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Course Criteria
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to development of rap music and hip-hop culture, with emphasis on musical and verbal qualities, philosophical and political ideologies, gender representation, and influences on cinema and popular culture. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Sociocultural history of women in jazz and allied musical traditions from 1880s to present. Survey of women vocalists, instrumentalists, composers/arrangers, and producers and their impact on development of jazz. P/NP or letter grading.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Exploration of development of African societies from earliest times to late 18th century. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
(Same as Political Science M114C.) Lecture, three or four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Intensive introduction to African American political thought, with focus on major ideological trends and political philosophies as they have been applied and interpreted by African Americans. Debates and conflicts in black political thought, historical contest of African American social movements, and relationship between black political thought and major trends in Western thought. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
(Same as Political Science M114D.) Lecture, three or four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Historical, psychological, and thematic interpretation of selected narratives and storytelling in African American culture and politics. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
(Same as Political Science M114E.) Lecture, three or four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Designed for juniors/seniors. Analysis of black radicalism in mid-20th century, with special attention to contribution of Malcolm X and black nationalism to African American liberation movement. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, four hours. Exploration of issues in outreach and retention of students in higher education, especially through student-initiated programs, efforts, activities, and services, with focus on UCLA as case. May be repeated twice for credit. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
(Same as Public Policy M120.) Lecture, three hours. Background in economics, sociology, or urban studies preferred but not required. Survey course to examine major debates and current controversies concerning public policy responses to social problems in urban America. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three or four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Preparation: one 140-level political science course or one upper division course on race or ethnicity from history, psychology, or sociology. Requisite: Political Science 40. Designed for juniors/seniors. Emphasis on dynamics of minority group politics in U.S., touching on conditions facing racial and ethnic groups, with black Americans being primary case for analysis. Three primary objectives: (1) to provide descriptive information about social, political, and economic conditions of black community, (2) to analyze important political issues facing black Americans, (3) to sharpen students' analytical skills. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Music of Duke Ellington, his life, and far-reaching influence of his efforts. Ellington's music, known as "Ellingtonia," is one of largestand perhaps most important bodies of music ever produced in U.S. Covers many contributions of other artists who worked with Ellington, such as composer Billy Strayhorn and musicians Johnny Hodges, Cooties Williams, and Mercer Ellington. P/NP or letter grading.
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