MUSC204

Popular Music in Black America

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Traces black popular music in the U.S. with a special focus on spirituals, ragtime, the blues, early jazz, R&B, Motown, funk, soul, and rap. Examines how these styles have been borrowed by the American music industry.

Spring 2026

Brendan Kibbee

2 reviews
Average rating: 4.50

Winter 2026

Gabriel Andruzzi

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Fall 2025

Brendan Kibbee

2 reviews
Average rating: 4.50

Summer 2025

Gabriel Andruzzi

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Spring 2025

Matthew Valnes

10 reviews
Average rating: 3.90

Past Semesters

Nicole Steinberg

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Matthew Valnes

10 reviews
Average rating: 3.90

Matthew Valnes

10 reviews
Average rating: 3.90

Matthew Valnes

10 reviews
Average rating: 3.90

Matthew Valnes

10 reviews
Average rating: 3.90

Matthew Valnes

10 reviews
Average rating: 3.90

Nicole Powlison

2 reviews
Average rating: 5.00

Nicholas Tochka

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Patrick Warfield

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Kendra Salois

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Include P/F semesters During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.36 between 1,785 students*

A-: 15.01%

A: 35.91%

A+: 11.99%

B-: 4.93%

B: 8.74%

B+: 10.25%

C-: 1.4%

C: 2.52%

C+: 2.58%

D-: 0.17%

D: 0.73%

D+: 0.22%

F: 2.24%

W: 2.91%

other: 0.39%

* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.