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Dibs Fall 2026

AF AMER M107

Cultural History of Rap

(Same as Ethnomusicology M119 and Global Jazz Studies 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
3.31
n = 81 · 4 terms · ± 0.056
A range
62%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
6%
60% of those passed
D / F / W
9.9%
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.

  • 2025S
Enrolment by term: 25S 20
Peak 20 Most recent 20 in 25S 1 term on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 26 · 30.2%
  • A 15 · 17.4%
  • A- 9 · 10.5%
  • B+ 7 · 8.1%
  • B 8 · 9.3%
  • B- 5 · 5.8%
  • C+ 1 · 1.2%
  • C 1 · 1.2%
  • C- 1 · 1.2%
  • F 8 · 9.3%
  • P 3 · 3.5%
  • NP 2 · 2.3%

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 3.27 3.26 81 4 62%

“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