5.Blacksmithing
5.工艺锻造
Nowadays this career is more often found in video games than in the real world. Blacksmiths can tune different metals (usually iron or steel) to create unique and original items: gates, furniture, tools, knives, swords. But the true magic of blacksmithing can happen when one transitions into "Artist Blacksmithing." This art form allows the creation of custom-made decorations, ornaments, and some rather fine jewelry. Think of what could happen if a good blacksmith teams up with a pro jeweler. Ca-ching! Herefordshire College of Art & Design and Southern Illinois University currently offers the degree,
现如今我们通常只会在电子游戏中而不是在现实生活中看见这种职业。铁匠门可以把不同的金属（通常是铁或者钢铁）锻造成独特新颖的物件：大门，家具，工具，刀和剑。但是当打铁转变成为一种艺术之后，它的真正的魅力才会闪现。这些艺术形式包括创造定制的装饰品，配饰一些比较上乘的珠宝。想想看如果一个优秀的铁匠和一个专业的珠宝商合作的话，会发生什么呢？哈哈，赫里福德艺术设计学院和南伊利诺伊大学目前已经开设了这个学位。

4.Aromatherapy
4.香薰按摩

The smell of something can be just as infectious as the sight, and someone skilled at aromatherapy can work miracles. Aromatherapists can create a concoction of different scents to produce many desired results. Great aromas can change a mood just as easily as a hit song. But the beauty of an Aromatherapist is that they provide therapy which can improve the health and well-being of patients. On the more extravagant side of things, aromatherapists also play a big part in the introduction of things such as new perfume lineups. So exactly how rare is a degree in aromatherapy? Both Napier University and The University of Westminster currently have the program disguised under a different name: "BSC in Complementary Therapies". Perhaps they are trying to put potential students off the scent.
一些东西的气味和景象一样极富感染力，善于香薰按摩的人有时可以创造奇迹。香薰按摩师可以调合不同气味，使其达到理想效果。好闻的香气就像一首流行歌曲一样可以轻易地转变一个人的心情。但香薰按摩师的优点在于他们提供按摩服务，让病人更健康更舒服。更奢华的一面是，香薰按摩师还负责一些例如新香水系列的开发工作。所以香薰按摩这个学位到底稀少到什么程度呢？龙比亚大学和威斯敏斯特大学现在都有一个项目，只不过巧立在另外的名目之下：辅助治疗专业的商学士。或许他们是想糊弄那些潜在的学生吧。

3.Global Governance
3.全球治理

This degree teaches students about politics, sociality, humanity, philosophy, economy, and world conflict. Basically, this degree provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to run a country upon graduation. This degree isn't as rare as many of the others on this list, but it's rare enough that you're not usually allowed to purse a degree in Global Governance without already having a Bachelor's degree in a related field. With the extra benefits this degree carries, such as the capacity to comprehend various cultures and aid humankind, this degree can truly help someone imprint a solid legacy across the globe.
这个学位会传授学生有关政治，社会，人类，哲学，经济和世界冲突的知识。基本上这个学位赋予你在毕业后治理一个国家的知识和技巧。这个学位并不像这个榜单上其他学位那么稀有，但是如果你不能拿到相关领域的学士学位你就没有考取全球管制学位的资格，这已经使得这个学位非常罕见了。此外它还有许多额外的好处，比如说拥有理解不同文化并且帮助人类的能力，因此这个学位确实能够帮助人们将坚不可摧的灿烂遗产镌刻在地球悠久的历史长河之中。

2.Comedy Studies
2.喜剧研究

"Ha ha ha."
"哈哈哈！"
"What's so funny?"
"什么这么搞笑？"
"I have a degree in Comedy."
"我拥有喜剧专业的学位。"
"You're right, that IS funny."
"对极了，这实在是太搞笑了。"
The first degree in Comedy was awarded in mid 2009 by Southampton Solent Univeristy. From the course description: "On this highly innovative and exciting degree you will examine comedy through both production and performance. Comedy will be studied as a media industry in its own right as well as how humour and jokes occur in everyday life."
南安普顿索伦特大学于2009年中期颁发了第一个喜剧专业的学士学位。课程描述如下：喜剧研究学位是一个极富想象和创造力并且激动人心的学位。你会通过喜剧的创作和表演深入审视和理解喜剧。我们不仅要研究作为媒体行业的喜剧本身，而且还要进一步探索日常生活中的幽默和笑话是如何诞生的。
Majors in this field are going to be the only ones laughing when aspiring professional comedians discover that they may have to break through an additional educational barrier should they want to find success. Laughter will always be the best medicine.
有志向的专业喜剧演员发现，如果这个领域的优秀人才想要成功的话就必须打破额外的教学上的禁锢。如果他们突破了的话就能笑到最后。欢笑总是最好的良药。

1.Enigmatology
1.谜语学

How would you feel if you were the only person in the world who had a particular degree? Yep, just you; no one else. That's how Will Shortz probably feels as he remains the only graduate with a degree in Enigmatology from Indiana University since 1974. Enigmatology deals with the creation and solution of puzzles. If you think this degree isn't much, then you really aren't thinking. Should anyone ever master the field of Enigmatology that person could surpass the greatest philosophers who have walked the earth. The average mind is indeed a terrible thing to waste, so what happens should someone find a way to maximize every portion of it?
如果你是世界上唯一一个拥有特殊学位的人你会作何感想呢？是的，只有你而已，没有别人。或许威尔·肖茨能够告诉我们这个问题的答案。因为他是自1974年以来印第安纳大学唯一一个拥有谜语学学位的人。谜语学研究的是谜语的创作和破解。如果你觉得这个学位没什么了不起，那你就大错特错了。如果一个人是谜语学的专家，那么那个人已经超越了地球上最伟大的哲学家们。浪费普通人的智商是件可怕的事情，所以如果有人找到办法使得每一部分的智商得到最大化，那么会发生什么情况呢？

翻译：高陈影 来源：前十网