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Are there any Pearl Jam college courses?

YourDirtisMyfoodYourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,644
edited May 2008 in The Porch
I've heard of some colleges offering courses on topics such as Star Trek and professional wrestling. I saw this article and was curious if a college ever offered a course on Pearl Jam and if so, what the curriculum was like.

http://www.bethelcollege.edu/news/?articleID=2360
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  • pjtaperpjtaper Posts: 3,020
    I took an Italians in the Mafia class... it was amazing! We watched The Godfather, The Sopranos, and other awesome movies/shows... and the books were really cool too!
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    the closest thing to a course on Pearl Jam will be if Little Steven Van Zandt's proposal gets accepted.

    google what hes trying to do. its pretty cool
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  • YourDirtisMyfoodYourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,644
    pjtaper wrote:
    I took an Italians in the Mafia class... it was amazing! We watched The Godfather, The Sopranos, and other awesome movies/shows... and the books were really cool too!

    I found the article on the college that offered a course on wrestling. It was M.I.T.


    http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2007/04/11/at_mit_students_are_credited_with_smackdown/
  • MattyJoeMattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    I think the closest you would find to a Pearl Jam course would be a Grunge course. That would still be pretty cool.
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  • joint in a treejoint in a tree Posts: 392
    there's one on The Simpsons:
    http://www2.colum.edu/course_descriptions/46-2410.html
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  • mpnrightmpnright Posts: 23
    I went to ASU and took a class on the Beatles...it was sweeeet
  • RomanzaRomanza Posts: 115
    Indiana University offers a Rock n Roll History class.....that eventually gets to Nirvana/Pearl Jam.

    Awesome class, by the way! I learned so much about some older music I never knew about.
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  • YourDirtisMyfoodYourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,644
    Romanza wrote:
    Indiana University offers a Rock n Roll History class.....that eventually gets to Nirvana/Pearl Jam.

    Awesome class, by the way! I learned so much about some older music I never knew about.


    Can you imagine a field trip going to a PJ concert? Sweeeet!
  • odieodie Posts: 73
    YourDirtisMyfood wrote:
    I've heard of some colleges offering courses on topics such as Star Trek and professional wrestling. I saw this article and was curious if a college ever offered a course on Pearl Jam and if so, what the curriculum was like.

    http://www.bethelcollege.edu/news/?articleID=2360


    Is that Bethel College in Kansas??????
    PJ Princess
  • YourDirtisMyfoodYourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,644
    odie wrote:
    Is that Bethel College in Kansas??????

    close...Indiana
  • YourDirtisMyfoodYourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,644
    BeerBaron wrote:
    LOL, that would be the best class trip of all time!


    Beer, you'd be driving the bus and we'd have a keg in the back. Best Trip Ever!!!!!!!!
  • alpittalpitt Posts: 91
    Yeah Indiana University offers classes on The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, and I believe 3 different Rock N' Roll history classes; all are phenomenal but the Beatles class was the greatest thing. Ever.
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  • YourDirtisMyfoodYourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,644
    alpitt wrote:
    Yeah Indiana University offers classes on The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, and I believe 3 different Rock N' Roll history classes; all are phenomenal but the Beatles class was the greatest thing. Ever.

    Any field trips to Abbey Road?
  • alpittalpitt Posts: 91
    Actually...the professor takes everyone to Liverpool and they visit all the landmarks (Abbey Road, the Helter Skelter ride, etc.) like once every few years. No joke.
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  • YourDirtisMyfoodYourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,644
    alpitt wrote:
    Actually...the professor takes everyone to Liverpool and they visit all the landmarks (Abbey Road, the Helter Skelter ride, etc.) like once every few years. No joke.


    No kidding? Do students have to fund their own way or is it sponsored? That's kinda cool...expensive though.
  • gobrowns19gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    My friends dad is in a Rock and Roll history class and one section they had was over early-mid 90's music.

    They had a whole chapter on the Flaming Lips which was kinda funny.
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  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    There is one university in cali that has a class for Tool. The professor analyzes maynards lyrics. He even had and interview with maynard. I forgot where i read about this.
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  • YourDirtisMyfoodYourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,644
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    There is one university in cali that has a class for Tool. The professor analyzes maynards lyrics. He even had and interview with maynard. I forgot where i read about this.

    I think if Vedder got interviewed for a class that they'd need an interpreter for some people.
  • burnerbenburnerben Posts: 80
    UC Santa Cruz has a course on the "Music of the Grateful Dead." They've also set up a special collection at their library to archive all GD music and a bunch of historical memorabilia for the foreseeable future.
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  • RiotAct10RiotAct10 Ohio Posts: 1,620
    I took a Rock N Roll History Class at Ohio State. They talked about Pearl Jam some, but the last assignment for the class was to write a paper on a band who did not get talked about, or talked about enough, who you thought was influential enough that they needed to be included. So of course I wrote a paper on Pearl Jam, and pretty much for my bibliography I said that the reason I did not have many sources was because everything I wrote was already in my brain.

    It was definitely the easiest assignment I ever had, and in fact I had to cut some stuff from the paper because I made it too long. :-)
    words seem so out of place.

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  • YourDirtisMyfoodYourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,644
    RiotAct10 wrote:
    I took a Rock N Roll History Class at Ohio State. They talked about Pearl Jam some, but the last assignment for the class was to write a paper on a band who did not get talked about, or talked about enough, who you thought was influential enough that they needed to be included. So of course I wrote a paper on Pearl Jam, and pretty much for my bibliography I said that the reason I did not have many sources was because everything I wrote was already in my brain.

    It was definitely the easiest assignment I ever had, and in fact I had to cut some stuff from the paper because I made it too long. :-)

    that is when homework can be fun.
  • Goofy08073Goofy08073 Posts: 41
    i took a rock and roll history class but it sucked

    my englsh professor wore pearl jam shirts all the time and i talked to her about it. thats the closest ive come though
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  • washedinblack91washedinblack91 Posts: 3,078
    the closest i've come is that theres a summer course at my school thats of the history of modern music or something and the closest to pearl jam it has is radiohead and RATM
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  • I_Got_ShitI_Got_Shit Posts: 325
    RiotAct10 wrote:
    So of course I wrote a paper on Pearl Jam, and pretty much for my bibliography I said that the reason I did not have many sources was because everything I wrote was already in my brain.

    Wow, your professor was cool with that? I should have gone to THE Ohio State University. At Northwestern we were required to provide sources for our research papers. And our football team sucked.
    *Does not include encore of Garden and Leash.
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