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Ethnic Studies
Description: This course examines why Hip Hop holds such an important place in our culture. We seek to understand how something so controversial and marginal could become so mainstream and central. This course infuses historical and cultural context as a backdrop for exploring particular genres, artists, styles, sounds, images, and rhetorical techniques within the Hip Hop movement. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
Sections offered: Spring 2025 Summer 2025
Requirement Designation: Aesthetic and Humanistic Inquiry + US Ethnic
Liberal Studies Essential Skills: Critical Thinking
Ethnic Studies
Term : Summer 2023
Catalog Year : 2022-2023
ES 270 - The Genius Of Hip Hop
Description: This course examines why Hip Hop holds such an important place in our culture. We seek to understand how something so controversial and marginal could become so mainstream and central. This course infuses historical and cultural context as a backdrop for exploring particular genres, artists, styles, sounds, images, and rhetorical techniques within the Hip Hop movement. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
Sections offered: Spring 2025 Summer 2025
Requirement Designation: Aesthetic and Humanistic Inquiry + US Ethnic
Liberal Studies Essential Skills: Critical Thinking