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2024-2025 College Catalog 
    
2024-2025 College Catalog
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AES 215 From Rhymes to Reason: The Culture of Hip Hop


Minimum Units: 5
Maximum Units: 5
This course examines the culture of hip hop from its South Bronx (NYC) beginnings in the early 1970’s to its globalization. Students explore the musical, visual, spoken word and literary elements of hip hop. Topics include the role of race, class, gender, politics, appropriation and commodification.
Add Consent: Not Required
Drop Consent: Not Required
Grading Basis: Student option grading
Course Typically Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring
This course fulfills a distribution requirement for: Humanities General



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