29 Coolest College Classes You Won't Believe Actually Exist

Nicki's making her way from your Spotify account to your lecture notes, thanks to a new course at UC Berkeley. The class is set to have two 90-minute lectures per week all about the queen of rap. Nicki herself even acknowledged the college class on Twitter, where she said she'd "love to stop by." Per Entertainment Weekly, the professor teaching the course, Peace and Love El Henson, told Nicki she'd be "hella happy and honored" for the emcee to make a guest appearance.

If you’re headed to Texas State University this fall, listen up! Associate Professor of Digital History Louie Dean Valencia will be teaching “Harry Styles and the Cult of Celebrity” for the Spring 2023 semester and based off of the prof’s viral Tweet about the course, you might have to mark your calendars for registration day to secure a slot. Valencia says, “As an historian, I want the class to get to really see how the world has changed in the last 12 years or so, but also how to put that into historical context, through the lens of Harry Styles, and how they can learn from him and his art, activism and philosophy, like any great artist.” Sign us up!

Ever wanted extra credit for being a Swiftie? Well, the English department at the University of Texas at Austin is offering an "introduction to literary studies and research methods" with Taylor Swift's songwriting for the fall 2022 semester. According to the department's Facebook post, English professor Elizabeth Scala, who goes by @swiftieprof on Instagram, will be teaching the course to undergraduate students at UT-Austin's Liberal Arts Honors program.

Speaking of Taylor, NYU's Clive Davis Institute offered a class all about her for the spring 2022 semester. Taught by Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos, this class dove into Taylor Swift's successful career from various perspectives, including her evolution as a creative music entrepreneur, her transition from country to pop, and how youth and girlhood influenced her success and the politics of race in contemporary popular music. Taylor was invited to speak to the class, but couldn't make it. A rep for the course also told Variety that the class had a long waitlist.

Now Pizza can not only be your fave food, but also your fave class! Manchester Metropolitan University recently announced a partnership with Pizza Hut to offer an apprenticeship program that will focus on skills related to financial analysis and food production, with some students studying at the university and others studying at Pizza Hut locations. The program will be open to 1,500 students over the course of five years, so now when you say you majored in pizza, you can actually mean it!

If you already stay up binge-watching Game of Thrones, you can now turn your obsession into college credit! The University of Virginia offers a four-week seminar that studies both the original book series and the hit HBO show. The University of British Columbia in Canada also added a course called "Our Modern Medieval: The Song of Ice and Fire as Contemporary Medievalism" that focuses on "the role of the medieval in the popular consciousness of the late 20th and early 21st centuries."

If you've always dreamed of studying the art of SEVENTEEN's choreography skills or how BTS' Jimin always looks that good, then this may be the class for you. Skidmore College is taking the First Year Experience to new heights with their K-Pop approach to the traditional Scribner Seminar. Taught by anthropology professor Joowon Park, the class uses the K-Pop phenomenon to help students "explore interdisciplinary ideas, challenge their assumptions about the world and help them acclimate to the rigors of academic life at Skidmore." Honestly, I'll sign up for anything that has to do with BLACKPINK.

Georgia State University's English department offers a class about all things Kanye West. In the class, you'll learn about Yeezy's path to fame, and what it means about African American art and politics. You'll examine his lyrics and read lots of interviews to figure out what makes him tick, and how his work fits in the context of race, gender, and class. "We're in the business of solving problems, and Kanye West is an incredible puzzle," professor Scott Heath told Fader.

You already know basically every line of Mean Girls by heart (since you've been avoiding homework by binge-watching watching it on repeat ever since it came back to Netflix), but now you could count (re)watching Mean Girls as your actual homework because there's an entire course at Colorado College dedicated to it. The class is focused on understanding how and why certain girls become Regina George types and how far they'll go to maintain their queen bee status using Mean Girls as a case study. Um... sign us up!

In 2015, U Penn offered a class called "Wasting Time On The Internet," and it wasn't just an elective — it actually filled some requirements for English majors! For the class, students were required to "stare at the screen for three hours, only interacting through chat rooms, bots, social media and listservs..." according to the course description. Oh, and "Distraction, multi-tasking, and aimless drifting is mandatory." This totally seems like a class we're all prepared to ace!

There's more to Katniss Everdeen than her badass hunting skills and on-fire fashion. This cultural history class at American University in Washington, D.C. breaks down the politics of The Hunger Games trilogy, tackling topics like whether Katniss is a feminist and the poverty and oppression of some of the districts. Students also learn why teens and adults alike are so obsessed with the series. Oh, and the course includes guest speakers, so who knows—maybe J.Law will stop by at some point (fingers crossed)?!

In 2014, Blasting Bey's albums wasn't just for study breaks. Rutgers Univerity's Department of Women's and Gender Studies class, "Feminist Perspectives: Politicizing Beyoncé," paired the pop star's songs and music videos with writing from pioneers in the black feminist movement, like Sojourner Truth and Alice Walker.

From one Bey to another, you can become a beekeeping apprentice online thanks to the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab. There are no age restrictions when it comes to this class, so you can become a beekeeping apprentice even if you aren't in college. The course is self-paced and covers topics like honey bee biology, equipment, and hive management. This truly is the bee's knees if you're into it.

London's City Lit college had the perfect class to sharpen your selfie skills. The class was called The Art of Self Portraiture and went into detail about how to take pro-worthy self-portraits. You had to have some type of photography experience to take it. Either way, how cool would it be to snap selfies in class all day?

Who knew you could turn your Walt and Jesse obsession into college credit? SUNY Buffalo's "Breaking Down 'Breaking Bad" examines key plot points in the 60-hour AMC drama, and features guest speakers like law professors and representatives from the Drug Enforcement Administration.

If your roommate asks, you're not binge-watching, you're doing homework.

Skidmore offered a course all about Miley Cyrus at the peak of her Bangerz era in 2014. The class, titled "The Sociology of Miley Cyrus: Race, Class, Gender, and Media," taught students about Miley's transformation from "Disney tween to twerking machine" and why the media is so obsessed with her. It also focused on her public image and music as it has changed over time through the lenses of race, gender, media, and even feminism.

Never let a gaslighter get to you again with this course at UCLA. According to the course enrollment page, it dives into specific strategies for dealing with "complaining, thoughtlessness, manipulation, attention-seeking, excessive talking, withdrawal, rule-breaking, excuses, and feigned helplessness." The class is available for spring 2022 enrollment.

Ever get so tired that you feel like a zombie walking to class in the morning? Well, now you can get credit for it! This seven-week summer course at Michigan State University features a simulation where you're divided into groups and tasked with figuring out how to survive the recent zombie pandemic. If that doesn't have you totally spooked, maybe the Black Death or meteor strikes will — you'll be learning about the impact of those events on the planet too. All to learn how human behavior and nature change after catastrophes. "This class is near impossible to get into; it fills up within an hour of opening!" said Jaimie, a senior.