Internet Discoveries

• It is not uncommon when browsing the internet to have you path crossed by the weird and wonderful. Recently I found myself straying away from the usual favorites of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc and stumbling upon a site that features ‘Top 10…’ lists. For example ‘Top 10 Movie Cliches’, ‘Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know Were German’ and even stranger ‘Top 10 Truly Extreme Noses’ - (not kidding) 
• Being a university student at this time, there was one particular post that caught my interest that I am going to share with you now.

  So, introducing….

  Top 10 Bizarre University Courses

  At number 10: The Theology of Eating                                                                 This course was found at Loyola College. It takes one of the most basic parts of human life and completely dissects and analyses it. I’m pretty sure the only thing of any importance is that you need to eat to stay alive - A* for me.

  9: The Art of Walking    Once again, this course doesn’t seem to have any place in this world. Walking… surely that’s just putting one foot in front of the other.

  8: The Art of Sin and the Sin of Art     The course description for this came with a warning about what punishments students may face for their sins for any controversial artwork they may create in the future. Learning in fear.

  7: The Joy of Garbage    Not even joking. It is actually called The Joy of Garbage. Students are required to research and determine the differences between ‘garbage’, ‘discard’ and ‘waste’ … ok, who would take this course and why?!

  
  6: The Unbearable Whiteness of Barbie                                  Yeah, thats right. Barbie. This course is mandatory for some students at Occidental College and tries to explore ways in which scientific racism has been put to use in the making of Barbie. Definitely something of great value that one can use in ones future… NAHHHTT

  5: Stupidity   A course teaching about Stupidity - I like the irony :)

  4: Philosophy of Star Trek                                                                                      If you ever wanted to understand the philosophical depths of Star Trek this is the course for you! Prerequisites include 1) Severe lack of any social life 2) A yearning ambition to be forever going nowhere.

  3: Zombies     I actually find this analogy quite interesting. Credit for this must go to Sean Hoade, professor of English at University of Alabama who found comparabilities between American consumption patterns and Zombies.

  Sean Hoade- “zombies act as a mirror for Americans, not only as we see ourselves but also as the rest of the world sees America in the time of George W. Bush: as a roaming, voracious killer turning its victims into soulless creatures like itself”                                               

  - makes sense to me
  
  
  2: Maple Syrup: The Real Thing       This made me laugh. It is literally a course in studying the production of maple syrup. Nothing else to it really. The best bit about this is that Alfred University in Western New York State listed“willingness to work for long periods in snow, cold and mud” as one of the prerequisites!
      
                                                                    
  So here we finally are, 1: Knitting for Noobs  It’s in the title really. A university degree for knitting. Can’t get much simpler than that. Over £3000 a year… to knit. Certainly a worthy winner of the Top 10 Bizarre University Courses for its audacity and completely pointless existence.
  
  
  Worst thing is, probably all these courses will consist of more lecture hours than the one I’m doing….
  
  
  Laters x