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Keep Michigan Weird? What About Their Majors?

Here are some of the weirdest majors you can find at Michigan colleges and universities that may spark some interest in your career path.

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Michigan schools are home to some of the weirdest majors in America.

University of Michigan

1. Polish Language and Literature

2. Romance Languages, Literature, and linguistics

3. Medieval and Renaissance Studies

4. Scandinavian Studies

5. Yiddish Minor

6. Museum Studies Minor

7. Oceanography Minor

8. Paleontology Minor

Michigan State

1. Children and Young Adult Literature

2. Collaborative Piano

3. Crop and Soil Sciences

4. Entomology

5. Large Animal Clinical Sciences

6. Music Conducting

7. Online Teaching and Learning

8. Plant Breeding

9. Professional Writing

10. Serious Game Design and Research

11. Sports Coaching and Leadership

Western Michigan

1. Aviation Flight Science

2. eBusiness Marketing

3. Exercise Science

4. Fashion Merchandising

5. Paper Engineering

6. Sustainable Brewing

7. Workforce Education and Development

Grand Valley State 

1. Cardiovascular Sonography

2. Classics

3. Environmental Remote Sensing

4. Green Chemistry

5. Human Rights Minor

6. Palliative and Hospice Care Graduates

7. Taxation

Hope College

1. Art Teacher Education

2. Keyboard Instruments

3. Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

4. Voice and Opera

Eastern Michigan

1. Adult development and Aging

2. Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew

3. Artificial intelligence

4. Clinical and Industrial Drug Development

5. Computer Teacher Education

6. Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness

7. Gerontology

8. Orthotists/Prosthetist

9. Reading Teacher Education

Michigan Tech

1. Construction Management

2. Electric Power Engineering

3. Mining Engineering

4. Pre-Chiropractic Medicine

5. Coaching Fundamentals Minor

6. Fish Biology Minor

7. Nanoscale Science and Engineering Minor

8. Rail Transportation Minor

9. Hybrid Electric Drive Vehicle Engineering

Northern Michigan

1. Ski Area Business Management

2. Mobile and Web App Development

3. Medicinal Plant Chemistry

4. Loss Prevention Management

5. Information Assurance/ Cyber Defense

Wayne State

1. Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

2. Alcohol and Drug Abuse Studies

3. Cancer Biology

4. Immunology and Microbiology

5. Library and Information Sciences

6. Nurse-Midwife

Ferris State

1. Ornamental Horticulture

2. Printing Management

3. Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Engineering

4. Industrial Chemistry- Concentration in Fermentation Science

5. PGA Golf Management

6. Rubber Engineering Technology

7. Welding Engineering Technology

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