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Taylor Swift Social Psychology course now offered at US university

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Arizona State University is offering a course on psychology with global pop star Taylor Swift as the subject.   

According ASU's news website, the course is called "Psychology of Taylor Swift — Advanced Topics of Social Psychology."

The class will start this September. It will be taught by Alexandra Wormley, a PhD student of Psychology at ASU's The College of Liberal Arts and Science.

Alexandra shared that she came up with the idea for a course about Taylor after the singer brought her The Eras tour to Glendale, Arizona.

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"Right after Taylor Swift performed in Glendale (in March), a few of my research assistants were sitting in my lab and joked that they would love a course about her. I liked the idea and jokingly made a rough outline of what that sort of course might look like. I pitched it to my department and apparently they liked it!" she said.

When asked what students can expect from the course, she shared: "We will be doing deep dives into very specific topics, so that students have some expertise in each of these areas by the end of each week. I find this method of learning much more engaging than survey courses that have to cover every topic within a semester."

"Each week, I will connect a theme from a Swift album to a topic in social psychology," she added.

The ASU student relayed that her partner's sister was the one who introduced her to Taylor.



"I learned almost everything I know about Taylor Swift from my partner’s sister, who has been a Swiftie forever. She played a huge role in shaping the topics of the course," she said.

"Her enthusiasm is pretty contagious — so in the span of two years, I went from indifferent to being one of her top listeners on Spotify last year. There is so much to appreciate about Taylor Swift, even beyond her music."

Taylor recently wrapped up the 2023 US leg of The Eras Tour. The tour is projected to be the biggest tour in history by any artist.

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