Comments on: 12 College Classes We Wish Our Schools Had Offered

By: Daniel Green

Daniel Green — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:18:34 +0000

Between the Gutters – Comic Books as Art in the Honors College at the University of Central Arkansas, taught by one of the Onion AV Club’s most prominent writers, Noel Murray.

By: weston Floyd

weston Floyd — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:57:30 +0000

At Texas A&M they had a B-B-Que class, and Tech has wine tasting

By: Emma

Emma — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 03:59:26 +0000

At Agnes Scott, I took a class called Transatlantic Voodoo, which was actually spent talking mostly about zombis (no, I didn’t forget the “e”) and the “erect phallus.” (Direct quote, I assure you.) I kept my notes because they were hilarious, but I don’t remember much about the class except that my final project was about zombification and modern zombie films. I don’t have much good to say about Agnes, but that was certainly an interesting introduction to college.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 21:33:05 +0000

I took “The Ethics of Springfield” at Southern Methodist University. It is basically the same class as number 2 on the list, but we got freshman English credits for it!

By: Zach

Zach — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 23:25:56 +0000

Very interesting list. This spring Lebanon Valley College is offering “Video Games: History, Theory, and Society”

By: byron

byron — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:59:03 +0000

i have taken several unusual classes during my time as a student, which has been the past 20 years. most notably were :
the inklings: tolkien, lewis, and williams at King college in tn…we read and kept journals where we discussed religious messages in their writings,
magic and witchcraft at uga. we actually had to create a spell including the casting of a circle
currently, im taking an online class on zombies in american folklore which examines the growing interest in the zombie apocolypse

By: Jim F

Jim F — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:24:22 +0000

The wine tasting course I took at New College in Sarasota, FL, was great!
It was a small class, about 8 of us I think, held in a beautiful marble-floored dining room overlooking Sarasota bay in the old Charles Ringling mansion at sunset.
Most informative (I still have my notes), and definitely very enjoyable!

By: Jenn Zuko

Jenn Zuko — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 03:12:48 +0000

I taught a Harry Potter class at DU–it was a good time. I also teach a class about fairy tales, and taught one in the past about Lord of the Rings. Lit classes for graduate students. Fun stuff.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:45:28 +0000

I’m a senior in high school, and I’m taking classes on Lost, The Wire, and playing guitar

By: Stefanie

Stefanie — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:50:41 +0000

I’m slightly jealous of everyone here who took a fantasy or science fiction course, I have to admit.

I don’t think that my institution (Grand Valley State University, located in Michigan) offers a ton of unique classes. However, my section of Studies in Fiction focused on vampire lit (we even read Twilight which irritated me to no end, but that’s another story), and my honors junior seminar class was titled Images of the Devil in Literature. I read a lot for that class, but it was still pretty interesting. I also have two professors who have wanted to hold a class where they tell all of their stories about their lives (and they have led some interesting lives), but I don’t think it’s going to happen before they retire.

I think we also have a History of Witches/Witchcraft class available through the history department, but I have never taken it.