DANC 233 - Street to Stage: History of Hip Hop Dance

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-C2; Diversity
History and evolution of Hip Hop dance. Cultural influences; societal and artistic significance; and essential aspects of this contemporary dance form that developed across diverse societies and cultures. Lecture Units: 2; Activity Units: 1.

Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-C2 - Lower Division Humanities, Overlay - Diversity
Course Typically Offered: Fall ONLY

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

examine issues and perspectives through an analytical and critical lens, ask challenging questions, and work to find creative and informed pathways to solutions;
confidentially engage in thoughtful discussions, active listening, and dissemination of ideas and findings;
acknowledge broad world perspectives and attitudes in the areas of social justice, diversity and equality;
work collaboratively and respectfully peer to peer or working as a member of a group;
employ learned skills related to deep research and readily draw on personal knowledge and experience to amplify investigative and reflective practices;
understand the use of empirical data to support research and reporting and experience the creative process and methods through dance labs and performative practices.

C2. Humanities Learning Outcomes

Show appreciation for the humanities using their intellect, imagination, sensibility, and sensitivity;
develop their affective and cognitive faculties through studying great works reflecting the rich diversity of human imagination and/or inquiry; and
engage in critical self-reflection relating themes in the humanities to the students’ own lives.

Diversity Overlay Learning Outcomes

describe the histories and/or experiences of one or more U. S. cultural groups and the resilience and agency of group members;
identify structures of oppression and the diverse efforts and strategies used by groups to combat the effects of oppressive structures;
analyze the intersection of the categories of race and gender as they affect cultural group members’ lived realities and/or as they are embodied in personal and collective identities;
recognize the way that multiple differences (including, for example, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, gender expression, color/phenotype, racial mixture, linguistic expression, and/or age) within cultural groups complicate individual and group identities.