The course is part of the school's Independent Study Periods, which allow students to pursue a personalized study plan on any topic of interest.

New College of Florida will offer a course on "wokeness" this January, the Tampa Bay Times reported. Why it matters: The course is the latest indication that Gov. Ron DeSantis' conservative takeover of the Sarasota-based liberal arts college is here to stay.

For the first time in the school’s history, New College is offering a course in “wokeness.” The ‘Woke’ Movement — offered as a one-month independent study in January — paints the movement as “a kind of cult” that’s methods are “essentially illiberal” and whose members “are capable of the most dehumanizing behavior,