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MUS 489a01 - Popular Music and Politics

Department: Music

Description: Popular Music & Politics explores the intersection between popular music and politics throughout the last one hundred years of U.S. cultural history. In this seminar, we will examine how folk music, popular song, country music, rhythm & blues, soul, reggae, punk, and hip hop relate to power and protest.

Credit Hours: 3

Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit

Current Offerings

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Fall 2025

  • 001 - Lecture (In Person): T Th 10:35 AM - 11:50 AM , Thornton Miller 3.00 hour(s)

Dates: 08/18/2025 - 12/06/2025

Location: Julian Hall 062 (JH 062)

Instructor: Thornton Miller

Textbooks have not been finalized for section.