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- rdrysdale, on 10/26/2007, -0/+42Underwater basket weaving didn't make the cut?!
- Gabberwok, on 10/26/2007, -4/+23Am I the only person who thinks "sociology" should go up there too?
- dinostabOMG, on 10/19/2007, -1/+14Weak sauce. Especially the last two - organic agriculture and fisheries management, two very important health/environment-related disciplines. I'm pretty sure any college student could find funnier ones just opening their course catalogue - which is about how funny this is.
- UberNick, on 10/26/2007, -1/+14Site's slow. Duggmirror down.
1. Master Ranching – Showing up to college wearing spurs and riding a horse probably isn’t the best idea, unless you go to Texas A&M-Kingsville’s Institute for Ranch Management. The university is offering the first ever master degree program for ranchers. What was once a profession passed on from generation to generation is now getting sophisticated enough that it may actually require an MBA. Go figure. Graduates can expect salaries in the $50,000-$75,000 range.
2. Astrobiology – ET phone home. The University of Glamorgan in the UK offers a degree in Astrobiology, which is the search for life beyond earth. So if hunting for alien life is your thing consider a career in Astrobiology.
3. Retail Floristry – I bet you never thought working at your local flower shop required a college degree. Well, it probably doesn’t, but that doesn’t mean you can’t major in Retail Floristry anyway. Career opportunities are a step above working the cash register and include wholesaling, special event designing, and display gardening. This program is offered through Mississippi State University and graduates can expect a 90% job placement rate.
4. Professional Nanny – Sullivan University in Louisville Kentucky offers a professional nanny program, which prepares graduates to work in private residences, day care centers, children’s hospitals, and country clubs. This is a perfect career for those girls who grew up babysitting all the neighborhood kids that now want to make more than $2 per hour.
5. Sports Ministry – Graduates from this program are prepared for positions in non-profit organizations seeking to use sports as an avenue for teaching religion. This program is offered through Campbellsville University in Campbellsville Kentucky.
6. Adventure Recreation – Do you like snowboarding, scuba diving, ice climbing, or whitewater rafting? If you answered yes, perhaps you should consider doing what you love for a job and start by making it your college major. Green Mountain College in Vermont is offering major and minor programs in Adventure Recreation, which aims to place graduates in a variety of outdoor recreation careers such as those listed above.
7. Golf & Sports Turf Management – Just because you were never good at football doesn’t mean you can’t make it your job. Only you’ll be repairing the grass they tear apart every week. The course curriculum offered by Mississippi Sate University will prepare you for a career as a golf superintendent or a sports turf manager at city, school, and professional sports arenas. Graduates in this field also enjoy a 90% job placement rate.
8. Comedy: Writing and Performance – Here’s a degree program that actually requires “ a great sense of humor” as an admission requirement. Humber College in Canada offers this program to help naturally talented students hone their craft and learn the commercial side of the business. Students learn stand-up, improv, scriptwriting, and sketch comedy.
9. Organic Agriculture – Organic foods make up more than 2.5% of all food and drink sales nationwide and have been increasing by 20% per year since 1990. This makes organic farming an attractive career opportunity. This is the first organic agriculture major in the nation and is offered through Washington State University.
10. Fishing Sciences and Management – This masters program is offered by Colorado State University and focuses on fish populations for recreational and commercial fishing purposes to ensure adequate conservation and utilization. If nothing else the courses on fish psychology should at the very least help you catch more fish. - perhapsimcrazy, on 10/26/2007, -0/+13At Carnegie Mellon University you can major in Bagpipes
- diggface5000, on 10/19/2007, -2/+12How is astrobiology unusual? We've discovered over 200 exoplanets with technology that's continuing to improve. Without astronomers that understand organic chem it would make all those discoveries kinda pointless.
- iamsamsamiam, on 10/19/2007, -0/+10Humber College in Toronto is only a college and in Canada the standards are that only 'universities' can grant degrees, while colleges get to only grant "diplomas".
- drdom, on 10/19/2007, -0/+8My son has an Associates Degree in Sports Turf Management, and with 2 years on the job makes anout 75K working for a MLB team. Everyone in his class had multiple job offers at graduation, and there's now a waiting list to get into the program.
- 97thfloor, on 10/23/2007, -1/+7"Underwater Basket Weaving" not everyday you see a quote from UHF
- BrandonTurner, on 10/19/2007, -0/+5Michigan State has 4 of those degrees(Fishing Sciences and Management // Golf & Sports Turf Management // and kinda Adventure Recreation, but not as extreme as they make it sound // Master Ranching), and I know people in all of them. They all have real classes and teach valuable information. They all have real jobs that are aligned with the curriculum. I don't think they are that unusual.
- psuchad, on 10/19/2007, -0/+5Golf and Turf Management at Penn State is actually a very hard degree. There is a lot of science that goes into the proper planting, layout, drainage, and maintenance of golf courses. Also at PSU they have to keep a certain score in golf in order to stay in the major. Once they graduate most make more money than you could imagine.
- civperc, on 10/19/2007, -0/+5Golf & Sports Turf Management, awesome.
- albundy, on 10/19/2007, -2/+7Would you like fries with that?
- kensavage, on 11/09/2007, -0/+5NO but underwater fire prevention did!!
- darkcooger, on 10/19/2007, -0/+4Sweet, Mississippi State made the list *twice*! It's not every day my alma mater makes any lists, let alone make the same list twice. I guess you take your victories where you can... :P
- stormym, on 10/19/2007, -1/+5Tom: What's he doin?
Droz: He's finishing his senior thesis. Pigman is trying to prove the Caine-Hackman theory. No matter what time it is, 24 hours a day, you can find a Michael Caine or Gene Hackman movie playing on TV.
Tom: That's his thesis?
Droz: Yes! That's the beauty of college these days, Tommy! You can major in Game Boy if you know how to *****. - fantasticFlan, on 10/19/2007, -0/+4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_basket_wea ...
- canuq, on 10/19/2007, -0/+3Mirror: http://mirror.canuq.com/3836028/Community/Connect/ ...
- snowbusiness, on 10/19/2007, -0/+3I was originally a ski resort management major :O
- def1234, on 10/19/2007, -0/+3at New York University Film School you can major in porn directing.
- trer, on 10/19/2007, -0/+3Dr. Hibbert: Although your football career is over, you can always fall back on your degree in, oh my lord, Communication?!
Luzchenko: I know I know, Is phony major! - razrielle, on 10/19/2007, -0/+3I went to the comedy college, they teach me great jokes.
"This suit is black not" - markdr123, on 10/19/2007, -0/+2A few universities here in the UK offer "woman studies" and "gay and lesbian studies"...
Oh, and Nottingham have 'viking studies', which is pretty much the coolest thing ever. - JaredXM, on 10/20/2007, -0/+2Hardcore or softcore?
- spidoman, on 10/19/2007, -0/+2It worked for me, and it can work for you too! Call Now!
- Coffeedemon, on 10/19/2007, -0/+2Hmm a survey of users to determine trends in individual attitudes towards sociology framed under the notion that sociology should be included in a list of unusual (read: less valuable) disciplines... ironic.
- ronaldinho, on 10/19/2007, -0/+2professional nanny? WTF? Sooner or later we will have professional dishwasher or dry cleaner. Gosh
- triskele, on 10/24/2007, -0/+2Especially since the author of the article either did a little word-play and swapped "Fishery" with "Fishing". And if it isn't word-play and the author is that stupid... damn I wish I could hit that Bury button twice.
- andy3109, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1They have a pulp and paper degree...where is that?
- jiveturkeyblues, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1um. these are not very unusual. my school offers two of them. organic ag is one of the most popular majors here. why is it weird at all?
- lrdntwnd, on 10/21/2007, -0/+1Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH offers a BA and an MA in Popular Culture. I believe it's the only program of its kind in the US (maybe the world?). That's a pretty unusual degree.
- Shawn4168, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1Interesting...I never knew that's how it worked in Canada. A professor of mine at my university has a saying: "A college becomes a university when it stops caring about its students."
- fuzzynyanko, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1Game development degrees are catching on actually. Now whether companies look at those over traditional programming degrees is another thing.
- DrAcUlA212, on 10/20/2007, -0/+1I was watching Wheel of Fortune....and a guy from Bayloy university majored in Church Recreation.
- ChaosProfessor, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1ha ha SAM where did you go to school if you went to the UP you rock
- snowbusiness, on 10/20/2007, -0/+1I started at lyndon state college in vermont. I tranferred after a year though
- Crosshare, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1Wasn't it used in Blue Chips as well?
- Crosshare, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1I actually know two people that qualify for this list. The first doesn't have a degree in adventure recreation, but it's what he does for a living most of the day. I also play poker with a guy that is pursuing a degree in Golf Course Management while he interns at the link at the Air Force Academy.
- QuickeningYak, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1There is a degree called "Fervent Masturbating". One usually gets it by graduating from Business School.
- thcobbs, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1Shh!
- ryan899, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1Monmouth College in Monmouth, IL used to have (and might still) a scholarship if you could play the bagpipes.
- navster15, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1Some colleges in Canada do offer Bachelors degrees for a few limited subjects. Ryerson University in particular offered some engineering degrees as a college before becoming accredited as a university.
- fuzzynyanko, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1Ever watch the Dirty Jobs episode where they extracted seed from farm animals?
- DrMonkeyLove, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1A college in a different state than the one you live in.
- zeitgueist, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1I have a degree in Packaging Science. There's about 7-10 schools that offer it in the US. I'm pretty much guaranteed a job.
- manonfire285, on 10/26/2007, -0/+1708
- mmcwhorter, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1East Tennessee State University Bluegrass Music Program. Yeah, this is for real.
http://www.etsu.edu/cass/bluegrass/ - bowlman628, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1I have a degree in Bowling Industry Management from Vincennes University in Vincennes, Indiana. I was in a class of 15. The year before me had about 10 graduates and the class after me had only 8. However from what I hear the class sizes have been close to 20+ students the last couple years.
- Turnar, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1My college offers music business, audio engineering, and professional songwriting...
yep, we're in Nashville. - AccuraCast, on 10/19/2007, -0/+1Some are not that unusual, i actually know people who've done Comedy, Organic Agriculture and Fishing Sciences (My college was opposite the Agriculture & Crop Sciences building)
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