{"id":1634324,"date":"2022-09-06T14:19:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T18:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1634324"},"modified":"2022-09-06T14:20:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T18:20:16","slug":"taylor-swift-101-new-university-pop-culture-courses-offered-on-a-campus-near-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taylor-swift-101-new-university-pop-culture-courses-offered-on-a-campus-near-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift 101: New University Pop Culture Courses Offered On A Campus Near You"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftaylor-swift-101-new-university-pop-culture-courses-offered-on-a-campus-near-you%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1634324&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>College is getting a bad rap these days, and for good reason.<\/p>\n<p>The price tag for University, Inc. is astronomical, sending countless students into a debt spiral of their own design. Many campuses now double as indoctrination centers, where students are taught a singular set of progressive rules. Naysayers and free thinkers alike face discrimination, or worse, for challenging that groupthink.<\/p>\n<p>At least the core subjects taught in these houses of higher learning remain the same. Right?<\/p>\n<p>In many cases, that\u2019s true. Yet there is a wave of new courses that won\u2019t help graduates find a job or gain an invaluable skill. You might crush it at your next Trivial Pursuit game, though.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, we all love pop culture, but do we need to pay through the proverbial nose to learn all of its nuances?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiterary Contests And Contexts \u2014 The Taylor Swift Songbook\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Need to learn every detail about the pop superstar\u2019s love life? Obsessed with Swift\u2019s ruminations on LGBTQ+ culture? This University of Texas course is your salvation. Professor Elizabeth Scala will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/taylor-swift-class-university-of-texas-austin\/\">guide students through Swift\u2019s colorful career<\/a>, focusing on her literary chops.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, it\u2019s all about form (not just or even primarily about content). We will study Swift\u2019s songs as poems and literary structures.\u201d Scala <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/story\/news\/education\/2022\/08\/22\/taylor-swift-class-university-texas-offered-fall-2022\/65413810007\/\">told<\/a> the American-Statesman.<\/p>\n<p>The university\u2019s Facebook dove deeper into this critical class, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTDepartmentOfEnglish\/photos\/a.4014535531933637\/5051664228220757\/?type=3\">saying<\/a> it \u201cprovides an introduction to literary studies and research methods that uses the songwriting of\u00a0@taylorswift\u00a0as the basis for teaching a wide range of skills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeyonce, Gender And Race\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The University of Copenhagen may seem like an <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2017\/09\/05\/beyonce-class-university\/\">unlikely source for all things Queen Bey<\/a>, but in 2017 the school unleashed a popular course offering just that.<\/p>\n<p>Students could study the songstress\u2019 lyrics, performances, and music videos, zeroing in on hot-button issues she stirs such as sex, race, and gender.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the goals is to introduce black feminist thought, which is not very well known in Scandinavia,\u201d Professor Erik Steinskog told Denmark\u2019s TV2 in 2017 in the run-up to the course\u2019s debut.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, a recent search of the university\u2019s courses finds \u201cBeyonce\u201d isn\u2019t available for current students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLady Gaga And The Sociology Of Fame\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Professor Mathieu Deflem, a professor of sociology at the University of South Carolina, got his 15 minutes of fame by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2013\/may\/25\/lady-gaga-celebrity-fame\">teaching about the versatile pop star<\/a>. The syllabus explored Lady Gaga\u2019s career before her transition to the big screen and alliance with future President Joe Biden on sexual assault issues.<\/p>\n<p>Like Madonna before her, Lady Gaga took an active role in her own rise to superstardom, material the professor found illuminating \u2026 and worth sharing.<\/p>\n<p>Deflem became overwhelmed by the fame the course brought about, as meta an experience as possible. He ended up teaching it only five times before shifting to other topics. None of that stopped him from penning a book, with the same title as his course, capturing that moment in his career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMakin\u2019 Whoopi: Goldberg\u2019s Canon\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whoopi Goldberg teaches an unofficial course on misinformation five days a week via \u201cThe View.\u201d She\u2019s not an official professor, but that doesn\u2019t stop her or her ill-informed peers.<\/p>\n<p>The Oscar winner also inspired her <a href=\"http:\/\/abacus.bates.edu\/~cnero\/makinwhoopi.html\">own symposium at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine<\/a>, based primarily on her work prior to joining \u201cThe View.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Professor\u00a0Charles I. Nero\u2019s\u00a0\u201cMakin\u2019 Whoopi: Goldberg\u2019s Canon\u201d symposium\u00a0debuted in 2013, a time before Goldberg\u2019s current \u201cView\u201d work led to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-effective-immediately-abc-suspends-whoopi-goldberg-over-wrong-and-hurtful-holocaust-comments\">suspension<\/a> atop her serial obfuscations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSurviving The Zombie Apocalypse\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michigan State University could be the go-to place for George A. Romero fans.<\/p>\n<p>The Pittsburgh filmmaker\u2019s career is synonymous with zombie films, and his legacy is alive and well via <a href=\"https:\/\/msutoday.msu.edu\/news\/2012\/new-zombie-course-helps-students-learn-about-survival-behavior\">this cagey online course<\/a>. The syllabus has real-world applications, at least for those expecting modern culture will collapse sooner than later.<\/p>\n<p>And people are paying attention. The course grabbed headlines courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/christopherirvin.com\/proj\/surviving-the-coming-zombie-apocalypse-disaster-catastrophes-and-human-behavior\/\">Bill Maher and Conan O\u2019Brien<\/a>, and should a zombie outbreak actually occur, its alumni may lead humanity to a brighter future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArguing With Judge Judy: Popular \u2018Logic\u2019 On TV Judge Shows\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This intro course at the University of California, Berkeley, the former home for free speech advocacy, examines a <a href=\"https:\/\/rhetoric.berkeley.edu\/courses\/freshman-seminar-arguing-with-judge-judy-popular-logic-on-tv-judge-shows-2\/\">specific realm of modern TV<\/a>. Shows like \u201cThe People\u2019s Court\u201d and \u201cJudge Judy\u201d anchor instruction designed to reveal common courtroom techniques.<\/p>\n<p>One aspect of the course will feel all too familiar for anyone who ever battled an online troll.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA fascinating aspect of TV judge shows from a rhetorical point of view is the number of arguments made by the litigants that are utterly illogical, or are perversions of standard logic, and yet are used over and over again,\u201d according to the Berkeley web site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSouth Park And Contemporary Social Issues\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Professor Cartman would like to speak with you after class\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Comedy Central\u2019s iconic and famously balanced series <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.mcdaniel.edu\/preview_course_nopop.php?catoid=21&amp;coid=15548\">spawned a McDaniel College course<\/a>. The Maryland institution explored how the series, from creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, use humor to navigate sticky public issues like immigration and terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsing historical and contemporary texts, theories, and concepts from sociology and philosophy, this course will address issues such<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>College is getting a bad rap these days, and for good reason. The price tag for University, Inc. is astronomical, sending countless students into a debt spiral of their own design. Many campuses now double as indoctrination centers, where students are taught a singular set of progressive rules. 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