I would have no problem if there were a scholarly study of Bhagavad Gita study, or Talmud study, or get-naked-and-worship-the-trees study (Wicca).....one hard part would be getting enough student interest -- and another hard part would be having a scholarly study of the get-naked-and-worship-the-trees course.
"and another hard part would be having a scholarly study of the get-naked-and-worship-the-trees course."
That's the lab portion of the course.