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

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-3B; 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.

Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-3B - Arts and Humanities (Humanities), Overlay - Diversity
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
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.

GE-3B. Humanities Learning Outcomes

Evaluate the impact of the humanities on your life.
Examine the cultural and/or historical context(s) of the humanities.
Describe the ways that diverse identities influence experiences in the humanities.

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.