Comments on: The 15 Strangest College Courses In America

By: Crystal Kile

Crystal Kile — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:48:26 +0000

T’aint WHAT one studies, it’s HOW one studies.

That said, Greil Marcus was also right when he observed that popular culture, finally, is “limited, enervating, and obvious.”

Nice work, whoever selected the images for this article!!

By: Dog Obedience Training

Dog Obedience Training — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:04:22 +0000

Dog Obedience Training…

I really cannot agree more. Nice points there….

By: Leslie

Leslie — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:34:04 +0000

For all those complaining about Berkeley and the California school system offering all these courses, I suggest reading the comments offered above on DECals. Its a process of democratic education which has NOTHING to do with your major, gpa, or tuition. Enterprising and interested students have to make up their own syllabi and submit it to faculty.

Sure, there are some real duds, but most of these students work really hard so that all involved learn something from these courses. Relax people. The only thing you could be paying for is the money for the lights they have to use to illuminate the classroom.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:49:10 +0000

I think the Columbia College courses need to be further investigated. I attend that school……we have a lot more classes.

By: Tiffany Inspired

Tiffany Inspired — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:04:38 +0000

This is interesting. I never knew that colleges are offering these courses now. I can’t blame them, they should integrate the modern world in the course, its a new approach than using the traditional way of teaching. Now, I know, I like the youtube classes, I guess it is more informative.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:51:50 +0000

I love the art of walking! That’s got to be a classic. I couldn’t imagine filling a semester with how to walk.

By: John

John — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:59:58 +0000

Dickinson College had a class known as “Monty Python and the Real Grail” comparing grail lore going back to Chretien de Troyes to the film. Also explored how Pulp Fiction was part of the grail legend. It was a seriously weird class in the English Department.

By: josh

josh — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:06:48 +0000

Techniques of Relaxation at Bemidji State. Pretty much laying on a mat and sleeping

By: Sarah Jane the underwater basket weaver

Sarah Jane the underwater basket weaver — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:26:20 +0000

I am the redhead in the underwater basket weaving photo. It was taken at Harvey Mudd College, in Claremont, CA. A friend and I decided we wanted to get credit for underwater basketry, so we designed an independent study class around that idea. We DID get credit for the class. Here’s the website we produced as our final project: http://www4.hmc.edu:8001/humanities/indian/basketry/hmcbasketry.html
The pictures of the underwater stuff (which we never gave permission for this site to use, by the way) are under the “Read about our attempts at basket weaving” link ( http://www4.hmc.edu:8001/humanities/indian/basketry/journal.html ).

By: Jaroslav

Jaroslav — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:59:45 +0000

I can tell you something about the Philosophy and Star Trek course. Wetzel was one of my professors. The author of the site has COMPLETELY the wrong read on the course. Wetzel is the most rigorous, logical, squeeze-a-femtogram-of-truth-from-the-hardest-stone professor you can imagine. She’s actually using Star Trek as cover to talk about the dry, technical sort of philosophy she loves, which undergrads would run screaming from if they knew in advance what they were getting into. Star Trek is just the icing on top of the sugar-free bran muffin underneath.