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Originally Posted by valo403
So what do you call it when someone goes to University for 4 years to read English literature, or study Roman history etc.?
What's a "respectable degree"? Must the end product enable you to enhance the national GDP? Do you need to be able to develop science? I'm honestly astounded by how narrow minded you've just shown yourself to be.
I don't know about German universities, but I do know that there are countless course like this at Universities considered the best in the world. Here's a brief run down for you, seeing as you've just jumped to a conclusion with absolutely no basis I'll do the work for you.
UC Berkley - Ranked number 36 in the world
- Arguing with judge Judy - popular logic in TV
- Simpsons and Philosophy
- The strategy of Starcraft
Johns Hopkins - Ranked 13 in the world
- Mail Order Brides - Understanding the Phillipines in Southeast Asian context
Cornell University - Ivy League School ranked 15th in the world
- Sex, Rugs, Salt, and Coal - Discussing things like "is prostitution the oldest profession" and "why are oriental rugs collectors items"
University of Pennsylvania - Also Ivy League and ranked 11th in the world
- The adultery novel in and out of Russia
University of Wisconsin - Madison - Ranked 55th in the world
- Daytime Serials - Family and Social Roles
Carnegie Mellon - Ranked 21st in the world
- American Golf - Aristocratic pastime or the people's game?
And unless you think this is a North American phenomenon here are a few examples from Europe and Asia.
You can get a MA in Tae Kwon Doe at Kyung Hee University in Seoul, a Doctorate in Ufology at Melbourne University, and a MA in digital games at Liverpool John Moores University. My personal favorite is the course that Staffordshire University offered focused on David Beckham.
Still doubt that it's a worldwide thing?
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Well if all of this is true then the world of education (or in the US/Canada at least) is in a terrible shape as far as I am concerned.
However Uni of Melbourne jumped out at me. Doctorate in Ufology? I don't think so:
A researcher who investigated the mysterious world of UFO sightings, ufology and ufologists will be awarded a PhD at the University of Melbourne this week.
Martin Plowman, from the School of Culture and Communication, investigated hundreds of UFO sightings and interviewed dozens of ufologists as part of his PhD thesis.
Mr Plowman will become Dr Plowman next Saturday (August 9) when he is conferred with a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne.
As part of his research Mr Plowman visited key sites in the history of ufology, including Roswell, New Mexico; crop circle hotspots in Wiltshire, England; and the Valley of Elqui in the Chilean Andes, and examined the links between UFO sightings and religion, politics, national security and popular culture.
http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/view.php?articleID=5319
So no, you cannot really sign up for an Ufology doctorate... It's more like a "today's culture is nuts and I am going to write about it" doctorate...