USC launches Beyoncé business course

Beyoncé is now schoolin’ life at the college level.The University of Southern California is taking a page out of the 35-time Grammy Award winner’s success story. “The Business of Beyoncé,” an MBA course offered by the school’s Marshall School of Business, will examine how she built an entertainment and business empire, the Los Angeles Times reported.Read more trending news The course, which will begin in January, will trace Beyoncé’s career from childhood to her stint with Destiny’s Child, according to the newspaper. Then, it will examine her solo career and the business empire she has built.For the course, graduate students will be required to choose one of her songs and explain why, according to the Times. The name of the assignment? The “BeyEssay.”Beyoncé transformed her star power into a multimillion-dollar empire. Now students at USC will get to study it. https://t.co/poykL0k3eP Los Angeles Times (@latimes) November 11, 2026 Shaun Harper, a Beyoncé superfan and the professor who