’s daycare just to get by, it’s all useless theory.”

—BIMS and SNAP