Here's a list of courses that the author thought were weird. Personally I think most of them are pretty normal. Tailgaiting 101 might be fun. https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2018/11/19/here-university-south-carolinas-25-weirdest-classes/2055328002/
Oh come on now, death metal lyricists don't have bachelor's degrees, and if they do, they certainly didn't get it in South Carolina. Ya'll ever been to Columbia? It's pretty necky. But having been through Gamecock territory a few times, I'm sure this one sells out every semester: Tailgating 101 (HRTM 168) , 1 credit hour Hands-on training in the basic foundations of classic tailgating dishes, including grilling, frying, and braising, basic food safety, and new techniques to create personalized dishes. Tailgating is serious business down there.
Necky! Great slang. I'm assuming it means redneck-like. The tailgating class must have a long waiting list
Kizmet, it is my pleasure to enlighten you in the ways of the rednecks. My youngest son, having moved to the Carolinas at an impressionable age, well, he's pretty necky. Boots, camo, guns & ammo, lawnmowers that go 30 mph, fishing, duct tape, dip, jacked up trucks, muddin, big tires... are ya feelin me? It's all that and a country song.
Thanks for the explanation. We've got our own version of rednecks up here. I don't mind any of it, except the dip. Here's another list. I'm not sure how necky any of these courses might be. https://www.thepennyhoarder.com/life/college/weird-college-classes/
I was collecting VA benefits all through college which were paid based on credit hours. 12 hours, full pay ($559.29 per month as I recall; this was the late 80s and my rent was only $250), 9-11 hours, 3/4 pay (roughly $480 per month), etc. Only courses that could be applied to graduation were counted so no taking frivolous courses for fun every semester. My final semester I needed only 11 credits to graduate but wanted full pay so went to the VA office to see what I could do (that is, I whined). They told me that if it was my final semester and I was getting a degree I could take one "extra" course. I asked, like a blow off course. They said anything I like. So I took basic sailing. This consisted mostly of going to the lake and sailing small sailboats, like Sunfish or Lasers. Big fun. The only other course I managed to squeeze in that might be a little off was Scientific Glassblowing. I was studying chemistry, the course was taught by the chemistry departmental glassblower (most university chemistry departments have one), so it got by. It was a serious course though. I completed the course with the basic skills to repair scientific glassware, a skill I have never used but enjoyed saying I had.
