For parents, this may help you decide to pay or not to pay for egregious tuition fees. For students, this may be a help and an incentive to determine what college or university to attend. For government bureaucrats in the education department, this will give you a list of courses to throw more taxpayer money at. For college and university curriculum planners, this may give you some ideas for new courses. For alumni who are giving money to their Alma Mater, this may give you pause for thought, and for alumni, it may make you sad to know what you missed by going to college when hard “solid” subjects were taught. It should be duly noted, that the bulk of these subjects do not favor traditional American culture and values, and do favor the occult and various self indulgent behaviors.
The list of colleges and universities is alphabetized to make it easy to look up your particular choice or interest. Oberlin College gets the prize which is a Dufus Award!
Stupid Courses Taught In Colleges & Universities
A’s
Alfred University – Maple Syrup: the Real Thing
Alfred University – It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Alfred University – The Good, The Bad, And The Revolting
Alfred University – Tightwaddery, Or The Good Life On A Dollar A Day
Amherst – Taking Marx Seriously
Appalachian State University – What If Harry Potter Is Real?
Arizona State University – Age of Piracy
B’s
Barnard College – The Road Movie
Bates College – Goldberg’s Canon: Making Whoopi (learning about Whoopi Goldberg)
Belmont University – Oh Look, a chicken! Embracing Distraction as a Way of Knowing.
Bowdoin College – The Horror Film In Context
Brown University – On Being Bored
Brown University – American Degenerates
C’s
Cal-Tech – The Amazing World Of Bubbles
Carleton College – Fem Sex
Centre College – The Art Of Walking
Columbia College – Zombies In Popular Media
Cornell University – Introduction to Wines
Cornell University – Ghostbusters
Cornell University – Tree Climbing
Cornell University – Sex, Rugs, Salt & coal
Cornell – Cyberfeminism
D’s
Duke University – Campus Culture And Drinking
G’s
Georgetown University – Philosophy And Star Trek
Georgia State University – Kanye Versus Everbody
J’s
Johns Hopkins – Mail Order Brides? Understanding the Phillippines
in Southeast Asian Context
M’s
MIT – Street-Fighting Mathematics
MIT – The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
MIT – Games And Civic Engagement
MIT – American Pro Wrestling
MIT – American Soap Operas
MIT – How To Learn (Almost) Anything
MIT – Daylighting (How To Use The Sun To Light Up Things
Montclair – How To Watch Television
Mount Holyoke College – Whiteness: The Other Side of Racism
O’s
Oberlin College – How To Win A Beauty Pageant: Race, Gender, Culture, and U.S. National Identity
Oberlin Experimental College – Nuthin’ But A ‘G’ Thang
Oberlin Experimental College – Introduction To Turntableism
Oberlin Experimental College – The Art Of Warcraft: A Closer Look At The Virtual World Phenomenon
Oberlin Experimental College – Knitting For Noobs
Oberlin Experimental College – Through The Darkness Of Future-Past: An Exploration Of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks
Oberlin Experimental College – Video Game History: Rise Of A New Medium
Oberlin Experimental College – Chosen: Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Oberlin Experimental College – The Office: Awesome, Awkward, & Addicting
Oberlin Experimental College – Calvin & Hobbes
Oberlin Experimental College – From Ban To Bar: The History, Politics & Taste Of Chocolate
Occidental College – Stupidity
Occidental College – The Phallus (For the uninformed look up the definition of this word)
Ohio State University – Sport For The Spectator
Ohio State University – Harry Potter Literature
Ole Miss – It’s News To Me: The Role Of Media In Your Life
Ole Miss – Those Sexy Victorians
Ole Miss – The Living and UnDead: An Inquiry Into Zombies In Cinema and Literature
Oneonta College – European Witchcraft
Oregon State – Far Side Entomology
Oregon State University – Philosophy of Phish
P’s
Pitzer College – Tattoos, Piercing, and Body Adornment
Pitzer College – Learning from You Tube
Princeton – Getting Dressed
Q’s
Queens University Belfast – The Jedi Knights
R’s
Reed College – Underwater Basket Weaving
Rhode Island School Of Design – Dirty Pictures
Rhode Island School Of Design – The Art Of Sin, And The Sin Of Art
Rutgers University-New Brunsick – Women’s and Gender Studies: Women, Culture, and Society: Pop Culture Politics
Rutgers University – Beyoncé’
S’s
Skidmore College – The Sociology of Miley Cyrus: Race, Class, Gender, and Media
Stanford University – Virtual People
State University of New York at Buffalo – Cyberporn And Society
Swarthmore College – Interrogating Gender: Centuries of Dramatic Cross-Dressing
Swarthmore College – Nonviolent Responses To Terrorism
T’s
Temple University – UFO’s In American Society
Tufts University – Demystifying the Hipster
Tufts University – The Future Is Lost: TV Series As Cultural Phenomena
U’s
University of British Columbia Vancouver – Game of Thrones
University Of California Berkeley – The Strategy Of Starcraft
University Of California Berkeley – The Simpsons And Philosophy
University of California Berkeley – Arguing With Judge Judy
University of California Irvine: The Science of Superheroes
University Of California Los Angeles – Queer Musicology
University Of California Los Angeles – History Of Electronic Dance Music
University Of California Los Angeles – The Beatles
University of California San Diego – God, Sex, Chocolate: Desire and the Spiritual Path
University of California San Francisco – Aortion: Quality Care and Public Health Implications
University of California Santa Clara – Muppet Magic: Jim Henson’s Art
University Of California Santa Clara – The Joy of Garbage
University Of Indiana – Star Trek And Religion
University of Iowa – The American Vacati
University of Iowa – Elvis As anthology
University of Pennsylvania – Wasting Time On The Internet
University Of Pennsylvania – The Feminist Critique of Christianity
University of Pennsylvania – The Adultery Novel In and Out of Russia
University of Rochester – Alien Sex
University Of Sioux Falls – Finding Dates Worth Keeping
University of South Carolina – Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame
University of Texas – Invented Languages: Klingon and Beyond
University of Virginia – GaGa for Gaga: Sex, Gender, and Identity
University of Washington – The Textual Appeal of Tupac Shakur
University of Washington – Border Crossings, Borderlands: Transnational Feminist Perspectives on Immigration
University Of West Virginia – Whitewater Skills
University of Wisconsin – The Vampire in Literature and Cinema
University of Wisconsin – Elvish, The Language of “Lord of the Rings”
University of Wisconsin – Daytime Serials: Family and Social Role
W’s
Whitman College – Mad Men
Williams College – Comparative History of Organized Crime
– Pen
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