Unique majors thread

College Majors
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<p>Harvard University
History of Art and Architecture ( Chinese architecture)</p>

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<p>University of Delaware has a major called "Three Languages," and you learn three languages to graduate with this major. Actually, you have to be quite proficient in two of them and not quite as advanced in the third. This seems like a pretty unique major. If you got pretty far in Spanish, French, or German in high school, this might be an especially good major.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.fllt.udel.edu/three_languages.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.fllt.udel.edu/three_languages.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>An old press release from The College of New Jersey (in Trenton)
(For Release July 14, 2003)</p>

<p>TCNJ offers undergraduate Interactive Multimedia major; first of its kind in nation</p>

<p>Ewing, NJ…Beginning this fall, The College of New Jersey will begin offering a new major in Interactive Multimedia. The first undergraduate major of its kind in the United States, the degree in interactive multimedia combines into one program courses in interactive computing, professional writing, and digital media. </p>

<p>The major is the first in the Media Studies Program in the School of Art, Media, and Music at the College. Students will be required to take courses designed for the major in each of these three areas but will specialize in one: digital media, interactive computing or professional writing. </p>

<p>“Our goal is to produce graduates who know, in detail, the computing, design, and communication principles used to create media products such as web sites, and interactive and linear media. They will be prepared to work on educational and entertainment industry projects such as interactive tutorials, video games and animation effects for movies and advertising,” said Phil Sanders, coordinator of the program. </p>

<p>The essential idea common to all three areas of study is that interaction in computer-based multimedia requires a genuine appreciation for the integration of the written word, media design, and the technical potential of the media. “A practitioner requires basic through advanced skills in digital media design, computer programming, and story telling,” added Sanders.</p>

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<p>Concordia College in Moorhead has a Scandinavian Studies major and a Norwegian minor</p>

<p><a href="http://www.cord.edu/dept/registrar/catalog/departments/scan.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.cord.edu/dept/registrar/catalog/departments/scan.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Childrens Literature at Pittsburgh...it was odd when I found it, dont know where else its found</p>

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<p>Writing it or studying it? This reminds me of one of the funniest books I've read recently, Postmodern Pooh. It is a satire of modern schools of literature analysis (well, he makes some up too ...) What do all the pretend papers look at? Winnie the Pooh.</p>

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<p>Folklore @ GSU</p>

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<p>Clark has a concentration in Holocaust and Genocide Studies.</p>

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<p>has professional gaming major~!</p>

<p>go figure lol</p>

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<p>Wow, Holocaust and Genocide studies... That sounds cool!</p>

<p>The Queer Studies is not really that unique because it's basically the same thing as Gender Studies/LGBT Studies/Feminist, Gender, & ____ Studies... It's all more or less the same.</p>

<p>I'm actually going to study that as a minor or perhaps one of my two majors. ^_^</p>

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<p>U. of Pennsylvania has Bioligical Basis of Behavior</p>

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<p>University of Missouri-Rolla has ceramics engineering.
Rutgers has Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies.</p>

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<p>UConn has a Puppetry major, WPI has Fire Science.
Georgetown has: American Studies, Catholic Studies, Museum Studies, Justice and Peace Studies, and Social and Political Thought. </p>

<p>Also, check out Bob Jones University...they have majors like Pulpit Speaking, Bassoon, and Ministry Aviation, just to name a few</p>

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<p>Lincoln University has a BSc in 'Golf Studies'. That's pretty funny.</p>

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<p>Bob Jones' dress code scares me.</p>

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<p>Ursinus has a minor in Pennsylvania German Studies.</p>

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<p>bob jones is the most ridiculous university. any major from it should be considered unique.</p>

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<p>There is a polymer (as in plastics and stuff) major at NYU.</p>

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<p>They aren't "official", but UBC has mini school courses in wine-tasting. </p>

<p>You can major in "archival studies" (ie. how to be a librarian) or be in the faculty of Forestry. They have a wood-processing centre on campus. </p>

<p>On the registration site there are also courses in "Tibetan languages".</p>

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<p>USC:</p>

<p>Business Administration (Cinema-Television) (B.S.)
Business Administration (East Asian Studies) (B.S.)
Computer Science/Business Administration (B.S.)</p>

<p>Chemical Engineering (Nanotechnology) (B.S.)
Chemical Engineering (Polymer Science) (B.S.)
Computer Science (Games) (B.S.)
Physics/Computer Science (B.S.)</p>

<p>Linguistics/Philosophy (B.A.)
Linguistics/Psychology (B.A.)</p>

<p>I think these are moderately to really unique, at least combination wise, see here (<a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/publications/cat2006/undergraduate/degree_programs_list.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usc.edu/dept/publications/cat2006/undergraduate/degree_programs_list.html&lt;/a&gt;) for the full list.</p>

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