Weirdest Class Your School Offers?

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<p>I'm currently enrolled in a corse called Sex in the 21st Century which covers basically every aspect of sex our there and has aquifer such a reputation that non students frequently sit in on our discussions or presentations by outside speakers. I thought it was a somewhat unique course until I looked on the geology course atlas and found that this semester a course entitled "Native Science and Earth Systems of North America" is offered next semester. According to the course description, it seems to discuss the Native American view of geology but perhaps more importantly, allows for non science majors to check off the science gen ed box. </p>

<p>So after that long discussion, what are some of the weirdest classes that your school offers?</p>

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<p>Tractor driving. :smiley: It’s a P/NP class that is often taken by seniors who have already met all their unit requirements for graduation, but still need a few more units to qualify for financial aid (since you need to be a full time student to get financial aid, and many seniors tend to have fewer than 12 units their last quarter).</p>

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<p>We had a class called Anthropology of Humor. The first half of the class dealt with why we laugh, why we find certain things humorous, what the definition of humor is, what other cultures find funny, etc. and the last half of the class was watching stand-up comedy videos from different eras. It was my favorite class.</p>

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<p>My son will take Video Games & Storytelling for an English class this spring. He picked it because you get to play video games–what a fun English class!</p>

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<p>First we have Intro to Logic, then Logic II: Understanding Logic, and Logic III: Understanding Serious Logic. They all have the same books, and Logic II, and III don’t count as credits.</p>

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<p>-Global Music for the I-Pod [sic]
-Literature by Afro-Brazilian Women
-There’s also one I don’t remember the name of, but it’s about heavy metal. Yes, the music genre. The teacher takes his students to a couple of concerts every semester.</p>

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<p>Walking. It’s only offered online.</p>

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<p>I forgot. There’s also Advanced Walking, also only offered online.</p>

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<p>My previous school came out with a lit class for 50 shades of grey!</p>

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<p>What exactly do you do in a “walking” class?</p>

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<p>Witchcraft. One of the assignments I think is to design your own cult.</p>

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<p>@ intergalactic: I don’t know what the walking class at CrazyCatMan’s school is like, but back at my community college, our walking/jogging class was where the instructor tells you a route to tackle, how many miles you’d be walking, and then you’re off on your way. The route and number of miles changes with every class meeting. Those who prefer to run ahead are permitted to do so.</p>

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<p>I took an honors seminar on spying and espionage my sophomore year…</p>

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<p>There’s a video game culture class at my university. They seriously just play xbox the whole time. </p>

<p>It’s part of our Writing for New Media track, so I guess students get to see the different kinds of rhetorical stuff in video games. </p>

<p>If I wasn’t already pressed for classes and if there wasn’t always a huge waiting list for the class, I’d totally take it!</p>

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<p>The advantages of having 145 credits and three semesters left: never waitlisted for a class. :D</p>

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<p>We had one about zombies.</p>

<p>Also one semester (not sure if it is continued), my school had a class on wine. I know some wine tastings were done. I wasn’t 21 at the time, plus I have no room for filler classes.</p>

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<p>A class on spying and espionage sounds awesome.</p>

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<p>My literature class analyzes anime, specifically Miyazaki. LOTS of reading about boring scholars, though.</p>