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1 -   Course Name:   Science of Harry Potter
 
You must have seen movie series “Harry Potter”, read its book or at least heard of it. Harry Potter is a very famous Fantasy movie about a world of magicians. This movie gained fame very quickly and made millions of fans all around the world just like myself.
 
After watching this movie, we all think if we can ride a broom. Is it possible to disappear in moment? And can those giant spiders in movie be real? To answer all of these confusions Frostburg State University introduced a course after this that is now taught graduates. If you don’t believe me, here is the link to official Frostburg course description.
 
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2 -   Course Name:   Street Fighting Mathematics
 
Who doesn’t like street fighting, unless you are in it. This course is exactly what its title manifests as they will teach you all about street fighting and some technical details about the fight. You will stunned hearing the name of university that teaches this course, the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ranked world’s best university by QS Ranking. Following are some details about what they teach you in this course.
 
This course sharpens and demonstrates tools for educated guessing and down-and-dirty, opportunistic problem solving across diverse fields of knowledge. In the syllabus of this course, six tools are described: dimensional analysis, easy cases, lumping, picture proofs, successive approximation, and reasoning by analogy. Above described are just technical and heavy words to make it sound like some really important deal. In short, how you could win a street fight where there are no rules and dirty play is considered dirty. You must think that I am just saying it to make this article interesting, so, here is the link to official MIT course Description.
 
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3 -   Course Name:   Philosophy and Star Trek
 
The most famous and loved Sci-Fi movies of all times is Star Trek Series. Recently, its latest movie was released which reportedly broke all the previous records of business. Teaching about this movie and getting university credits for it would be like heaven for nerds and fans like myself.
 
“Star Trek is very philosophical. What better way, then, to learn philosophy, than to watch Star Trek, read philosophy, and hash it all out in class?” This is what said the Georgetown University of USA, offering of this course. Here is the official Georgetown course description link as prove.
 
 

 
4 -   Course Name:   The Science of Superheroes
 
Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Iron man, best of all Wolverine, Captain America, Cat women etc. There is just no shortage of superheroes these days. We all like to see superheroes rock n roll. But UCDAVIS College of Engineering decided to create a productive role out this entertainment.
 
There is a course named The Sciences of Superheroes in which teachers actually teach physics. The kind of physics seen in the movie, I mean how can a man fly, and its comparison with real life physics laws. This is quite an interesting class to take, however, in a sense weird too. Here is the link of its official course description by the offering university.
 
There is also a course taught in University of Victoria of Australia, especially on Batman, called “Science of Batman”. Here is read about funny course Sciences of Batman.
 

 
5 -   Course Name:   Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame
 
Lady Gaga is a very famous pop star celebrity of United States of America.  University of South Carolina teaches their students all about this Lady and her life. The purpose of this course is to teach students concepts of Sociology, so, they will be discussing about the weird things, scandals, music videos that every happened in Lady Gaga’s life and how all that affected her fame.
 
Mathieu Deflem, the professor teaching the course describes this course as: “Aiming to unravel some of the sociologically relevant dimensions of the fame of Lady Gaga with respect to her music, videos, fashion, and other artistic endeavors. Here is the link of its official course description by the offering university. Because of this bizarre and weird way of education, this course made our top 5 of most funny and weird courses taught in universities.
 
 

 
6 -   Course Name:   Getting Dressed
 
Spending your whole life, learning all kinds of things, about society, about world and even sciences, arts and technologies but one thing we never learn our whole life is “Getting Dressed”. By the way, it was sarcasm. Now, one of the world’s most top and admired institution, Princeton University, offers a course in which they teach students about getting dressed.
 
"The objective, of course, is to encourage them to think about themselves," said Joselit, a visiting professor of history. "But it's also to get beyond that and to think seriously about clothing, which they're not inclined to see as a kind of larger social force and as something that relates to memory and history."
 
Here is the link of this most funny and weird course’s official description by its host university.
 
 

 
7 -   Course Name:   The Vampire in Literature and Cinema
 
The vampires are everywhere in popular culture in novels such as The Twilight Saga, television series such as Buffy Ultraviolet, and The Vampire Diaries, as well as short fiction, comic books, graphic novels, and films. Considering their value in present world, in this course they will teach you all about the Vampires. Who are vampires, how they started and how they got famous.
 
This course is offered by a world’s most renowned and admired institute the Harvard University. Studying about Vampires, this kind of funny and weird course was expected from Harvard, however, they must want to offer some fun as well with studies. Here is the official course description link.
 
 

 
8 -   Course Name:   Tree Climbing
 
Here is something every student should really learn in his lifetime. A doctor may not know about diseases and medicine but he must first learn climb a tree, it is a real necessity of society after all. This enormous assignment has been undertaken by one of the America’s most famous educational institute, the Cornell University.
 
Recreational Tree Climbing is a comprehensive course for individuals or small groups wishing to learn how to climb trees safely. Taught by our senior tree staff, this class covers all the basic skills of tree hazard assessment, line placement, ascending, descending and moving around in the canopy. Apparently, outsiders of university are also allowed to take part in this session to learn this skill. Here is the proof that this funny and weird course exist and it is taught, the official course description by offering university.
 
 

 
9 -   Course Name:   Theory and History of Video Games
 
Video games are fun. Almost every single person alive and aware of technology loves to play video games. But no one bothers thinking and knowing where these games come from, who invented them. Keeping young generations interest of video games in view, various universities are offering a course on it. These universities include Webster University and Swarthmore University.
 
In this course, they will teach you all the theories, analysis and history of video games just not the technical details that are of Software engineers concern. This funny and weird course is designed to give students an overview of gaming and game development, Students will learn about gaming history, game design, psychological, sociological, physiological, and economic aspects of games and gaming. Here is the link to official description from Webster and here official course description from Swarthmore.
 
 

 
10 -   Course Name:   American Pro Wrestling
 
Every young boy is a fan of Wrestling. Here is course offered on American Pro Wrestling where students will explore the cultural history and media industry surrounding the masculine drama of professional wrestling. Sounds like fun doesn’t it?
 
But it’s not easy to attend this course since this course is only offered the top university Massachusetts Institute of Technology and you will have only a million other students in your competition for admission. This course is designed for undergraduates and graduates. They use various materials from original WWE and they also participate and help with the course. Here is the proof that this funny and weird course exist and it is taught, the official course description by the university.

 

 

 

 

 


 

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