I have been trawling through the United Kingdom Higher Education environment to find out some of the best degrees you’ve actually never heard of.
Looking for the best degree for you, huh? Read on, or you might run across your perfect (if a bit cool courses) college subject.
Undergraduate:
BSc Applied Golf Management Studies – University of Birmingham
If golf is your passion, then you will be absolutely loving this degree. The University of Birmingham’s industry-leading Applied Golf Management curriculum is ideal for emerging golfers among us.
This partnership between both the University of Birmingham and the PGA (Professional Golfers’ Association), this 3 year BSc programme offers you perspectives on subjects such as integrated sports science, equipment technology, training as well as corporate administration , HR and marketing & sales. Jobs in the sports industry, precisely golf industry is also as good as assured by this programme.
Providing a chance to qualify for membership of the Professional Golfers Association (PGA), this sports science degree offers a perfect chance for golf enthusiasts to learn much more about sport (no pardon the pun).
BA in Contemporary Circus and Physical Performance
Well known to ardent Simpsons viewers, this is Krusty’s Clown College in real life! Provided at Bath Spa University, this programme is great for seasoned clowns out there (including myself).
If you’ve got a knack for pranks, or you believe you’d look amazing on a rope swing, this degree programme will give you the action you’re searching for.
BA Education Recreational and Adventure
Embrace your inner Bear Grylls (minus scary creepies and unpleasant “drinks”) and get all of the University of Chichester ‘s adventurous degree choice.
The 4 year course blends recreational experiences with psychological well-being and works seamlessly as a year-long course that can be taken elsewhere around the globe!
This programme is also filled with valuable, complimentary skills, spanning from wall climbing qualifications to first aid lessons.
BMU (Bag)Piping degree
Provided by the National Piping Center (no, it’s not a hoax), this course is only suggested for those who are passionate about bagpipes.
Kickstart your rise to (piping) fame today with this amazingly-niche degree of music.
BSc Viticulture and Oenology
Be a wine specialist with such a booze-intensive programme that’s likely to catch you peers at university! Affiliated to the Royal Agricultural University, this programme offered by Plumpton College would teach you just what you need to learn to grow your distillery.
Try to be the genius of Malbec today!
FdSc Surf Science and Technology
Cowabunga, man! This scraggly fundamental programme-offered by Cornwall College in collaboration with the University of Plymouth-is ideal for those of us who are fundamentally inclined.
With possible trips to France and Spain included in this programme’s curriculum, this major in sports promises fun. Surfing!
Postgraduate:
MSc Brewing & Distillery
With real binge drinkers among us, bring your undergraduate experience to the check with this Heriot-Watt degree programme!
This one year-long Postgrad degree is accepted by the Institute of Brewing and Distilling (IBD), giving booze lovers a direct path to the industry. The programme covers a broad variety of subjects, from the fermentation theory to the operational dimensions of liquor processing.
Whether you’re curious how after completing your undergrad degree in Viticulture and Oenology, this might be the right match for you!
MA Popular Culture
Unless you’re a champion in pub quiz when it comes to the history of modern art and literature, this postgrad degree might be the perfect match for you! The programme offered by Edge Hill University offers a multidisciplinary qualification on all facets of pop culture.
Apply if you’d like to hear much more about the new spirit of the day.
PhD in Parapsychology
This degree programme is not for the soft-hearted. The University of Edinburgh’s Psychology Department is giving this spectacular PhD programme to those looking to add a paranormal touch to their PhD.
The research degree’s content involves research on the pseudo-psi area, looking at ‘what’s not psychic, but sounds like it.’ The content would also contain the paranormal’s real-life storeys.
Be the world’s leading authority in ghost storeys with this PhD today!
