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A degree in packaging teaches students how to create the most economically, aesthetically,
environmentally and technically sound packages for the good we use on a daily basis.
According to the program's website, enrollment is limited to only 22 students, who take classes like
"Trends in Contemporary American Puppetry" and "Marionette Construction."
According to the site, "graduates of the program perform and design for theatres around the world;
appear in, build for and manage internationally recognized television programs and films; write
books; design toys; teach children; and direct prominent schools and museums."
5. So how do students fare in the real world after graduating from such a unique program?
According to Douglas Reed, the program's director, graduates do pretty well.
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2. Under its College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, students in the MSU program learn to
maintain golf-course greens, athletic fields and parks by taking classes like "Golf turf
irrigation,""Management of turfgrass weeds" and "Plant genetics."
Graduates of the program have nabbed some pretty notable jobs, too. Using mathematical models
and analytical reasoning, students examine problems ... "Some have continued enology-related
studies in graduate school, others travel worldwide to gain experience in harvest and crush, [and a]
few will or have returned to the home winery/vineyard."
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4. One alumnus was a groundskeeper for the Texas Rangers, and another was working for the San
Francisco Giants.
"Some students start at a racetrack in mid-level management or entry level jobs, others work with
the horses either on farms or at the track for a trainer.
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According to Kari Richards, Cornell's Viticulture and Enology Major Coordinator, there are currently
about 35 students enrolled in the major and 20 enrolled in the minor.
2. Still others enter the business in related companies [like those] that process wagers or service the
industry."
Interested in finding out more about what can be done with the degree? A list of alum can be found
on the program's website. Turfgrass management
Michigan State University is one of a handful of schools in the country that offers a turfgrass
specialization.
"Of the approximately 20 graduates over the past five years, the majority are involved in the
industry," Richards says.
Here, a look at some of the nation's most interesting college programs, and the post-grad job
possibilities. Luckily, you can take comfort in knowing that the "bag of chips" decision was made by
an expert.
Packaging, the art of developing appropriate vehicles for consumer goods to arrive safely at our
homes in, is actually a major at multiple colleges in the U.S. Should students choose the "animal
path," they will graduate prepared to work as a horse trainer or breeder. All rights reserved.
Packaging
Students who enroll in one of the nation's few undergraduate packaging programs don't spend four
years learning to think outside the box. Though the name may make this degree sound like fluff, the
course of study is quite rigorous. Though the school began offering coursework in the discipline in
the early 1990s, Viticulture and Enology only recently became an official major at Cornell. Decision

3. making
Indiana University's Kelley School of Business offers a Doctorate degree in decision sciences, a
program literally designed to help future business leaders analyze and make decisions. and learn
how to solve these problems by using a number of mathematical techniques, including optimization
methods (linear, integer, nonlinear), computer simulation, decision analysis, artificial intelligence
and more."
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"We have a placement rate in excess of 80 percent immediately upon graduation and [students]
receive jobs in all facets of the industry due to the nature of the two paths and the broad based
knowledge they receive," Reed says. The information contained in this article may not be published,
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. Race track management
The Race Track Industry Program at the University of Arizona is the only program of its kind,
providing students with the background necessary for a number of career paths in the horse racing
industry.
Students in the Race Track Industry Program at the University of Arizona will graduate prepared to
work as a horse trainer or breeder.
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The Race Track Industry Program at the University of Arizona prepares students for a career in the
horse racing industryStudents can study wine at Cornell UniversityMichigan State University offers
a turfgrass specialization
(CareerBuilder.com) -- Do you ever wonder who decided potato chips should come in such a loud,
crinkly package? And why a bag of chips? Why not a box? Or a can? Someone had to decide.
We rounded up some of the most unique and interesting degrees offered at colleges and universities
around the country, and then went a step further to find out what, exactly, people do with these
degrees when they graduate. They learn to think about the box.
According to the program's website, "Decision Sciences is devoted to the study of quantitative
methods used to aid decision making in business environments.
According to Jill Cords, a career consultant with the college, two alumni actually faced off at last
year's World Series. Puppetry
The University of Connecticut is one of only two schools in the country to offer an undergraduate
degree in puppetry arts, and the only school in the country offering a Master's program. Viticulture
and enology
In laymen's terms, Cornell University's Viticulture and Enology Program is it's school of Grapes and
Wine.

4. Those opting for the "business path`" will be suited to work on the management side of the industry.
According to the University of Wisconsin-Stout, graduates of its packaging program go on to work
for companies like Snap-on Tools, Frito-Lay, Kohler and FedEx.
In a survey on 2009 graduates of the UWS program, in the months following graduation, 95 percent
of packaging graduates were employed, 90 percent in a field related to their major. And packaging
isn't even the strangest college degree out there