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Dibs Fall 2026

ETHNMUS M119

Cultural History of Rap

(Same as African American Studies M107 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
3.34
n = 72 · 3 terms · ± 0.059
A range
46%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
10%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
1.4%
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.

  • 5225S
Enrolment by term: 25S 52
Peak 52 Most recent 52 in 25S 1 term on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 9 · 11.3%
  • A 17 · 21.3%
  • A- 7 · 8.8%
  • B+ 10 · 12.5%
  • B 14 · 17.5%
  • B- 3 · 3.8%
  • C+ 4 · 5.0%
  • C 5 · 6.3%
  • C- 2 · 2.5%
  • F 1 · 1.3%
  • P 8 · 10.0%

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 3.28 3.27 72 3 46%

“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