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American Idol for singing students

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The University of North Carolina at Charlotte will offer an academic course about the TV show American Idol, on which contestants try to sing their way to a recording contract.

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Beginning in January, &to=http:// english.pravda.ru/main/18/90/361/13104_baby.html ' target=_blank>students at UNCC will earn three credit hours for the class Examining American Idol Through Musical Critique.

The class will watch the show twice a week and devise its own system for rating contestants. Students will learn the history of different musical styles used as Idol themes, such as Motown and &to=http:// english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=9984 ' target=_blank>Broadway. The final project will be a paper on who should win and why, informs Independent Online.

According to the CBC News, North Carolina has a special connection to American Idol. Clay Aiken, the runner-up on the show's second season, hails from the state, as does Fantasia Barrino, who took the title in the third season.

The elective course was created by Jay Grymes, assistant professor of musicology, who says he's a huge fan of "Idol." The show can be a springboard for serious discussion about the art of performing music and the craft of critiquing it, he said, CNN reported.

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