Total Program Requirement: 60 Credits (48 Required Core Credits + 12 Elective Credits). Course prefixes: HOB (Hobama Studies), INT (Internet Culture), UNI (University Courses).
Introduction to institutional expectations, archive ethics, and basic navigation of the Hobama digital ecosystem.
Foundational survey of the Barack Obama and Harry Styles internet phenomenon, historical timelines, and core terminology.
An analytical deep-dive into improbable cross-fandom romantic pairings, absurd narrative mechanics, and community folklore.
Navigating consent, fictionalized real-person public figures, copyright gray areas, and archival morality in digital fandoms.
Visual analysis of digital collages, manipulation edits, presidential portrait parodies, and aesthetic evolution across platforms.
Final comprehensive exam.
Final institutional census and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) demographic survey conducted by the Office of Academic Records prior to diploma conferral.
Examining international relations, voter sentiment polling, and hypothetical diplomatic fallout of the ship.
Close reading of serialized digital prose, comment-section culture, and classic tropes within long-form fan fiction.
Short-form video pacing, audio choice psychology, transition theory, and algorithmic virality in modern fandoms.