7 Bizarre University Degrees That Would Drive Your Lebanese Parents Crazy

If you’re pursuing anything that is not in healthcare, law, or engineering, then you probably know how you parents feel when it comes to your major. Can you imagine how horrified they would be if they found out you were majoring in one of these bizarre degrees? 1. Leisure Studies A degree about how to sit back, relax, and doing absolutely nothing productive? Where do we sign up? Your mom will be pissed that you’re making a career out of your laziness so she can’t yell at you for it anymore, but she will find it quite fitting and come to terms with it (hopefully). 2. Poultry Science Learning all there is to need to know about chicken. Perhaps your parents will start telling strangers that you distribute chicken to major chains like Hawa Chicken, or maybe even a “mhandes” but leaving out the “djej” part after it. 3. Memeology You can thank the internet for this. You can make a full-time career out of creating memes, but are your parents going to feel as excited about your academic choices? Not really. Imagine your parents trying to explain what you study to your relatives. “Eh shefto hal sticker taba3 ‘ayre b sabahak’? Hay ebne/bente 3emela” 4. Social Media You will not hear the end of it if you ever get to major in social media. Your mom will think your buddy-buddy with the CEO of Facebook and ask you to help her whenever there’s something wrong on the platform. But the only plys side is that they’ll leave you alone if you’re on your phone all day. 5. Animal Behavior and Psychology Yes, there is a university that offers a degree in animal behavior, and you can already imagine all the things your parents will have to say. “Ma badda ekhtisas s2aloone ana keef bet3amal ma3kon kel yom” 6. Comedy Believe it or not, you can get a bachelor’s degree in comedy. The snide remarks from your parents will include the following: “Ebne/bente baddon ya3mlo mharrej” “Ad ma ento mahdoomeen, ktir kharej” “Ha tes2ot 3a hadamtak/ik” 7. Cannabis Biology and Chemistry On the off chance that they might completely legalize cannabis someday, you want to take it head on and study everything about cannabis from A to Z. Your parents will make crazy assumptions and will quite literally lose their sh*t. 1