Ridiculous but real college courses

Women’s Studies

If you read the descriptions, most aren’t “ridiculous” as electives. It’s not like you can get a degree in any of them.

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“Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame.” After becoming enthralled with the singer and artist after seeing her on television, sociology professor Mathieu Deflem devised the course, explaining to The New York Times, “The central objective is to unravel some of the sociologically relevant dimensions of the fame of Lady Gaga.”

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This actually seems pretty interesting. She was a pretty average person and built a fan base that is almost cultish

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Tree climbing

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If one could get a BA in this, it would be an excellent waste of $100,000

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The Art of Walking

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thats an F for oweo

Damn.

I took a “Weightlifting” class for extra credit hours. It was a glorified PE class; all I did (the times that I went) was walk into the basketball courts & play for an hour. My final (and the only class grade) consisted of questions like “what is a bench press?” Gotta love GPA boosters

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History 185: From Mobile to Margaritaville

This course will use the fiction and extensive musical repertoire of Jimmy Buffett as a focal point for studying world geography and the human interactions associated with it through the course of history.

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Luther College

At my old school, UAS (the Humpback Whales) we have an outdoor studies program. I took several of these classes years ago before they formally started a program.

Outdoor Studies (ODS)




ODS S112 Swiftwater Rescue


ODS S114 Backpacking in Southeast Alaska



ODS S115 Winter Backpacking in Southeast Alaska


ODS S116 Introduction to Rock Climbing



ODS S117 Introduction to Ice Climbing



ODS S118 Avalanche Evaluation and Theory I



ODS S119 Introduction to Fly Fishing, Tying, and Casting



ODS S120 Wilderness First Responder


ODS S122 Wilderness First Responder Recertification



ODS S133 Introduction to Sea Kayaking



ODS S134 Introduction to Swiftwater Travel





ODS S148 Backcountry Skiing and Snowboarding



ODS S205 Backcountry Navigation



ODS S216 Rock Climbing Level II



ODS S217 Ice Climbing Level II

ODS/PE S116 or S117.


ODS S218 Avalanche Evaluation and Theory Level II



ODS S219 Intermediate Fly Fishing, Tying, and Casting



ODS S221 Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue Fundamentals



ODS S222 Mountaineering I



ODS S233 Expedition Sea Kayaking



ODS S243 Introduction to Outdoor Leadership


ODS S244 Outdoor Leadership


ODS S245 Outdoor Leadership Capstone


ODS S372 Mountain Adventure: Philosophy, Literature and Practice


ODS S444 Expedition Planning and Leadership


ODS S445 Outdoor Studies Emphasis Capstone

I took an English 2000 class at LSU that was nothing but watching and analyzing horror films.

Our professor was a grad student who was working on a Dracula book, so our only actually work was submitting information pulled directly from IMDB to him on a weekly basis