Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: HIP HOP AND LANGUAGE: GLOBAL AND LOCAL PERSPECTIVES

Department: Humanities Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: The goal of this seminar is to examine critically -from a (socio) linguistic perspective- what is arguably the most influential and pervasive cultural current among youth today. We will analyze hip hop data, drawing from various media, to take on issues including language and power, differences between cultures, and constructing ethnicities. This course is limited to first-year students only, any others will be removed from this course. Cross-list: LING 103.