According to Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, these are the "Top 10 Odd College Courses" being offered:
Just think, if all of these courses were available in one university which offered a doctorate in Odd Studies, the candidate might produce a scary soap opera featuring characters from Star Trek who become involved with mobsters. In one episode, Dr. Spock and his girlfriend Bonnie Parker take a road trip, stopping off for a walking tour through a pornographic museum operated by degenerates. On the way back, they are attacked by giant armadillos as they travel through Texas.
- Philosophy and Star Trek
- Daytime Serials: Family and Social Roles
- The American Vacation
- The Horror Film in Context
- Comparative History of Organized Crime
- The Road Movie
- American Degenerates
- The Art of Sin and the Sin of Art
- Death and the Nineteenth Century
- Art of Walking
So, where would you guess that these unusual courses are taught?
If you guessed California, you're wrong, even though Californians have the reputation of being different. In fact, to take advantage of all of these studies, one would have to travel to Washington, D.C., Wisconsin, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, West Virginia, Rhode Island, Indiana, and Kentucky. None of these courses are taught in any state farther west than Iowa, nor are any two of these courses available in a single place. So now you have your bit of trivia for the day ...
Posted by Moona at February 23, 2005 09:05 AM | TrackBackI don't consider the organized crime class that odd. I'd take it
Posted by: Chase at February 23, 2005 06:41 PM