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With tuition fees on the rise, it appears that some universities could be going to extreme measures to attract new students.

One American university has developed a degree course dedicated to the life, work and rise to fame of Lady Gaga, where students would learn to "engage in sound and substantiated scholarly thinking on issues related to her fame."

Is this the answer? Tailoring degrees to meet popular demand and culture? We take a look at some other controversial degrees and courses that have hit the headlines in the past...