I work with the majority of people that spoke to my class, Bardash said. Romersa takes you right to the industry professionals, which is nothing short of a miracle.

There is a holdup on the expansion of the course due to lack of funding, according to Foote.

The proposal has been advanced to the Provost office, Foote said.

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Starr said the Nashville course draws students to the University at a time when enrollment is down, which could be beneficial for the University overall.

I did recruiting of students in Chicago and students were very excited about this, Starr said. Thirty percent of the students at one high school put the Nashville course as their first choice of interest at SIUC. If we can bring in100 students through this, it would really help the University.

Romersa said the class could be influential for the University and entertainment business education market.

SIUC could corner the market (of) entertainment education business in Illinois if they wanted to, Romersa said.

There is an amazing amount of people that come to this town who don’t know anything, Bardash said. Just by taking that class I was 50 steps ahead of a lot of people out here.