While the University recently crowned its own "U.Va. Idol," the University of North Carolina at Charlotte now is offering a course called "Examining 'American Idol' Through Musical Critique" after two North Carolina natives, Clay Aiken and Fantasia Barrino, won fame on the show.
Beginning in January, students enrolled in the three-credit elective course will watch the television show twice a week and create their own rating system to judge contestants. In addition, students will learn the history of different musical styles used as themes on the show and write a paper on who should win and why for the final project, according to the Associated Press.
Assistant Musicology Prof. Jay Grymes, a self-professed "American Idol" fan, created the course. Grymes told the Associated Press the show "can be a springboard for serious discussion about the art of performing music and the craft of critiquing it"
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