The University of Maryland is offering a course called "Intro to Fat Studies: Fatness, Blackness and Their Intersections" this spring. The three-credit course will be taught by Professor Sydney Lewis on Tuesdays and Thursdays and looks at "fatness as intersectional," particularly highlighting "the relationship between fatness and blackness," according to the course description. When contacted twice by The Center Square, Lewis did not respond. "Intro to Fat Studies" will examine "fatness as an area of human difference subject to privilege and discrimination that intersects with other systems of oppression based on gender, race, class, sexual orientation, and ability." "We approach this area of study through an interdisciplinary humanities and social-science lens which emphasizes fatness as a social justice issue," the description said.