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Sneakerology 101 – Carnegie Mellon University

1430 days ago - by Matt Halfhill - 26 comments
If after reading Bobbito’s Where’d You Get Those you thought that you just got a dose of Sneakerology 101, guess what, Carnegie Mellon University would agree.

Bob’s book is on the reading list of Sneakerology 101, a new course offered by Carnegie Mellon University. This course studies the impact that sneakers have on fashion, identity, and cultures throughout the world.

While they claim that there is no “prerequisite of pairs”, you will need to somehow come up with $52,000 a year for tuition and room and board. Info via HypeBeast.

 Carnegie Mellon University Sneakerology 101
  • lcsupa

    It’s great that they have a class on shoes, but 52,000 a year, that’s CRAZY!!!

  • sneakerfreaker06

    Yea not feelin the 52K but maybe they will start offering it at my school!!! Wishfull thinking I guess.

  • Cyrus da Virus

    Not feel’n da 52K, but way betta than economics, and it can go on your footlocker application

  • Sneakerman

    Yo this class is SICK im in it!

  • JESS’AYE BAYBAY!

    oh man. i should go to this school =)

  • rcdfgdg

    lol. i cant belive it…(tear)

  • aphro!

    Reminds me of a class my school started offering…”Deconstruction of Hip Hop”. But I would def take this class too!

  • AIR DANIEL

    I wish my school had thia class.

  • http://nicekicks D truth

    THAT IS I CLASS I WOULD EXACTLLY GO TO AND PASS. I WOULD EVEN TO DO EXTRA CREIDT. LOL

  • Grimmey34

    Where is this place at?

  • solesaved

    Got get that EDUcation def got take this course if you sneakerhead but $52 thous can b a lot of sneaks.

  • XIII

    the school is in pittsburgh.

  • jhoops

    what sneaks are those in the picture tho?

  • monsterfresh

    what no way…sweet

  • luck

    who teaches it?

  • bkbigjay

    52,000? thats ridiculous. im sure i could get into better more popular schools for less then that

  • Flatsole

    The school did this for marketing more than anything if you want my opinion. What a waste of tuition

  • grizz8884

    It’s time to hit up Sallie Mae for those loans lmao

  • grizz8884

    @16 “52,000? thats ridiculous. im sure i could get into better more popular schools for less then that”

    You probably can, but this school is a top 10 academic school. If you’re going to any of these schools, 52K+ is what you’re going to pay. And more popular schools? USC costs around the same thing (45K).

  • BKost

    I wonder who teaches it…

  • greenmaker24

    damn thats fresh i would def take that class if i had the chance to still a freshman in highschool tho so gotta wait

  • http://www.myspace.com/sirecommunications J.King

    Funny…I’m presenting on Bobbito’s book in a faculty lecture series at my University. I’m also writing a book of poetry dedicated to Sneaker culture.

  • Chris

    @16 “52,000? thats ridiculous. im sure i could get into better more popular schools for less then that”

    Haha..clearly this kid has no idea wat hes talking about.

  • Ian Nieves

    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 class was not held for “marketing” reasons. 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.

    FYI, CMU is by no means unknown, especially in industry leader circles. Often top 5 in many fields, almost always top 10. Arts & Sciences.

    Though 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

  • T

    @16 “52,000? thats ridiculous. im sure i could get into better more popular schools for less then that”

    Not really

  • SmartOne

    Are You Kidding? 52K just to get a job at Foot Locker. Get Real

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