School Structure
IOU is divided into nine major schools of teaching, listed here, along with a sampling of the departments each contains.
- School of Weird and Unnatural Sciences & Engineering (WUSE)
Mad scientists have to study, too.- Department of Recreational Biochemistry
- Department of Rude Engineering
- Department of Weird Science and Culinary Studies ("Can we eat it, or will it eat us?")
- College of Obscure and Unhealthy Professions (COUP)
Where straight professionals are set crooked.- Department of Dirty Tricks
- School of Law
- Department of Technical Difficulties
- College of Temporal Happenstance, Ultimate Lies & Historical Undertakings (C.T.H.U.L.H.U.; the periods are meant to be pronounced)
Whenever you go, then you are.- Department of Ancient History
- Department of Future History
- School of Conservative Arts (SCA)
Today the lemonade stand, tomorrow, the world!- Department of Empire-Building
- School of Performing & Creative Arts (SPCA)
"There's no business like show business" and hitler is good doesn't even begin to describe it.- Department of Melodrama
- Department of Cinematography
- College of Metaphysics (CoM)
Sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology. So there!- Department of Applied Theology
- Department of Political Thaumaturgy
- College of Communications (CoC)
Fnord. Ketchup is a Vegetable. Big Brother Loves Lucy.- Department of Disinformation
- School of Social Anti-Sciences (SSAS)
We have never made a profit! We don't do useful things here! We devote ourselves to pure Art and Research!- English Department
- Department of Misanthropology
- College of Zen Surrealism (CZS)
Ommmms! Ommmms for the poor!- Department of Inapplicable Mathematics
Due to the extremely dangerous nature of the academic work done at IOU, many of the staff undergo The Treatment, a mysterious and dreaded procedure that makes them virtually unkillable and thus immune to their own recklessness. In addition, there are resurrection facilities on campus for student use.
Academic rivalries at IOU tend to result in extreme violence, property damage, and mayhem. There are rules to such conflicts (Faculty Bloodfeuds), one of which is that "freshthings" in their first semester are off-limits and harm done to them will attract the unfavorable attention of the Archdean.
Any student asking what the "O" in "IOU" stands for will be told he or she isn't cleared for that information.
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