Portland State University not seeing the big picture?
PSU has a program called University Studies, which all students are required to take in order to graduate. Instead of taking various electives in whatever department you desire, the University Studies program allows you to take “University Studies” courses in a chosen topic across several university departments. Topics include: African Studies, American Studies, Asian Studies, Medieval Studies, Morality, Popular Culture, Sexualities, Women’s Studies, and many more studies of things. The problem? What about Loser, Spaz, Introvert, Sociopath, Mad Scientist, and Live Action Role-Playing (LARP) Studies? Medieval Studies is the only topic that even comes close.
This biased topic selection seems to favor things that normal people do. This just helps normal people and un-norms alike become more normal. However, it leaves out some important and potentially life-saving lessons that can only be explored in the above mentioned contexts. I would hate to see the day that a PSU Business alumni who concentrated their University Studies on Sexualities is thrust into the middle of a fantasy battle, a goblin at the ready with a +5 scimitar. No amount of heavy petting will disuade that goblin from annihilating its opponent and taking their (perceived) drawstring bag of gold.
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