Not really

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

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