Get your iPhones ready, find the perfect lightning and don your best duck-face, because selfies aren’t just for Snapchat anymore. Beginning in the winter semester, NSU will offer a course on selfies.
“My iPhone and me: An in-depth look at the art of the selfie,” will be the first course of its kind at NSU.
Topics covered in the course will include natural versus artificial lighting, proper posing and achieving the perfect pout. Students will be graded on selfie technique and composition, as well as the number of likes garnered by each narcissistic masterpiece. According to NSU faculty, the course will also offer extra credit for every heart-eye emoji commented on a student’s selfie. Each student will be required to post their selfies to every social media platform at their disposal: including, but not limited to Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Tumblr and Twitter. It’s important for students to remember that there is no such thing as too many selfies.
“We really want students to take away something valuable from NSU. Math and writing skills may fade away over the years, but the understanding of a perfect selfie is timeless,” said Raymond Miller, who will be teaching this invaluable course.
A recent study shows that students who know how to take the perfect selfie are at least six times more popular than their peers, who are considered “selfie amateurs.” Sources report that while GPA and extracurricular actives nicely fill a resume, it’s popularity that really determines your success in the real world.
Selfies are being more widely accepted as the art form that they are. It takes a deep understanding of both photography and art in order to master this unique form of expression. The appreciation of art has evolved into something much more sophisticated; long gone are the days of appreciating fine artists like Monet, da Vinci and Raphael. Instead, with classes like this, we can usher in the new era of art while admiring talented selfie artists like Kim Kardashian.
“Self-portraits in paintings and drawings are so last century; selfies are the real form of art,” said Ericka Bookman, sophomore arts administration major. “I think offering important courses like this is a step in the right direction for NSU. They really put a lot of thought into deciding what courses will best help me in the future.”
NSU hopes that this course will enrich the quality of student’s lives and adequately prepare them for each and every picture perfect moment that life may bring them.
