"Would you not be required to demonstrate some level of credibility through obtaining some sort of certification through a degreed program before they allowed you to teach a seminar? I mean, if not, what's to prevent you from suddenly deciding to teach vector calculus or some other such thing? ... I'm just curious as to how/why the university would let you do this ..."

You cut me deep, Scott. You cut me real deep just now.

It's actually a basic writing class, so the topic is merely a means to the (writing) end. It can be taught by any full-time faculty in their areas of expertise or interest. What attracted me to the notion was the ability to do something totally different. And I was only joking with the Shrek allusion; I love that quote.

Belated lunch time post: Brangelina to Marry When Everybody Can