{"id":1239,"date":"2018-10-16T19:27:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T19:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoosierflipside.com\/?p=1239"},"modified":"2018-11-14T18:30:20","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T18:30:20","slug":"19-totally-real-classes-that-iu-actually-offers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoosierflipside.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/16\/19-totally-real-classes-that-iu-actually-offers\/","title":{"rendered":"19 Totally Real Classes That IU Actually Offers"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jake Spear and Flipside Staff<\/p>\n

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Registering for classes can be a difficult process. Who really knows what they want to study? And there are so many options! That’s why Flipside is here to help! We’ve compiled a list of the weirdest classes that IU actually offers to students for your scheduling convenience.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. KLLC Hot Topics
    \nA Kelley Management major can go a long way in maintaining your local Hot Topic.<\/li>\n
  2. Herbology
    \nTaught by visiting professor, Pomona Sprout.<\/li>\n
  3. Scuba Diving
    \nIt’s better down where it’s wetter, under the SRSC.<\/li>\n
  4. Achieving Your Dreams
    \nOne of the most difficult classes on campus.<\/li>\n
  5. Physics for Poets
    \n“How the scarlet apple gently fell on Newton’s crown”
    \n“Aristotlean worldview come crashing down”<\/li>\n
  6. Wordsmithing
    \nA semester-long class about the life of Merriam Webster as he wrote the
    \ndictionary.<\/li>\n
  7. History of White Colonialism
    \nColloquially known as “history”<\/li>\n
  8. Archaeological Ethics
    \n“It belongs in a museum”<\/li>\n
  9. Internship in Philosophy
    \nYour options are either to become a pirate, fry cook, or billionaire.<\/li>\n
  10. Pornography Through the Decades
    \nThis is a “hands-on” learning experience.<\/li>\n
  11. What is America?
    \nIn case you missed 3rd-grade social studies.<\/li>\n
  12. Internship for LAMP
    \nBecause “Liberal Arts Management Program” is a mothful.<\/li>\n
  13. Experimental Course in Accounting
    \nThis class is gonna be the ride of your LIFO.<\/li>\n
  14. Who’s Afraid of Radiation
    \nEveryone?<\/li>\n
  15. Advanced Movement
    \nYou might have passed Introductory movement, but this class won’t be a walk in the park.<\/li>\n
  16. Public and Oral Communications
    \nSee wordsmithing.<\/li>\n
  17. Death and Dying
    \nOne of the few classes required for both Philosophy and Pre-Med.<\/li>\n
  18. Women in the Bible
    \nBrother Jed’s least favorite class.<\/li>\n
  19. Leadership Under Fire
    \nLearning to take a bullet for your team. Literally.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    By Jake Spear and Flipside Staff Registering for classes can be a difficult process. Who really knows what they want to study? And there are so many options! 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