GAINESVILLE, Fla. — ...Ready For It? And by "It," we mean a brand new course at the University of Florida surrounding Taylor Swift's music.
On UF's Honors Program website, the course titled "Musical storytelling with Taylor Swift and other iconic female artists" is listed under the "(un)common arts" section.
The description of the course explains students will "fearlessly jump then fall into 13 gorgeous weeks of discussing Taylor Swift's discography," while focusing on her songwriting.
Students will also draw parallels between Swift's lyrics and works by other female artists like Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday and Dolly Parton.
"Each week, students will be expected to keep their eyes open and read closely in order to listen, reflect, discuss, and write on themes like old flames, infidelity, aging, and double standards," the description of the course reads in part.
Collaboration can be expected when students annotate lyrics with their peers along with analyzing themes and participating in class discussions.
There will be two online discussion posts – one being an introduction and the other being an analysis of themes.
Students will also watch the musical about Gloria Estefan called "On Your Feet!"
"At the end of the semester, students will have a marvelous time working with a partner to create a final project of their choosing," the course description reads in part.
According to USA Today, this new UF course joins a series of classes based on T-Swift ranging from literature to social psychology at schools like Ghent University of Belgium, University of Texas at Austin, New York University and Stanford.
All of the listed schools have reportedly offered courses focused on the singer's lyrics, discography and impact.
