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Old 4 Weeks Ago: 23rd October 2009 17:51 #1 
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Default What's the weirdest qualification you've ever heard?
 
One I know is that, a schoolboy gained an official AQA certificate for using a bus. I wonder there are another weird qualifications like this, could you please share it on this thread?

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My school offers a GCSE and A level in horse care..
 
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Medicine degree.
What the **** is that all about?
 
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My friend's doing a degree in wine production. I lol'd.
 
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Originally Posted by Antimatter
My friend's doing a degree in wine production. I lol'd.

I can see the attraction

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Golf Management.

inb4 "David Beckham Studies".
 
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Originally Posted by paddy__power
I can see the attraction

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His first lecture was actually in the field picking grapes. He takes a course on tractor driving
 
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Mc-A Levels
 
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Originally Posted by Antimatter
His first lecture was actually in the field picking grapes. He takes a course on tractor driving

I may have to re-think my options here

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Default Re: What's the weirdest qualification you've ever heard?
 
The AQA Unit Award Schemes are the best.

My favourites are the ones involving counting.
http://web.aqa.org.uk/qual/uas/uas_u...c=unit_titl e

UNIT TITLE: COUNTING ONE DOMESTIC ITEM
In successfully completing this unit the student will have
demonstrated the ability to
1. point, touch or give one domestic item when presented with a choice of up to five domestic items;
2. repeat this for at least six different sets of domestic items.

I personally think this is better than 'Counting from Zero to Five'.

EDIT: I think these ones are better
93722 COUNTING ONE DOMESTIC ITEM WITH VERBAL PROMPTS
93723 COUNTING ONE DOMESTIC ITEM WITH GESTURAL PROMPTS
93724 COUNTING ONE DOMESTIC ITEM WITH PHYSICAL PROMPTS

Search for your qualification here.
 
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Default Re: What's the weirdest qualification you've ever heard?
 
Turf Laying degree.
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furniture studies :P
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A patient once laughed when i told them you have to study at university for nursing..for him, that was the weirdest thing he'd ever heard lol
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Default Re: What's the weirdest qualification you've ever heard?
 
I once read an article about Internet becoming a living system we have to teach when it reaches about the same amount of brain cells as there are computers connected to the Internet... load of ******** if you ask me, anyway, that article went on about some professor 'evolution of the Internet'.
 
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Default Re: What's the weirdest qualification you've ever heard?
 
Originally Posted by TheTallOne
The AQA Unit Award Schemes are the best.

My favourites are the ones involving counting.
http://web.aqa.org.uk/qual/uas/uas_u...c=unit_titl e



I personally think this is better than 'Counting from Zero to Five'.

EDIT: I think these ones are better
93722 COUNTING ONE DOMESTIC ITEM WITH VERBAL PROMPTS
93723 COUNTING ONE DOMESTIC ITEM WITH GESTURAL PROMPTS
93724 COUNTING ONE DOMESTIC ITEM WITH PHYSICAL PROMPTS

Search for your qualification here.
For some people, that would be a big achievement. These courses are meant for people with learning difficulties and stuff, not for people at Warwick doing maths...
 
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Default Re: What's the weirdest qualification you've ever heard?
 
Originally Posted by Antimatter
My friend's doing a degree in wine production. I lol'd.

Well compared to some others that's pretty reasonable though calling it a degree is unreasonable!

It's more of a trade skill.
 
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http://web.aqa.org.uk/qual/uas/uas_u...loc=unit_title
 
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Gothic Studies, lol.
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Default Re: What's the weirdest qualification you've ever heard?
 
Originally Posted by Antimatter
For some people, that would be a big achievement. These courses are meant for people with learning difficulties and stuff, not for people at Warwick doing maths...


I absoloutely agree, i think people mocking them should look at themselves, these qualifications can show basic life skills many learn in their schools, why can't they have certificates to show they can do them?
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Default Re: What's the weirdest qualification you've ever heard?
 
Viking studies at the University of Nottingham, BA or Ma now while it may be interetsing I can't imagine there are that many job openings apart from Jorvik viking centre or uphellya (sp?) festival organiser in Shetland Isles every year where they burn a long boat and get drunk
 
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