A Life Worth Living

An Ivy League university is offering a course on "Life Worth Living."

Bizarre college courses. We've no doubt gotten wind of some weird classes being offered on university campuses. But then, the university is all about academic freedom and expanding one's intellectual curiosity, right?

Without passing judgment on the merits of the courses, we offer forthwith just five such classes that TIME magazine dubbed "bizarre" in an issue published less than a year ago (for commentary about each of these classes, as well as other classes not included here, see Sources for the citation).

- "Politicizing Beyoncé," Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Department: Women & Gender Studies

- "The Sociology of Miley Cyrus," Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. Department: Sociology

- "The Art of Walking," Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. Department: Environmental Studies

- "The Physics of Star Trek," Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. Department: Physics

- "Wordplay: A Wry Plod from Babel to Scrabble," Princeton University in ...