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So You're Your Own Grandpa: Avoiding Temporal Paradoxes\\
Evil Twin Identification 101\\
Respecting Your Neighbor's Butt-shaped Forehead\\
Philosophy 421: Defeating Advanced Beings with Primitive Logic\\
Spacial Anomalies: Why they're so common and still "anomalies"\\
Psychology 204: How to sense aggression while being fired upon\\
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So You're Your Own Grandpa: Avoiding Temporal Paradoxes\\
Evil Twin Identification 101\\
Respecting Your Neighbor's Butt-shaped Forehead\\
Philosophy 421: Defeating Advanced Beings with Primitive Logic\\
Spacial Anomalies: Why they're so common and still "anomalies"\\
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-->Uncertainties of [[UsefulNotes/QuantumPhysics Heisenburg's Principle\\
Principle]]\\
So You're [[MyOwnGrampa Your OwnGrandpa: Grandpa]]: Avoiding Temporal Paradoxes\\
Evil Twin Identification 101\\
Respecting Your Neighbor's [[RubberForeheadAliens Butt-shaped Forehead\\
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So You're Your Own Grandpa: Avoiding Temporal Paradoxes\\
Evil Twin Identification 101\\
Respecting Your Neighbor's Butt-shaped Forehead\\
Philosophy 421: Defeating Advanced Beings with Primitive Logic\\
Spacial Anomalies: Why they're so common and still "anomalies"\\
Psychology 204: How to sense aggression while being fired upon\\
Advanced Screaming for Ensigns
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* The now defunct ''Sev Trek'' had a comic competition about courses offered at Starfleet Academy. Suggested classes included:
->Uncertainties of Heisenburg's Principle\\
So You're Your Own Grandpa: Avoiding Temporal Paradoxes\\
Evil Twin Identification 101\\
Respecting Your Neighbor's Butt-shaped Forehead\\
Philosophy 421: Defeating Advanced Beings with Primitive Logic\\
Spacial Anomalies: Why they're so common and still "anomalies"\\
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Advanced Screaming for Ensigns
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* Midway through ''VideoGame/ShadowsOverLoathing'', your character has to do some OccultDetective work at the local college. This necessitates actually becoming a student, with such electives available as [[SmartPeopleBuildRobots robotics]] and [[SpidersAreScary Spiders]].
* Midway through ''VideoGame/ShadowsOverLoathing'', your character has to do some OccultDetective work at the local college. This necessitates actually becoming a student, with such electives available as [[SmartPeopleBuildRobots robotics]] and [[SpidersAreScary Spiders]].
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* ''Fanfic/CatTales'': After the main events of "Demon's in the Details", Tim Drake decides to switch directions away from the science track his advisor and one of his professors had him on in favor of something different. The fic ends with his spotting a "Sociology of Superheroes" class among the possible electives, which he notes has the benefit of being in the afternoon (so he can sleep in), and the next story in the series -- "Do No Harm" -- confirms that he's chosen to take it despite Bruce and Barbara's disapproval.
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->'''Eric''': Oh yeah.
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* ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'': Used as a PreAsskickingOneLiner by Casey Jones in an early scene:
-->'''Casey Jones (to [[LetsYouAndHimFight Raphael]])''': Welcome to Pain 101. Your instructor is Casey Jones.
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* ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'': ''Film/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1990}}'': Used as a PreAsskickingOneLiner by Casey Jones in an early scene:
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* Stony Brook University's anthropology department offers [[https://www.stonybrook.edu/summer-session/courses/results/?department=ANT&catalog_number=208 "Zombiology"]], a course in which students study zombies as represented in pop culture to examine more serious subjects like the spread of infectious diseases, the collapse of civilizations, and human behavior in small-band societies.
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** One of the courses that Abed takes in the first season is the aforementioned "A Deep Analysis of ''Series/WhosTheBoss''" with the ultimate goal of finding out who was the titular boss of the show. After Abed almost immediately determines that [[spoiler: Angela]] is the boss, complete with a full class presentation, the professor in question cancels the class entirely, contemplating suicide before working on a new course about the show ''Series/WhatsHappening''.
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->'''Red Forman''': "The Religion of Star Wars".
->'''Eric''': Oh yeah.
->'''Red''': This country's gonna lose the next war.
->'''Eric''': Not if it's in an intergalactic battle between good and evil.
-->--''Series/That90sShow'': '''That '90s Pilot'''
Academia is a large beast, with multiple subjects already in place and even more sprouting up as needs arise. As higher education has evolved, and the thresholds to gaining a degree have gotten more and more challenging, students and academics alike struggle to find ways to succeed in the classroom setting. The advent of "Filler Classes" has made it easier on the student side, while expertise on a very narrow topic has made the case for professors to stay relevant.
This trope presents itself in a few ways: the courses could be mentioned in passing, the character could be a student taking said course, or a teacher/professor teaching that course.
Overlaps with UltimateJobSecurity if the professor is tenured. Compare IMinoredInTropology, SpecificSituationBooks and OddlySpecificGreetingCard. See also ExpertInUnderwaterBasketWeaving. Graduating from one of these is likely to result in ADegreeInUseless. TruthInTelevision as there are many courses that similarly cover a narrow, academically irrelevant subject that students take for easy credits.
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* This is how the fictitious South Harmon Institute of Technology operates in ''Film/{{Accepted}}''. Bartelby Gaines opens up the floor for those who were accepted to the school to create courses to their liking, in some cases, even taught by those students who originally proposed them. Courses include "Faking It 101", "Mo Money 555", and "Advanced Skepticism 401", among others.
* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': Thor claims to have studied the Groot language as an elective, a language whose entire vocabulary consists solely of the phrase "I am Groot."
* ''Film/LegallyBlonde'': When Elle talks to her academic advisor about applying to Harvard Law, arguing she has a 4.0 GPA, her skeptical advisor replies:
-->'''CULA Advisor:''' Yes, but your major is fashion merchandising. Harvard won't be impressed that you aced History of Polka Dots.
* ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'': Used as a PreAssKickingOneLiner by Casey Jones in an early scene:
-->'''Casey Jones (to [[LetsYouAndHimFight Raphael]])''': Welcome to Pain 101. Your instructor is Casey Jones.
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* Whil in high school, Juan Rico of ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' followed courses in Appreciation of Television:
->''A boy who gets a C- in 'Appreciation of Television' can't be all bad.''
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* ''Series/{{Community}}'':
** Many of the courses offered by Greendale Community College fall under this category. Some unique courses offered at Greendale include Ladders, Can You Fry That?, When Is It Okay to Shake a Baby?, Creator/NicolasCage: Good or Bad?, A Deep Analysis of ''Series/WhosTheBoss'', A History of Ice Cream, and Physical Education Education.
** One of the courses that Abed takes in the first season is the aforementioned "A Deep Analysis of ''Series/WhosTheBoss''" with the ultimate goal of finding out who was the titular boss of the show. After Abed almost immediately determines that [[spoiler: Angela]] is the boss, complete with a full class presentation, the professor in question cancels the class entirely, contemplating suicide before working on a new course about the show ''Series/WhatsHappening''.
* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Ted teaches "Robin 101", a class designed to teach Barney about how to date Robin, and her likes and dislikes. Amazingly, it managed to have more than one student, though the other guy might have just not been fluent enough in English to understand what it was.
* ''Series/MagnumPI'': Thomas Magnum has a chance to earn credits at college by teaching a course there. His course is Private Investigating, obviously. Magnum has to cajole his buddies T.J. and Rick into attending to meet the minimum number of enrollees. He teaches mostly in the field, solving his active cases with greenhorn students in tow. Neither the coursework nor the sleuthing go all that well.
* ''Series/That90sShow'': Eric Forman turned his obsessive love of ''Franchise/StarWars'' into an adjunct professorship at a Chicago area university, where he teaches a massively popular course about the religion of Star Wars. Upon hearing this, Red surmises that the United States will lose the next war.
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* Midway through ''VideoGame/ShadowsOverLoathing,'' your character has to do some OccultDetective work at the local college. This nescessitates actually becoming a student, with such electives available as [[SmartPeopleBuildRobots robotics]] and [[SpidersAreScary Spiders]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Professor Farnsworth teaches a course at Mars University with a name that he purposefully made sound as complicated and difficult as possible so no one would want to take it. Fry signs up for the course so he could get by on nepotism, causing Farnsworth to panic.
--> '''Farnsworth''': Fry please, I can't teach, I'm a professor.
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* Real universities have offered a plethora of [[https://bestlifeonline.com/funniest-college-courses/ "interesting"]] courses in the past. These include courses on "The Art of Walking", "Series/GameOfThrones", [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Elvish]], and "The Physics of Series/StarTrek".
* Stony Brook University's anthropology department offers [[https://www.stonybrook.edu/summer-session/courses/results/?department=ANT&catalog_number=208 "Zombiology"]], a course in which students study zombies as represented in pop culture to examine more serious subjects like the spread of infectious diseases, the collapse of civilizations, and human behavior in small-band societies.
* The University of Victoria once offered "The Science of ComicBook/{{Batman}}", a sports medicine course in which students examined the training habits and physical feats of the Caped Crusader as a metaphor for research into sports training and recovery.
->'''Red Forman''': "The Religion of Star Wars".
->'''Eric''': Oh yeah.
->'''Red''': This country's gonna lose the next war.
->'''Eric''': Not if it's in an intergalactic battle between good and evil.
-->--''Series/That90sShow'': '''That '90s Pilot'''
Academia is a large beast, with multiple subjects already in place and even more sprouting up as needs arise. As higher education has evolved, and the thresholds to gaining a degree have gotten more and more challenging, students and academics alike struggle to find ways to succeed in the classroom setting. The advent of "Filler Classes" has made it easier on the student side, while expertise on a very narrow topic has made the case for professors to stay relevant.
This trope presents itself in a few ways: the courses could be mentioned in passing, the character could be a student taking said course, or a teacher/professor teaching that course.
Overlaps with UltimateJobSecurity if the professor is tenured. Compare IMinoredInTropology, SpecificSituationBooks and OddlySpecificGreetingCard. See also ExpertInUnderwaterBasketWeaving. Graduating from one of these is likely to result in ADegreeInUseless. TruthInTelevision as there are many courses that similarly cover a narrow, academically irrelevant subject that students take for easy credits.
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!!Examples:
[[AC: Films - Live-Action]]
* This is how the fictitious South Harmon Institute of Technology operates in ''Film/{{Accepted}}''. Bartelby Gaines opens up the floor for those who were accepted to the school to create courses to their liking, in some cases, even taught by those students who originally proposed them. Courses include "Faking It 101", "Mo Money 555", and "Advanced Skepticism 401", among others.
* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': Thor claims to have studied the Groot language as an elective, a language whose entire vocabulary consists solely of the phrase "I am Groot."
* ''Film/LegallyBlonde'': When Elle talks to her academic advisor about applying to Harvard Law, arguing she has a 4.0 GPA, her skeptical advisor replies:
-->'''CULA Advisor:''' Yes, but your major is fashion merchandising. Harvard won't be impressed that you aced History of Polka Dots.
* ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'': Used as a PreAssKickingOneLiner by Casey Jones in an early scene:
-->'''Casey Jones (to [[LetsYouAndHimFight Raphael]])''': Welcome to Pain 101. Your instructor is Casey Jones.
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* Whil in high school, Juan Rico of ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' followed courses in Appreciation of Television:
->''A boy who gets a C- in 'Appreciation of Television' can't be all bad.''
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* ''Series/{{Community}}'':
** Many of the courses offered by Greendale Community College fall under this category. Some unique courses offered at Greendale include Ladders, Can You Fry That?, When Is It Okay to Shake a Baby?, Creator/NicolasCage: Good or Bad?, A Deep Analysis of ''Series/WhosTheBoss'', A History of Ice Cream, and Physical Education Education.
** One of the courses that Abed takes in the first season is the aforementioned "A Deep Analysis of ''Series/WhosTheBoss''" with the ultimate goal of finding out who was the titular boss of the show. After Abed almost immediately determines that [[spoiler: Angela]] is the boss, complete with a full class presentation, the professor in question cancels the class entirely, contemplating suicide before working on a new course about the show ''Series/WhatsHappening''.
* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Ted teaches "Robin 101", a class designed to teach Barney about how to date Robin, and her likes and dislikes. Amazingly, it managed to have more than one student, though the other guy might have just not been fluent enough in English to understand what it was.
* ''Series/MagnumPI'': Thomas Magnum has a chance to earn credits at college by teaching a course there. His course is Private Investigating, obviously. Magnum has to cajole his buddies T.J. and Rick into attending to meet the minimum number of enrollees. He teaches mostly in the field, solving his active cases with greenhorn students in tow. Neither the coursework nor the sleuthing go all that well.
* ''Series/That90sShow'': Eric Forman turned his obsessive love of ''Franchise/StarWars'' into an adjunct professorship at a Chicago area university, where he teaches a massively popular course about the religion of Star Wars. Upon hearing this, Red surmises that the United States will lose the next war.
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* Midway through ''VideoGame/ShadowsOverLoathing,'' your character has to do some OccultDetective work at the local college. This nescessitates actually becoming a student, with such electives available as [[SmartPeopleBuildRobots robotics]] and [[SpidersAreScary Spiders]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Professor Farnsworth teaches a course at Mars University with a name that he purposefully made sound as complicated and difficult as possible so no one would want to take it. Fry signs up for the course so he could get by on nepotism, causing Farnsworth to panic.
--> '''Farnsworth''': Fry please, I can't teach, I'm a professor.
[[AC: Real Life]]
* Real universities have offered a plethora of [[https://bestlifeonline.com/funniest-college-courses/ "interesting"]] courses in the past. These include courses on "The Art of Walking", "Series/GameOfThrones", [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Elvish]], and "The Physics of Series/StarTrek".
* Stony Brook University's anthropology department offers [[https://www.stonybrook.edu/summer-session/courses/results/?department=ANT&catalog_number=208 "Zombiology"]], a course in which students study zombies as represented in pop culture to examine more serious subjects like the spread of infectious diseases, the collapse of civilizations, and human behavior in small-band societies.
* The University of Victoria once offered "The Science of ComicBook/{{Batman}}", a sports medicine course in which students examined the training habits and physical feats of the Caped Crusader as a metaphor for research into sports training and recovery.
