3 September 2009
101: The 11 Wackiest College Courses of Fall 2009
Posted by Jimmy under: Stupid .
Article Source: Fox News
Want to try out this new course at Oberlin College? For a hefty $4,950 you’ll get to examine why “only citizens … ‘get’ to claim queerness, whereas undocumented immigrants are always presumed to be heteronormative.”
At Georgetown University, you can learn philosophy through the lens of Star Trek for $4,827.
or $40,000 a year, you can go to Hobart and William Smith Colleges in New York and take a class on radicals ranging from Karl Marx to George Bush.
No — it’s not a pornography site, but rather an independent study course at Carleton College that stands for “Female Sexuality.” The Carleton Gender and Sexuality department bills it on their Web site as “The class … you’ve been waiting to take!”
Can’t get enough of the popular series? In this $814 class at Ohio State University you’ll “examine the literary techniques and cultural roots of the novels, exploring such themes as the quest, coming of age, and the nature of heroism.”
If you need a break from math at MIT, “Introduction to Videogame Studies” might appeal to you.
“Students play and analyze videogames while reading current research and theory,” reads the course description, which says students are expected to beat the games too, “in consultation with the instructor.”Annual tuition at MIT is almost $40,000, which works out to around $4,500 per class.
At Cornell University, you can fulfill your physical education requirement by taking tree climbing for $700.
At Alfred University in New York, you can now learn how to make maple syrup for $1500.
You might be stupid yourself to dish out nearly $5,000 for this oldie but goodie that has been taught a Los Angeles’ Occidental College for years. The Stupidity course description is hard to beat, saying stupidity “makes itself felt in political life ranging from the presidency to Beavis and Butthead.”
“What is it about the idea of a zombie that is so deeply unsettling,” asks a $638.25 course on offer in the English department at Ole Miss.
Students at Berkeley can learn about the crazy and compelling arguments used on television judge shows in “Arguing with Judge Judy,” a rhetoric class that costs about $1,080.
