Texas Christian University is offering a course for the 2023-2024 school year that instructs students to develop their own drag personas.

“The Queer Art of Drag” will be taught by Dr. Nino Testa, also known by his drag persona, “Maria von Clapp.”

According to the course syllabus obtained by Campus Reform, the course requires students to create a drag persona, which is done through a “drag vision board,” a “bibliography,” a “worksheet,” an “in-class lip-sync performance,” a “storyboard,” and a final performance.

[This seems like a strange idea for a college course in any context, but especially at TCU, which is a private and nominally faith-based university. What higher-ed goals are served by developing drag personas? Back in the day, we used to joke about basket-weaving classes being the nadir of intellectual offerings (usually in conjunction with athletes needing passing grades), but at least you end up with a basket or two at the end of those. — Ed]