MUSC 11C: US Popular Music
University of California, Santa Cruz
Introduces music and cultural studies, surveys popular music in the United States from 18th-century minstrelsy to 21st-century social media consumer-producers. Emphasizes narratives of race, complicated by ethnicity, gender, and class, informing ways of valuing music, and its capacity for social representation. (Formerly MUSC 80P.)
Average GPA: 3.62
Grade distribution records: 995 students across 2 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A | 520 | 52.3% |
| A- | 127 | 12.8% |
| B+ | 59 | 5.9% |
| B | 57 | 5.7% |
| B- | 13 | 1.3% |
| C+ | 27 | 2.7% |
| C | 10 | 1.0% |
| C- | 3 | 0.3% |
| D+ | 1 | 0.1% |
| D | 6 | 0.6% |
| F | 18 | 1.8% |
| P | 117 | 11.8% |
| NP | 25 | 2.5% |
| W | 11 | 1.1% |
Based on 995 student grade records across 2 terms and 1 professor.
Instructors
- Giacomo Fiore 995 students, Average GPA 3.62