Rutgers University in New Jersey has added a new subject for students. They will be able to study for anew diploma by exploring Beyonce’s career.
metro.co.uk reports :
Her husband, rapper Jay-Z, has already been honoured with a Georgetown University sociology course named after him, but now it’s Beyonce’s turn to be dissected in a classroom.
The course, ‘Politicizing Beyonce’, will allow fans and pop-culture vultures to explore the 30-year-old Single Ladies singer’s alter ego Sasha Fierce, and debate the extent of control she has over her own image.
In charge of the course is Rutgers PH.D. candidate Kevin Allred, who explained the importance of the course on the university’s website.
‘This isn’t a course about Beyonce’s political engagement or how many times she performed during President Obama’s inauguration weekend,’ he said.
Students will also discuss other iconic female singers including Lady Gaga, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone.
It is not known what the Texas-born singer, who became a mum for the first time earlier this month to Blue Ivy, thinks of the new addition to the university’s curriculum.
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