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A Hopi basket weaver circa 1900.
Wikipedia tells us that “In weaving willow baskets, a trough of water is needed in which to soak the dried willow rods. They are then left to stand until pliable and ready to be used in weaving. The weaving is, however, not done under water.” With that tidbit of information under our belts, registration for Spring Term 2011 begins next Monday, which means it’s time to plan what you’re going to take next semester for Bwog’s semesterly roundup of ridiculously-named courses. Please note that not all of these match the implications of “underwater basket weaving,” but instead simply have ridiculous names prone to misinterpretation. If you happen to come across any courses with humorous names that we missed, please leave them in the comments.
Technology Management K4124 Knowledge Management
Theatre Arts R6520 Collaboration
Sociology 86810 Organization Failure
Spanish W3542 The End of the World
Statistics W4543 Survival Analysis
Philosophy G4675 The Direction of Time
Psychology W3615 Children at Risk
Earth and Environmental Sciences W3018 Weapons of Mass Destruction
Earth and Environmental Sciences W4230 Crustal Deformation
Anthropology V3977 Trauma
Dance BC3000 From Page to Dance Stage
Electrical Engineering E4815 Random Signals and Noise
Science W3920 Ignorance
Anthropology G4143 Accusation
English BC3143 Middle Fictions
French W4995 French for Diplomats
International Affairs U6445 Talking with the Enemy
International Affairs U6216 Communique
Anthropology W4042 Agent, Person, Subject, Self
Psychology BC3390 Canine Cognition
Anthropology V3952 Taboo and Transgression
International Affairs U6620 Challenging Sovereignty
Anthropology G6206 Profane Illumination I
Engineering Mechanics E4114 Mechanics of Fracture and Fatigue
Anthropology G6003 Nietzsche and the Shaman’s Body
Philosophy G9515 Dispositions
Social Enterprise B8200 Strategic Philanthropy
Sociology G4520 Social Theory and the City
Economics X3063 Social Exclusion
Anthropology V3924 Anthropology and Disaster
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@Anonymous COMS W4118 Operating Systems <- Good for fulfilling a science requirement with minimal effort
@JJ5 PSYC W2620y Abnormal Behavior
@HIMYM Take Ted’s class: http://www.culpa.info/professors/9992
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@Anonymous i love that three of these classes are taussig
@Anonymous Crustal Deformation just sounds dirty
@Golston Has anyone taken a class with Michael Golston? Trying to decide whether I want to take his Post Modern Poetry seminar and culpa reviews are 5 years old…
@Michael Golston is the Man YES. He is one of the most hilarious people professors at Columbia and extremely enthusiastic about what he teaches. He is also just a really nice guy and always willing to meet with and help out students. I would take pretty much anything he taught.
@Michael Golston is the Man uhhh by “people professors” I just meant “professors”
@Golston which class did you take with him? Is he a large coursework assigner? (Also writing a thesis so have to not die next semester)
@Anonymous v3530 “urban-dev: rubik cube- pol choices”
m8990 “grantsmanship”
w4377 “major gifts”
k4020 “strategic storyteller”
@eric Landscape Design K4102 Plants I
@Harmony Hunter I signed up for W3018 last year. I ended up dropping it cause I couldn’t find it.
@CC'11 some of these are not ridiculous at all. i.e. “social theory and the city.”
@eh? sex and the city?