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Dibs Fall 2026

GJ STDS M119

Cultural History of Rap

(Same as African American Studies M107 and Ethnomusicology M119.) 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.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.37
n = 10 · 1 term · ± 0.114
A range
20%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
33%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
0.0%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Not offered in Fall 2026.

Enrollment history

Final enrollment per term, averaged across that term's sections. Four years deep, summer excluded. Per-section live curves are on each section page.

  • 1525S
Enrolment by term: 25S 15
Peak 15 Most recent 15 in 25S 1 term on record

Grade distribution

  • A 1 · 6.7%
  • A- 1 · 6.7%
  • B+ 1 · 6.7%
  • B 4 · 26.7%
  • B- 1 · 6.7%
  • C 1 · 6.7%
  • C- 1 · 6.7%
  • P 5 · 33.3%

Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.

By instructor

Instructor Predicted Raw n Terms A range
KEYES, CHERYL L 3.18 2.94 10 small sample 1 20%

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department — so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.

By term