Seven Special Degrees for Students “Majoring in Fun”
Cornell’s course allows students to master grape growing and winemaking.
The Huffington Post contributor Kelsey Pomeroy has a roundup of seven majors for students who would rather focus on fun instead of getting an education worthy of a career — like in business, computer science or nursing.
1. Pop Culture
Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH)
Do you enjoy binge-watching television shows on Netflix or obsessing over celebrities? If so, this major might be a dream come true for you…
2. Bakery Science & Management
Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS)
If you’ve ever wanted to open your own bakery or cute little cupcake shop, you might want to consider Kansas State’s Bakery Science & Management program…
3. Comedy: Writing and Performance
Humber College (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Humber College in Canada offers a major in Comedy Writing and Performance, which helps students jump-start their careers in the arts and entertainment industry….
4. Costume Technology
DePaul University (Chicago, IL)
The Theatre School’s BFA degree is designed to prepare students for jobs as drapers, fabric cutters and costume shop managers.
5. Floral Management
Mississippi State University (Oktibbeha County, MS)
Spending your days surrounded by beautiful roses, tulips and daisies and arranging flowers for a living sounds great, right?
6. Adventure Education
Green Mountain College (Poultney, VT)
Yes, you read that correctly; at Green Mountain College, you can actually get a Bachelor of Science degree in (educational) adventuring.
And, of all of these, perhaps the most useful is from Professor Jacobson’s institution:
7. Viticulture and Enology
Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
For the ultimate wine-lover (or anyone who was inspired by Dennis Quaid’s characters’ Napa Valley vineyard in The Parent Trap), Cornell boasts a program in Viticulture and Enology, where you can learn to master the arts of grape growing and winemaking.
Comments
Why are you sneering at 2, 4, 5, 7, Leslie? In fact, apart from 1 and 6, the others seem like hard work and may necessitate arduous internships.
To make it in any if these fields us stone cold hard work, Leslie, not just fun.
Juba: Because those are all areas in which you can get real world experience without going to a high-priced college. I would suggest reading Aaron Clarey’s great book “Worthless” to understand the approach. Thanks for your great question, though.
So using your rationale, nobody should go to college to study agriculture because they can get “real world experience without going to a high-priced college”. What about fiber arts? Should people just buy a loom? What about architecture? On the job training in drafting is enough, huh.