Montreal’s Concordia University to offer Kanye West course as part of fall 2022 curriculum

A new generation of college students will now have a chance to learn about a famous “college dropout.”

For the fall 2022 semester, Montreal’s Concordia University will offer what it is being referred as the first university-level course all about Kanye West, also known as Ye.

The class, entitled “Kanye vs. Ye: Genius by Design,” will be instructed by lecturer Yassin “Narcy” Alsalman, who previously taught coursework on A Tribe Called Quest, Black Star and Lauryn Hill since beginning his teaching work in 2013.

“I want to bring something new and fresh to students,” Alsalman explained in a Twitter post. “An opportunity to bring more amazing guests to the University and to discuss the world through the lens of one of the most influential artists of our generation.”

He added: “This class isn’t only about Kanye. It’s about community, creativity, responsibility, accountability, fame and mental health, dreams and nightmares — and more importantly, self-[actualization].”

A musician and multimedia artist himself, Alsalman hosts the “The Iraqafella Show,” which he says focuses primarily on diaspora creatives. Launched last fall, the podcast has featured conversations with guests such as comedian Hasan Minhaj, OVO’s Noah “40″ Shebib and rapper Talib Kweli.

Higher education, or the lack thereof, was once a source of inspiration for West’s music.

Early in his rap career, the Chicago-reared Atlanta native – who considers himself “the greatest artist that God ever created” – titled his first three full-length studio albums “The College Dropout,” “Late Registration” and “Graduation.” Considered some of his best work, all three projects won the Grammy Award for best rap album and sold millions of copies and became platinum-selling successes.

According to the course description Alsalman posted, students will “dissect Ye’s art, design, music, celebrity-life, and cultural impacts in the age of information.”

The class will explore “Kanyetive Dissonance,” is described as “the unique, complex and controversial natures and contexts of Kanye’s body of work and impacts.”

Also studying “the evolution of his genius,” the 13-week course is open as a free elective to Fine Arts students.