The Wildest College Courses You Can Actually Take (and Yes, Astrology for Business Is One of Them)
Think college is all textbooks and late-night study sessions? Think again.
In today’s episode, The Jubal Show dives into the jaw-dropping (and very real) college courses that are making headlines—and making some people question the future of education entirely. From Ivy League institutions to community colleges, schools across the country are offering increasingly bizarre classes that range from oddly practical to totally unhinged.
Here’s what’s trending:
📚 Adulting 101 is now an actual college class. Universities nationwide are offering courses that teach Gen Z students basic life skills like how to do laundry, cook, sew, and even change a tire. Supporters say it's long overdue and fills a critical education gap. Critics? They say it’s what YouTube is for.
Source: NBC News
🎓 Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus are getting the academic treatment. Harvard now offers Taylor Swift and Her World, a class focused on the singer’s cultural impact, while Skidmore College once offered The Sociology of Miley Cyrus, analyzing her transformation from Disney star to pop provocateur.
Source: Time Magazine | USA Today
🔮 Yes, Astrology for Business is real—and passionate students swear by it. According to fans of the course, aligning your entrepreneurial moves with cosmic energy can help you "aggressively manifest" your goals. Whether that works or not… Mercury’s still in retrograde.
Source: Business Insider
📺 Arguing With Judge Judy is now a college-level logic class. Students at UC Berkeley have been known to take this one. The syllabus? Analyzing episodes of the iconic court show to learn reasoning and rhetoric.
Source: The Guardian
👗 And Princeton offers “Getting Dressed,” a class that treats fashion as a philosophical pursuit. Yes, really. It's about how clothing choices influence identity, power dynamics, and self-perception.
Source: The Cut
Whether these classes represent innovation or educational chaos is up to you—but one thing’s for sure: they make for a hilarious, fascinating conversation.
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