Rutgers University Offers College Course On Beyonce!

You can now earn credits in college on the subject of Beyonce. Look at God! #Glowrayyy

Rutgers University is offering a college course (complete with credit) on pop culture staple Beyonce called Politicizing Beyoncé.

Politicizing Beyoncé is taught by Kevin Allred, a doctoral student and lecturer in Rutgers’ Department of Women’s and Gender Studies. He told the university’s website his goal is to help students think critically about pop culture.

“It’s important to shift students away from simply being consumers of media,” said Lecturer Allred. “When students don’t respond to theory or dense readings, it’s often easier to see things play out in the world around them.”

But it's not all Bey all the time. He also includes writing from artists and pioneers in the black feminist movement like Sojourner Truth and Alice Walker.

Other celeb' college courses? The University of Illinois offered a class on Oprah, Syracuse University had a course on Lil’ Kim and Georgetown University continues to offer a class on Beyoncé’s husband, Jay Z.


(Image: Beyonce)