Matthew McConaughey returns to University of Texas at Austin to teach film course

AUSTIN, Texas, July 1 (UPI) -- Matthew McConaughey is heading back to the University of Texas to reprise his role as a film professor at the university's Moody College of Communication.

Hunger Games director Gary Ross and McConaughey, a UT alum, will teach the course through pre-recorded videos and at least one on-campus visit.

The class is open to 30 juniors and seniors and is available without prerequisites or additional fees.

The course will give students a behind the scenes look at McConaughey's new Civil War film Free State of Jones, directed by Ross, and marks McConaughey's second academic appearance at the university. He also co-taught a class with university lecturer Scott Rice during the 2016 spring semester.

Free State of Jones is in theaters now, and chronicles the story of a Civil War-era Mississippi farmer who teams up with runaway slaves to lead a rebellion through the south.