Mickey Mouse degrees (or Mickey Mouse courses, known as bird courses in Canada) is the dysphemism built from the common usage of the term "Mickey Mouse" as a pejorative. It came to prominence in the UK after use by the national tabloids of the United Kingdom to label certain university degree courses worthless or irrelevant.
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