9 odd degree program cuts

We’ve been suffering our own budget cuts here in Minnesota, and a number of classic degrees are going down for not meeting whatever metrics their institutions have set.

Here’s a list by The Huffington Post that contains nine strange discontinued degrees at other colleges across the country. I noticed that most are from institutions I’ve heard little to nothing about.

A few of the degrees aren’t so strange sounding, but check out the slide show for details.

Leisure Science: Carson-Newman College
Animal Biotechnology: University of Nevada, Reno
Master’s Degree in Tourism: California University of Pennsylvania
Teaching Individuals With Orthopedics: Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Music Management and Merchandising: Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
Master’s Degree in Professional Growth: Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Television-Radio: Southern Illinois University — Edwardsville
Environmental Humanities: Unity College in Maine
Corporate Communication: Hawai’i Pacific University

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Alex Friedrich

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Alex Friedrich reports on higher education issues for MPR News. Among the stories he has covered: the fall of the Berlin Wall, aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, 2003 Moscow suicide bombing and 2004 presidential elections in the Republic of Georgia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and a master’s in European political economy from the London School of Economics.