What We'd Really Like to Learn in These Celebrity College Courses

• College: University of Missouri
• What students learn(ed): How Jay Z and Kanye's careers fit into hip-hop and how their music incorporates the American dream.
• What we'd also like to learn: Everything they talk about during their double dates with Beyoncé and Kim Kardashian.

Source: Def Jam

• College: University of South Carolina
• What students learn(ed): How Lady Gaga's rise to fame fit into our culture on a social and global scale.
• What we'd also like to learn: If there's anything, anything at all, that she wouldn't wear.

Source: Interscope Records

• College: Rutgers University
• What students learn(ed): How Beyoncé's music and career work as a lens to study sexual politics, gender, and race.
• What we'd also like to learn: How to run the world and stay so flawless.

Source: Columbia Records

• College: Rutgers University
• What students learn(ed): How Bruce Springsteen's lyrics interpret biblical motifs, redemption, and the cross between the sacred and the secular.
• What we'd also like to learn: Whether Bruce kept in touch with Courteney Cox.

Source: Columbia Records

• College: Clark Atlanta University
• What students learn(ed): How Michael Jackson built an empire as the "King of Pop."
• What we'd also like to learn: Which sorcerer he paid to defy all laws of physics with his dance moves.

Source: Epic Records

• College: Georgetown University
• What students learn(ed): How Jay Z's body of work deals with race, gender, ethnicity, class, economic equality, and social injustice.
• What we'd also like to learn: When Jay knew that Bey was the one.

Source: Columbia Records

• College: Saint Mary's College
• What students learn(ed): How U2 is politically involved, using its platform to convey social and spiritual messages.
• What we'd also like to learn: The number of sunglasses Bono owns.

Source: Island Records

• College: Syracuse University
• What students learn(ed): How Radiohead fits into music history and which themes can be found in the band's music.
• What we'd also like to learn: Which "Creep" cover the band likes best.

Source: Parlophone

• College: University of Amsterdam
• What students learn(ed): How Madonna's media presence grew, plus the impact of her role as a sex symbol.
• What we'd also like to learn: How to reign as queen for more than 30 years.

Source: Warner Bros. Records

• College: University of Iowa
• What students learn(ed): How Elvis influenced American culture through his music and movie roles.
• What we'd also like to learn: How to leave the building and an eternal legacy.

Source: MGM

• College: Skidmore College
• What students learn(ed): How Miley Cyrus's career serves as an example for themes of gender, race, and identity in the media.
• What we'd also like to learn: What that sledgehammer tasted like.

Source: RCA Records