Adding insult to injury, many public colleges have begun charging students more if they decline one of the Worst College Majors, and study something of value instead.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2012-04-24/differential-tuition-increase-major/54513940/1</ref> Incidentally, a study by ''USA Today'' and the non-profit Education Sector showed that 514 colleges are more likely to produce defaults in student loans than graduates.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/07/03/514-Colleges-Have-Higher-Default-Rates-Than-Graduation-Rates</ref>
In addition, college matters less and less to employers. The number of degree-less hires is trending way up at [[Google]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/business/in-head-hunting-big-data-may-not-be-such-a-big-deal.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1& In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal, NYTimes, June 19, 2013]</ref> The President of the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy wrote in the Wall Street Journal, “Many liberal-arts graduates, even from the best schools, aren’t getting jobs in part because they didn’t learn much in school.”<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2013/02/10/sorry-left-and-right-no-job-requires-a-college-degree/ Sorry Left AND Right, No Job Requires A College Degree, Forbes.com, February 10, 2013]</ref> The most valuable degrees are certain fields in [[STEM]] subjects.
==Undergraduate majors==
# Video Game Design
# [[Feminism|Women's studies]]<ref name=collegecrunch>[http://www.collegecrunch.org/advice/the-10-most-expensive-but-useless-degrees-in-americ/] College Crunch, December 2008</ref>
#Justice and Peace Studies
==Graduate programs==
==Courses==
# 100 Years of Courting, Dating & Hooking Up on College Campuses - New York University<ref>100 Years of Courting, Dating & Hooking Up on College Campuses</ref>
# All the Single Ladies - Tufts University Experimental College<ref>https://www.coursehero.com/college-life/fun-college-classes/amp/</ref>
# American Indian Environmental Studies - Laurentian University
# Arguing with Judge Judy American Witches - UC BerkeleyTufts University Experimental College<ref>https://www.coursehero.com/college-life/fun-college-classes/amp/</ref>
# Angry White Men<ref>https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=12058</ref>
# Anthropology of Religion, Magic and Witchcraft - Los Angeles City College<ref>https://www.lacitycollege.edu/Academics/Classes/documents/Fall/Fall-2018-Class-Schedule</ref>
# Arguing with Judge Judy - UC Berkeley
# Beer and Spirits - Boston University<ref>https://www.coursehero.com/college-life/fun-college-classes/amp/</ref>
# Beyoncé Nation - Cornell University<ref>https://www.coursehero.com/college-life/fun-college-classes/amp/</ref>
# Brain Like Berkeley: An Insight into the Artistry of Frank Ocean - UC Berkeley<ref>https://www.coursehero.com/college-life/fun-college-classes/amp/</ref>
# Calling Bullshit: Data Reasoning in a Digital World - University of Washington-Seattle<ref>https://www.coursehero.com/college-life/fun-college-classes/amp/</ref>
# Cannabis and Cannabinoids in Physiology and Medicine
# Communicating Bullshit - University of Southern Maine<ref>https://www.coursehero.com/college-life/fun-college-classes/amp/</ref>
# Contemporary American Culture: The Fifty Shades Trilogy - American University<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/12/29/American-Univeristy-to-Offer-Course-on-Fifty-Shades-of-Grey UNIVERSITY TO OFFER COURSE STUDYING 'FIFTY SHADES OF GREY' TRILOGY, Breitbart, December 29, 2012]</ref>
# Cyber Feminism - Cornell University
# Dracula - University of Virginia-Charlottesville<ref>https://slavic.as.virginia.edu/course-descriptions-2</reF>
# Ecology of Renewable Natural Resources - Texas Tech University<ref>[http://www.depts.ttu.edu/officialpublications/courses/NRM.php Texas Tech University Course Listing]</ref>
# Emotional Literacy<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1076368/Schools-councils-waste-300-000-useless-emotional-literacy-course-faraway-island-sun.html</ref>
# Football Culture
# From DNA to ''Homo sapiens'' - MCLA
# Game of Thrones: Re-Imagining Medieval History as an Allegory of the Present -Dartmouth<ref>https://admissions.dartmouth.edu/news/2018/02/class-ice-and-fire</ref>
# Gaga for Lady Gaga: Sex, Gender, and Identity - University of Virginia-Charlottesville<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/10/lady-gaga-college-class_n_712540.html</ref>
# Getting dressed - Princeton University<ref>http://www.universitynavigator.com/university-blog/most-ridiculous-courses-you-can-opt-for.html</ref>
# Happiness - Xavier University<ref>https://www.coursehero.com/college-life/fun-college-classes/amp/</ref>
# Harry Potter Studies - University of Central Florida<ref>https://www.coursehero.com/college-life/fun-college-classes/amp/</ref>
# Hip Hop: The Politics of Culture - UC San Diego
# History of Surfing - UC Santa Barbara
# History of Weaving - UC Berkeley
# Ice Cream 101: Introduction to Frozen Desserts - Penn State–State College, Pennsylvania<ref>https://www.coursehero.com/college-life/fun-college-classes/amp/</ref>
# Intro to Cannabis - University of Cincinnati<ref>https://www.coursehero.com/college-life/fun-college-classes/amp/</ref>
# Introduction to Social Networking
# Labor Studies - UM Saint Louis & UM Kansas City<ref>[http://www.thehotjoints.com/2011/04/25/video-college-course-teaches-violent-union-tactics/ Video: College Course Teaches Violent Union Tactics, The Hot Joints, April 25, 2011]</ref>
# Marijuana Law and Policy - Vanderbilt University Law School <ref>https://law.vanderbilt.edu/courses/341</ref>
# Media Genres (studies zombies) - University of Baltimore<ref>[http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/article/university-of-baltimore-pop-culture-class-focuses-on-zombies/19625044?test=latestnews College Course Preps Pupils for Zombie Apocalypse, AOL News, September 9, 2010]</ref>
# Medicinal Plant Chemistry - Northern Michigan University<ref>https://www.nmu.edu/chemistry/why-medicinal-plant-chemistry</ref>
# Monsters - University of Pennsylvania<ref>https://www.english.upenn.edu/courses/undergraduate/2018/fall/engl102.402</ref>
# Native American Feminism - University of Michigan
# Occupy the Field: Global Finance, Inequality, Social Movement - Columbia University<ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2012/01/02/occupy-101/ Columbia University to Offer ‘Occupy 101′ Course, January 2, 2012]</ref>
# Nonhuman Subjects: Monsters, Aliens, Ghosts, and Others - The University of Arizona<ref>https://www.coursehero.com/college-life/fun-college-classes/amp/</ref>
# Philosophy and Star Trek – Georgetown University in Washington<ref>[http://courses.georgetown.edu/index.cfm?Action=View&CourseID=PHIL-180 Georgetown University Course Listing]</ref>
# Physiology of Cannabis, Spring - UC Davis <ref>https://biology.ucdavis.edu/people/yu-fung-lin</ref>
# Pilot Brewery (brewmaster) - UC Davis
# Politicizing Beyoncé - Rutgers University class from the Department of Women's and Gender Studies<ref>[http://www.jammiewf.com/2014/higher-education-rutgers-university-offers-class-on-beyonce/ Higher Education: Rutgers University Offers Class on Beyonce, Jammie Wearing Fools, Jan 31, 2014]</ref>
# Queer Musicology – UCLA
# Quidditch - Oberlin College
# Revolutionary Marxism - Portland State University<ref>https://www.theblaze.com/stories/portland-state-university-offering-revolutionary-marxism-course-and-wait-until-you-see-the-syllabus/</ref>
# Sailing, Surfing, Windsurfing, and Wakeboarding - UCSD<ref>https://www.coursehero.com/college-life/fun-college-classes/amp/</ref>
# Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - UC Berkeley
# Seeing with a Native Eye - Laurentian University
# Self-Esteem - Cal State Fresno
#Skateboard Culture and Popular Culture - University of Oregon<ref>https://www.coursehero.com/college-life/fun-college-classes/amp/</ref>
# Spongebobology - Oberlin College<ref>https://www.coursehero.com/college-life/fun-college-classes/amp/</ref>
# The Legacy of Harry Potter - New York University<ref>https://gallatin.nyu.edu/academics/courses/2018/FA/idsem-ug1972_001.html</ref>
# The Colbert Report: American Satire Writing Seminar - Boston University<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/cody-brotter/bu-offers-stephen-colbert_b_810122.html Class Credit for Colbert College Course, Huffington Post, January 18, 2011]</ref>
# The Science of Harry Potter – Frostburg University<ref>CBS News: ''Harry Potter Goes To College: Professor Uses Boy Wizard To Explores Links Between Magic, Science'', by Bootie Cosgrove-Mather, Sept. 26, 2003 [https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/11/19/national/main584456.shtml] ''...Frostburg State President Catherine R. Gira said she isn't worried that some may view a Harry Potter class as trivial. "Irrespective of the specific title of the course, the 'magic' in the fiction is being analyzed by applying concepts of physics, chemistry, biology and engineering. This honors course creatively packages scientific principles in a contemporary way that will interest today's students," Gira said.''</ref># The Legacy of Harry Potter - New York University<ref>https://www.coursehero.com/college-life/fun-college-classes/amp/</ref># The Marine Science of SpongeBob SquarePants - University of Georgia<ref>https://www.coursehero.com/college-life/fun-college-classes/amp/</ref>
# The Mythology of Harry Potter - UCLA
# The Real Game of Thrones—Culture, Society, and Religion in the Middle Ages - Harvard University<ref>https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/9/19/the-real-game-of-thrones/</ref><ref>https://time.com/4798917/harvard-game-of-thrones-class/</ref>
# The Science of Superheroes - UC Irvine<ref>[http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/11/14/the-top-8-california-schools-that-are-like-totally-wasting-your-money/ The Top 8 California Schools that Are, Like, Totally Wasting Your Money, NewsRealBlog, November 14, 2010]</ref>
# The Simpsons and the American Family - Hampshire College
# Understanding Obama - Harvard Law School<ref>https://www.theblaze.com/stories/harvard-law-offering-understanding-obama-course-taught-by-obama-mentor/</ref>
# Why Occupy Wall Street? The History and Politics of Debt and Finance - New York University<ref>[http://weaselzippers.us/2011/12/09/n-y-u-to-offer-classes-on-occupy-wall-street/ N.Y.U. To Offer Classes On Occupy Wall Street], [[Weasel Zippers]], December 9, 2011.</ref>
# Wine and Beer in Western Culture - Ohio State University<ref>https://www.coursehero.com/college-life/fun-college-classes/amp/</ref>
# Witch Hunt! - Amherst College<ref>https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/courses/1819F/ENGL/ENGL-370-1819F</ref>
==Anti-racism==
Multiple colleges and universities have workshops on white privilege. In response to the demands of black students in the 1970s, many universities established academic programs in "black studies" or "Africana Studies." These programs were structured as conventional departments that offered majors, master degrees and even doctorates in the field. Specialized journals reported on their scholarship and research. However, as a part of the [[Black Lives Matter]] movement, black students are demanding new programs in "anti-black racism", mandatory training in "anti-racism" during new student orientation and even for-credit mandatory classes in [[anti-racism]]. This raises the logical question whether these demands are an implicit rejection of the prior black studies programs as ineffective or illegitimate. For example, will the student's demands be satisfied if the new graduation requirement was to take one of a number of classes offered by an area studies or Africana Studies program? What is the value of an Africana Studies major's degree awarded over the past fifty years now that the current academic fashion has embraced anti-racism? It is unclear how anti-racism studies differs from black studies or Africana studies.
* During summer 2020, Martha Pollack, President of [[Cornell University]] recommended that all students, faculty and staff engage in a "community book read" of ''How to Be an Antiracist'' by [[Ibram X. Kendi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statements.cornell.edu/2020/20200603-support-strengthen-community.cfm|title=Immediate actions to support and strengthen our community|date=June 3, 2020|accessdate=2020-08-21}}</ref>
* The [[University of Pittsburgh]] requires a one credit hour course, "Anti-Black Racism: History, Ideology, and Resistance (PITT 0210)" to indoctrinate all students in [[anti-racism]]. Students are automatically enrolled in the class and cannot drop it for any reason.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.provost.pitt.edu/anti-black-racism-history-ideology-and-resistance-final-course-syllabus|title=Anti-Black Racism: History, Ideology, and Resistance (PITT 0210) — Final Course Syllabus|accessdate=2020-08-25}}</ref>
==Workshops==