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The 15 Strangest College Courses In America

Posted by samzenpus on from the how-to-get-an-A-in-this-class-101 dept.

There is a lot of argument about whether colleges have become glorified diploma factories. Learning for learning's sake seems to have disappeared, and college is about getting a job or learning a trade. There are still some colleges, however, that offer unique classes on non-standard educational topics. Here are 15 of the strangest classes that will help earn you a degree. My favorites are, "The Art of Walking" and "Far Side Entomology."

4 comments

  1. Or, of course ... by Daniel+Dvorkin · · Score: 1

    ... you could look at any MBA curriculum. Although the fact that people can get a graduate degree by taking those courses is perhaps better described as "stomach-turning" rather than just "strange."

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    The correlation between ignorance of statistics and using "correlation is not causation" as an argument is close to 1.
    1. Re:Or, of course ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      What's "stomach-turning" is that the MBA students I provide IT support for take statistics during their program, and its the first time they've ever even fucking *heard* of statistics. Whereas for my undergrad engineering degree, statistics was required in my junior year. I think learning for the sake of learning still exists, but only in the sciences and the degrees for people who live in caves...like engineers, biologists, chemists, physicists, and mathematicians.

      If you are getting a degree in communications or psychology, just get stoned or go home, because we all know that there is really no reason for you being at university otherwise.

  2. They forgot to list the most strange course by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    1) Religion (covering ficticious topics like Christianity, Islam, and other religions)

  3. I thought... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    the Ministry of Silly Walks were British.