UC Berkeley to Offer Course on Frank Ocean
Two UC Berkeley students’ proposal for a course on alt-R&B singer Frank Ocean has been approved.
I proposed a course on Frank Ocean @ UC Berkeley and it got approved! Very stoked to be teaching it in the fall. Come sign up~ @katonya pic.twitter.com/FAuzzbdq0h
— preya (@PreyaaGill) June 15, 2018
Preya Gill and her roommate Deborah Chang are the two young women behind “Brain like Berkeley”, a course discussing Ocean’s artistry. The two students credit their immediate bonding as roommates to Ocean’s music. After finding out the UC Berkeley accepted proposals for student taught courses, they decided to use Ocean as their subject of choice.
The pair reportedly told The Fader that the course will cover the singer’s “artistic history, upbringing, background, musical influences, artist identity, and the way he challenges dominant social concepts such as toxic-masculinity and gender politics.”
Since the approval Gill has taken to Twitter to share updates on her exciting news.
good morning, Frank Ocean’s mom thinks our course is amazing. HIS MOM Y’ALL!!!!!!!!!!! 😭😭
— preya (@PreyaaGill) June 16, 2018
FRANK OCEAN’S BROTHER RYAN WANTS 2 TAKE MY CLASS IM SCREAMIN !!!
— preya (@PreyaaGill) June 15, 2018
Students at UC Berkeley will be able to sign-up for the new course beginning this fall.
