A Harry Styles class is coming to a Texas university

We may never get the answers from Styles himself. But a lucky group of Texas State University students will get to parse the particulars of the British pop star for a grade.

But this sojourn through Styles’ career is no fluff-filled blow-off class. The course centers the ever-popular Brit in a wider discussion on the “cultural and political development of the modern celebrity as related to questions of gender and sexuality, race, class, nation and globalism, media, fashion, fan culture, internet culture and consumerism,” according to a flier for the class Valencia shared.

Phew. That’s complex stuff for the man who once wholeheartedly serenaded a love interest by telling her she didn’t know she was beautiful. But as Styles’ musical gifts have evolved, so has his place in the cultural lexicon, Valencia told CNN in an email.

“I can’t tell you how many conversations I’ve had with students over the last two years that started with a shared love of Harry’s music, but that quickly went into larger societal questions about gender, sexuality, race, gun control, sustainability because of Harry’s art,” he said.

“Self-expression, and comfort with oneself, is a big part of Harry’s message — along with treating people with kindness,” Valencia said. “A lot of people, myself included, feel like they’ve grown up with him — and so there is a connection.”

He said he hopes that students who take this course, one that invites them to consider history as they’re living through it with one of the world’s biggest musical superstars, will inspire the same self-acceptance and unbridled joy that a Styles concert does.