SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) – Professor Robert Smith covers a lot of ground teaching American government, yet recent class discussions ranging from the electoral college to minority rights have kept returning to the same subject: Donald Trump.
So this summer, Smith plans to cede the spotlight to the billionaire who’s shaken up presidential politics. He’s created a syllabus for what’s essentially Trump, the college course.
Next week, students at Savannah State University will begin taking the three-credit-hour course on “The Trump Factor in American Politics.” They will study Trump’s biography, read excerpts from his best-seller “The Art of the Deal,” dissect some of his more controversial proposals and delve into how Trump became the presumed Republican nominee.
“There is something surreal, I suppose, about having developed a class on Donald Trump,” Smith said Monday while grading final exams and finalizing his plans for teaching Trump.
It’s not surprising that somebody would teach a college class on Trump, said Dan Gibson, spokesman for the American Political Science Association, though he wasn’t sure whether similar courses were being offered elsewhere.