Course Schedule

Course Term
Course Attributes
Fall 2024
AFAS

AFAS 218 – Introduction to Hip-Hop Dance

When you think of hip-hop, you often think of gangsters, thugs, pimps, drugs, crime, wealth, violence ,and misogyny. Students taking this course will be expected to take the artist perspective to dig deeper into the historical underpinnings of where this contemporary art form comes from as well as its evolution and proliferation nationally and beyond(globally). This beginning level class combines practical movement practices based on actual hip-hop dance styles with straight lectures and lively discussions that help students to be critical, analytical, logical, questioning, reflective and evaluative thinkers This holistic approach which combines theory and practice, will furnish learners with the relevant cultural, historical, and practical knowledge of hip-hop dance and cultures in general. Similarly, in order to fully examine and acquire the different hip-hop dance and movement styles, skills, techniques, vocabulary, and cultures emanating from particular historical and evolutionary periods and geographic regions in the USA and globally, the course will adopt ahistorical-geographical approach. The ultimate objective is to challenge and encourage students to take on the lens of the artists and independently create final dance projects where they dig deeper and get immersed in to the core values, knowledge, theories, world views, concepts, and ideas specific to the Africana Studies discipline. Students are not required to have prior dance knowledge to enroll in this class and will participate at their ability levels. To demonstrate the student's mastery of disciplinary content, methodologies, skills, knowledge and value systems, the class will culminate with an independently conceived practical performance, or a digital project accompanied by a critical/analytical write up.

Section
001
Days
MoWe
Time
05:30 PM - 06:45 PM
Date
Aug 26 - Dec 11
Instructor
Status
Open
Enrollment
60 / 120
  • Days: MoWe
  • Time: 05:30 PM - 06:45 PM
  • Dates: Aug 26 - Dec 11
  • Status: Open
  • Enrollment: 60 / 120
Section
101
Days
Time
Date
Aug 26 - Oct 16
Instructor
Status
Open
Enrollment
126 / 130
  • Days:
  • Time:
  • Dates: Aug 26 - Oct 16
  • Status: Open
  • Enrollment: 126 / 130
Section
102
Days
Time
Date
Oct 17 - Dec 11
Instructor
Status
Closed
Enrollment
122 / 130
  • Days:
  • Time:
  • Dates: Oct 17 - Dec 11
  • Status: Closed
  • Enrollment: 122 / 130
Section
103
Days
Time
Date
Oct 17 - Dec 11
Instructor
Status
Closed
Enrollment
60 / 60
  • Days:
  • Time:
  • Dates: Oct 17 - Dec 11
  • Status: Closed
  • Enrollment: 60 / 60
Section
201
Days
Time
Date
Aug 26 - Oct 16
Instructor
Status
Open
Enrollment
126 / 130
  • Days:
  • Time:
  • Dates: Aug 26 - Oct 16
  • Status: Open
  • Enrollment: 126 / 130
Section
202
Days
Time
Date
Oct 17 - Dec 11
Instructor
Status
Open
Enrollment
122 / 130
  • Days:
  • Time:
  • Dates: Oct 17 - Dec 11
  • Status: Open
  • Enrollment: 122 / 130
Section
203
Days
Time
Date
Oct 17 - Dec 11
Instructor
Status
Closed
Enrollment
60 / 60
  • Days:
  • Time:
  • Dates: Oct 17 - Dec 11
  • Status: Closed
  • Enrollment: 60 / 60
Section
401
Days
Time
Date
Aug 26 - Oct 16
Instructor
Status
Open
Enrollment
126 / 130
  • Days:
  • Time:
  • Dates: Aug 26 - Oct 16
  • Status: Open
  • Enrollment: 126 / 130
Section
402
Days
Time
Date
Oct 17 - Dec 11
Instructor
Status
Open
Enrollment
122 / 130
  • Days:
  • Time:
  • Dates: Oct 17 - Dec 11
  • Status: Open
  • Enrollment: 122 / 130
Section
403
Days
Time
Date
Oct 17 - Dec 11
Instructor
Status
Closed
Enrollment
60 / 60
  • Days:
  • Time:
  • Dates: Oct 17 - Dec 11
  • Status: Closed
  • Enrollment: 60 / 60
Spring 2025
AFAS

AFAS 218 – Introduction to Hip-Hop Dance

When you think of hip-hop, you often think of gangsters, thugs, pimps, drugs, crime, wealth, violence ,and misogyny. Students taking this course will be expected to take the artist perspective to dig deeper into the historical underpinnings of where this contemporary art form comes from as well as its evolution and proliferation nationally and beyond(globally). This beginning level class combines practical movement practices based on actual hip-hop dance styles with straight lectures and lively discussions that help students to be critical, analytical, logical, questioning, reflective and evaluative thinkers This holistic approach which combines theory and practice, will furnish learners with the relevant cultural, historical, and practical knowledge of hip-hop dance and cultures in general. Similarly, in order to fully examine and acquire the different hip-hop dance and movement styles, skills, techniques, vocabulary, and cultures emanating from particular historical and evolutionary periods and geographic regions in the USA and globally, the course will adopt ahistorical-geographical approach. The ultimate objective is to challenge and encourage students to take on the lens of the artists and independently create final dance projects where they dig deeper and get immersed in to the core values, knowledge, theories, world views, concepts, and ideas specific to the Africana Studies discipline. Students are not required to have prior dance knowledge to enroll in this class and will participate at their ability levels. To demonstrate the student's mastery of disciplinary content, methodologies, skills, knowledge and value systems, the class will culminate with an independently conceived practical performance, or a digital project accompanied by a critical/analytical write up.

Section
001
Days
MoWe
Time
05:30 PM - 06:45 PM
Date
Jan 15 - May 7
Instructor
Status
Open
Enrollment
0 / 60
  • Days: MoWe
  • Time: 05:30 PM - 06:45 PM
  • Dates: Jan 15 - May 7
  • Status: Open
  • Enrollment: 0 / 60
Section
101
Days
Time
Date
Jan 15 - Mar 7
Instructor
Status
Open
Enrollment
0 / 130
  • Days:
  • Time:
  • Dates: Jan 15 - Mar 7
  • Status: Open
  • Enrollment: 0 / 130
Section
102
Days
Time
Date
Mar 17 - May 7
Instructor
Status
Open
Enrollment
0 / 100
  • Days:
  • Time:
  • Dates: Mar 17 - May 7
  • Status: Open
  • Enrollment: 0 / 100
Section
103
Days
Time
Date
Mar 17 - May 7
Instructor
Status
Open
Enrollment
0 / 210
  • Days:
  • Time:
  • Dates: Mar 17 - May 7
  • Status: Open
  • Enrollment: 0 / 210
Section
201
Days
Time
Date
Jan 15 - Mar 7
Instructor
Status
Open
Enrollment
0 / 130
  • Days:
  • Time:
  • Dates: Jan 15 - Mar 7
  • Status: Open
  • Enrollment: 0 / 130
Section
202
Days
Time
Date
Mar 17 - May 7
Instructor
Status
Open
Enrollment
0 / 100
  • Days:
  • Time:
  • Dates: Mar 17 - May 7
  • Status: Open
  • Enrollment: 0 / 100
Section
203
Days
Time
Date
Mar 17 - May 7
Instructor
Status
Open
Enrollment
0 / 210
  • Days:
  • Time:
  • Dates: Mar 17 - May 7
  • Status: Open
  • Enrollment: 0 / 210