Overview
- The course is titled “COMM 400: Crooked Studies of K-pop — The Case of G-Dragon” and will carry four credits.
- Professor Lee Hye-jin will teach the class at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
- USC Annenberg first revealed the offering on its official Instagram, with details confirmed by Galaxy Corporation.
- Galaxy compared the move to Yale’s Beyoncé course and Harvard’s Taylor Swift course as evidence of mainstream academic interest in pop culture.
- The curriculum will examine G-Dragon’s artistic, industrial and cultural impact, with the launch aligning with the 20th anniversary of his debut, according to Galaxy CEO Choi Yong-ho.