The Rhetoric of Hip Hop

The course introduces students to the skills required for message analysis. The course specifically focuses on the hip-hip community with emphasis as to how that community was formed and how it continues to grow. Students will also be introduced to varying rhetorical concepts such as ethos, pathos, logos, emergent grammar, etc. Students will understand how to dissect arguments made through artistic mediums and construct their own arguments through work with argument theory.

Credits

3 credits

Course Code

HUM 300