Comments on: Carnegie Mellon University – Sneakerology 101

By: Ian Nieves

Ian Nieves — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:14:34 +0000

Hi guys,

Ian Nieves here. I founded StuCo at CMU (Carnegie Mellon University)… the lovely organization that is the platform for classes like Sneakerology 101.

This course was designed, and taught, by students. Basically, it was held because some people love sneakers!

StuCo was founded with a mission to inspire the supersmart kids at CMU to share their unique knowledge with the rest of the academic community. Why? Well, I had a theory that there were lots of supersmart kids at CMU with knowledge beyond what anyone was aware of, and which the school was not capable of harnessing. StuCo was my proof. And I think I proved it.

http://www.cmu.edu/stuco/catalog.html

Theres lots of great StuCo courses, though non to my knowledge have attracted so much attention as this one. But all the courses are the result of hard work and passion on the side of the students that are teaching the course.

I see StuCo courses as a way to allow a university curriculum to keep pace with modern trends in the arts and sciences… by allowing students to bring those trends into the classroom and share. Keeping in mind that it is often the students (not tenured professors) who are adopting the most recent trends and developments. Regardless, StuCo courses are meant to be complimentary… not substitutions, for normal university courses.

Who knows! Maybe courses like this one will continue to put CMU on the map as an innovator in education, throughout many industries!

To the course creators, you rock!
-ian

By: bru

bru — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:08:51 +0000

Pittsburgh represent. Our scene sucks but whatever we still have this. Forgetttt the haters

By: Lol.

Lol. — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:04:32 +0000

Wow, this is the most retarded idea CMU made. I can’t believe this is an actual class, whoever made this should just fall off a cliff.

By: djjbras

djjbras — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:40:30 +0000

Ok, I just went back and read some of the other comments. Let’s think about this, for college students who need an easy elective. What better class to take? And for all we know, Greg Street could be teaching this class. I mean 9-Wonder teaches college classes on Music at NCCU.

By: djjbras

djjbras — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:36:14 +0000

Now only if I could major in this!!!

By: j.hoang

j.hoang — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:27:57 +0000

too bad the school only has a 28 percent acceptant rate. Buts thats pretty sick i would take that class if it was available in more schools.

By: larissa

larissa — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:51:06 +0000

hell if lil kim can have her own college course then why can’t sneakers?

viva la sneakerology 101!