CDL COURSE ENTRY FORM


Author: Laura Wait/SUNY
Last modified by: Laura Wait/SUNY
Composed: 07/13/2011 04:07 PM
Curriculum Committee Approval Date: 04/07/2011
Modified: 02/28/2018
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Course Number: (prefix) HIS (number) 243554 ESC 2.0 Course number: HIST-3590 HIST-3590Hip Hop America: The Evolution of a Cultural Movement

Name: Hip-Hop America: The Evolution of a Cultural Movement
Datatel Title: (30char) Hip-Hop America:

Area Coordinator: Himanee Gupta-Carlson Department Code: 10HH Team: Humanities

Liberal Study? YES Level: UPPER Credits: 4 Prerequisite? YES
General Education Course? YES GenEd Approval Term/Year: September 2017

GenEd Area 1: 4. American HistoryFully or Partially: f
GenEd Area 2: Fully or Partially:



Pre-registration Information?
Course will be offered (for online course descriptions, proposed offerings for by term views and web views)
Spring 1, Spring 2, Fall 1, Fall 2		Course will be offered (for final term listings, online registration, online bookordering, web views)
Spring 1, Spring 2, Fall 1, Fall 2
First Term Offered: 2013SP (Required Format: YearTerm - i.e., 2005SP)
Last Term Offered in Print Version:
Title Changes: FYI - Submitting for Gen Ed for May '17 term. Gen Ed approved for FA1 '17 term (6/13/17). Catalog updated. LWait
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Description: How do history and hip-hop connect? This course explores that question through a study of hip-hop in the U.S. The course will begin with a look at the 1970s Bronx, where hip-hop originated, and will then journey across New York City and the United States, exploring how the beats and breaks of the Bronx evolved into both an artistic genre as well as a political and cultural movement. We will study 1) the social conditions of the 1970s Bronx that enabled the emergence of hip-hop; 2) the 1980s growth of the genre through the commercialization of rap; 3) the early 21st century uses of hip-hop as a vehicle for political organizing, education, community outreach, and entrepreneurialism in cities across the U.S.; 4) the challenge of balancing the political potential of hip-hop against the commercial context of popular arts; and 5) the harnessing of hip-hop by churches and other religious organizations as a vehicle for personal uplift and empowerment.

Students who enroll in this highly interactive class will visit virtual renditions of historic hip-hop sites; participate in conversations with hip-hop artists; listen to and carry out interviews with hip-hop community activists; conduct field based explorations of hip-hop activities in their own communities; analyze connections between hip-hop and race, ethnicity, gender and class; and experiment with creative expression through the writing and podcasting of spoken word poetry.

Prerequisites: Some prior background in U.S. history or political science is recommended

This course fully meets the General Education requirement in American History.

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Major Course Area
Historical Studies		Minor Course Area
Arts: Visual and Performing, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Multicultural and Diversity Studies, Political Science and Public Affairs		SLN Disciplines
Political Science
Additional Course Requirements
Audio Component, Video Component		 Undergrad Certificate Association:


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Meets General Education Requirement

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genedcode for dpplanner: 4^f~8

genedfull area for dpplanner: American History