Music and the American Experience. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

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Prerequisites: ENGL 102 with grade C or better; one 200-level history/humanities GER course. This course aims to analyze how songs and musical artists have impacted social justice movements and cultural changes in the US with a specific focus on the XX century. Students will explore different music genres, time periods, and social justice movements utilizing song lyrics as a prism to observe cultural and social changes and to access non dominant historical discourses. Students will also join small group book clubs where they will read (auto)biographies on a famous artist of their choice.