The Ivy League university has recently announced a new course, Beyoncé Makes History: Black Radical Tradition History, Culture, Theory & Politics through Music, Beyoncé, with the aim to use her work as a lens to examine Black intellectual thought and activism.

Yet, while the luxe $87,000-a-year institution calls it an academic exploration of the singer's cultural impact, social media users are having none of it. 

From pointed questions like, 'How will this course help me in life?' to 'Which job is this beneficial for?' the internet is not holding back and Yale's latest attempt at pioneering academia is quickly turning into a viral joke.  

'Course on Beyoncé? Oh c'mon we're joking right?' one user on 'X', formerly Twitter, commented. 

'First Taylor Swift at Harvard, now Beyoncé at Yale … 20 years later they'll be teaching courses on Donald Trump in universities,' another commented.

Others have questioned the 'seriousness' of the latest offering.

'How much is Beyoncé going to make from this class?' another added.

Another commented: 'Hmmmmm. Pass/Fail class probably.'

'This is what counts as higher education in this country. Yale is not a serious university anymore,' another chimed in.

The course, set to roll out at the start of the next semester, will be taught by Daphne Brooks, professor of African American Studies and music.

Brooks, who specializes in Black cultural studies, says the timing couldn't be better to recognize Beyoncé's unprecedented contributions to American culture.

'This class seemed good to teach because [Beyoncé] is just so ripe for teaching at this moment in time,' Brooks explained to the outlet.