MLL 425 - Postcolonial Francophone Rap/Hip-Hop

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Social Justice
Examination of the success of rap and hip hop as outlets to express the social concerns of the various ethnicities of the Francophone world. Concentration on socio-cultural and literary perspectives.

Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area C requirements.
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better.
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 6 units.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online Asynchronous or Online Synchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-C - Upper Division Arts or Humanities, Overlay - Social Justice
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

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

Students will be able to effectively discuss, analyze, and write about, issues concerning a wide variety of cultures from the Franco-Phone world, and their historical and socio-cultural contexts.
Students will be able to adequately implement critical thinking skills in reading, analyzing, and writing in their examination of theoretical, musical, and digital texts.
Students will be able to demonstrate they can integrate research information, and convey ideas in a clear, well-organized, and well-constructed manner.
Students will be able to correlate the points illustrated in theoretical texts to the lyrics and videos studied.
Students will be able to recognize barriers to equity and social justice, identify and critically assess various historical, socio-cultural, historical, and political contexts within the Franco-Phone world.

UD-C. Upper-division Arts or Humanities Learning Outcomes

demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in the arts and humanities;
analyze cultural production as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human; and
demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts and humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.

Social Justice Overlay Learning Outcomes

use a disciplinary perspective to analyze issues of social justice and equity;
describe the challenges to achieving social justice; and
identify ways in which individuals and/or groups can contribute to social justice within local communities, nations, or the world.