The WEIRDEST College Classes

College is a time to expand your horizons. It is a time to explore things you normally would not explore and learn subjects you never thought you would learn. The courses assembled below, however, take this sentiment to a new extreme.

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Hampshire College, "Historical Sewing Techniques for Practical Use"

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This four hour long class (no, we are not joking) put on in conjunction with Hampshire's Experimental Program in Education and Community, teaches students how to sew like their "great-great-grandmothers."

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This four hour long class (no, we are not joking) put on in conjunction with Hampshire's Experimental Program in Education and Community, teaches students how to sew like their "great-great-grandmothers."

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[sandlev]

01:44 PM on 07/08/2011

I took Arthurian Legends back in 1963-4.

[MasterKat]

03:20 AM on 07/08/2011

My college offered a class on the Lord of the Rings.. my roommate took it but by the time I tried to sign up the class was full. I took a class on narrative Chinese diaspora instead. Such a let down.

[ddr lemming]

10:29 PM on 06/29/2011

I'm an alum of Alfred University ('07) and actually took course #2 on your list. It's an honors-program seminar - Alfred faculty get to propose honors courses about things they're interested in that they normally wouldn't get a chance to teach. A nice thing about the maple syrup course was that it gave us a chance to understand something that part of the local community cares about (Alfred and the surrounding area have a number of farms, small maple-syrup makers, and suchlike). And, of course, there's the fun of a weekly sugar rush from the snacks.

[yahooserious]

01:38 PM on 06/28/2011

Klingon? only in Texas! Thank God I'm a Red Raider.....hahahahahahahahaha

[Sam Saussy]

08:51 PM on 06/24/2011

You think that's weird? I once took a class that took a field trip into outer space on a magic school bus.

[cypherr]

02:48 PM on 06/23/2011

The University of Scranton has a course called The Joys of Physics on a Bicycle. Unfortunately, I've heard it isn't nearly as awesome as it sounds.

[Susan Osterhout Troiano]

05:01 PM on 06/22/2011

While the classes maybe weird, and some is interesting, and it is all about learning. Some you may benefit others is just out of curiosity.

[Lauramae]

04:51 PM on 06/22/2011

You know I see a lot of these kinds of list on here lately and to me it is the result of an unfortunate merger of news sources. Less imagination, more corporation. And for those sneering like a philistine at the courses, well, I would say your attitude is the larger evidence of your failure to be moved at all by the acquisition of knowledge. You know what they say about horses though, you can bring it to water, but you can't make it drink.

[Laetus]

02:53 PM on 06/22/2011

These classes will be exceptionally helpful in getting you popular jobs such as a McDonalds cashier, a school janitor, a construction worker, etc.

[thecommonraven]

02:36 PM on 06/22/2011

Most studio or technical classes are 3 or 4 hours long. How else do you expect to get anything done?

[SmallTownMarm]

01:07 PM on 06/22/2011

I have students who think that taking English, algebra, speech and any history courses is stupid and silly, so who can say what's silly or weird? I work in a largely agrarian area and I had a student argue that agriculture courses should be required of ALL STUDENTS IN AMERICA at every grade level!!!??? That's weird to me!!!

[Christina Mullinix]

12:12 PM on 06/22/2011

Some of these classes do seem kind of silly to me... but I'd be interesting in taking that sewing class. It seems like it could be useful, and even though it wouldn't apply to my major, I may very well take a class like that sometime before I graduate if I can acquire the extra money.

[John Borden]

11:18 AM on 06/22/2011

This more or less explains why we are hearing these uncomfortable whisperings from the fringes of society discussing the possibility of a college bubble while some rich man is stirring up controversy for giving high school grads $100,000 to NOT go to college.

Mind you, I hate ignorance, as much as the next guy perhaps, and attribute significant value to the modern university, yet I can't help but sense a sort of injustice in the fact that someone is paying a significant some of money to watch a well-educated 60 year old man lecture on maple syrup or the art of watching TV.

[ddr lemming]

10:36 PM on 06/29/2011

You actually might like the maple syrup course (I just commented above - I'm an Alfred alum and I took it as an honors course). It was taught by our library's archivist, so she was also interested in the role maple syrup plays in the community (Alfred's fairly rural, and we have locals who make and sell it; I think most are farmers, but some aren't). We took field trips out to some syrup-makers' farms and such to try to see it done firsthand (though since sap's running is so dependent on the weather, sometimes we couldn't see it in action). Some of the honors courses, like that one, are really good about getting students off campus and taking a good look at the community and who makes a life around us.

[FPhoebe]

12:07 AM on 06/22/2011

The sewing class isn't that odd; there is a similar course taught at my college (unfortunately I never got the chance to take it before I graduated). Really helpful if you're planning on going into Costume Design. And knowing different techniques for all kinds of sewing is necessary even in modern design. And all my sewing classes were four hours long each week. Those types of classes have to be that long if you want to get anything done.

[Harris Walker]

11:41 PM on 06/21/2011

At HPU, there was a freshman seminar called "Gods, Greens, Guns, and Gays: Four Controversial Issues in American Culture"

[roger37]

11:51 PM on 06/21/2011

Sounds like an interesting class. Certainly, you don't have a problem with college students learning about current issues and the thought that leads up to them?

[Alma Carranza]

01:26 AM on 06/22/2011

That is beautiful alliteration.