In a recent press release, BYU announced: “In an increasing effort to help our students adjust to this ever-changing world, we have decided to offer over 20 new classes.”
New classes will be offered in almost every department. The Marriott School of Business will be holding a seminar series on appropriate Zoom backgrounds. Freshman McKinley Romney is reportedly most excited about taking Ethics of Toilet Paper Hoarding.
Many classes will be focused around activities to pass the time in case of the need to quarantine: Floral Mask Design, Organizing Protests, and Giant Origami are among the classes with the largest enrollment.
The most popular class in registration so far has been Lockdown Marriage Prep. President Kevin Worthen said: “Our newlywed students are spending more time together now than newlyweds ever have in the history of the world. They weren’t planning on this until retirement.” The curriculum for the course revolves around crossword puzzles, knitting, and watching the Weather Channel. President Worthen added, “We figured it would be easiest to just teach our students how to act like a retired couple now.”
Sections of Lockdown Marriage Prep will also be made available for single students. Those who take the class will quarantine with another classmate for 14 days. Each “couple” will have a sack of flour for which they will be required to care. In addition to the flour, they will be expected to tutor/home-school elementary students that really do not want to learn.