University Of Guelph Introduces Course On Taylor Swift

Study in Canada: After Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand introduced the first university course on the global pop icon - Taylor Swift, now the University of Guelph in Canada is all set to introduce a course on her.

Taylor Swift has never been to a University but now she has been finding places in academia in a growing number of institutes across the world. The latest is, the University of Guelph in Canada has announced a new course on Taylor Swift.

She is a complete brand in herself which incorporates both the creativity and business aspects. She is a performer, songwriter, singer, director, producer, actor, businesswoman, icon and advocate.

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The name of the course is Icons of Popular Music, an Opened. It will commence in Winter 2025. This is a general and online course designed by Dr. Robert Edwards, scholar of religion and popular culture and U of G sessional lecturer and  Dr. Alyssa Woods, professor of popular music, in the School of Fine Art and Music in the College of Arts.

“Taylor Swift is not just a singer or a pop star. Popular music is such a pervasive element of our culture and so really any artist that rises to this level of popularity and success becomes a pervasive element of our culture," Edwards says.

“Taylor Swift is like a case study, or a lens to look at this through. It really speaks to the interdisciplinary nature of popular music studies," said Alyssa Woods.

More Details Of University Of Guelph's Course On Taylor Swift

This course is of a duration of 12 weeks. Any student can join, there is no pre-requisite about any major. The course makers want it to be accessible to as many people as possible. It is a distanced online course which students can complete at their own pace.

"The critical thinking and analysis skills foundational to the course offer a different way to approach critical engagement, which extends to an education of any discipline," Woods says.

“It’s not just talking about Taylor Swift. We’re talking about the current state of politics in the U.S., how Taylor engages with and affects the body image of teens, how The Eras Tour has shifted the way tickets sales now work for all concerts," said Edwards.

“The fact that we’re seeing this with a female artist is not insignificant. She writes her own music and controls a lot of the elements of her identity, her business and her brand. This is a mass cultural impact we are witnessing," added Woods.

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