MUSC 80P: 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 Music 11C, Introduction to American Popular Music.)
Average GPA: 3.50
Grade distribution records: 2,201 students across 9 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 228 | 10.4% |
| A | 659 | 29.9% |
| A- | 254 | 11.5% |
| B+ | 150 | 6.8% |
| B | 127 | 5.8% |
| B- | 69 | 3.1% |
| C+ | 55 | 2.5% |
| C | 28 | 1.3% |
| C- | 13 | 0.6% |
| D+ | 6 | 0.3% |
| D | 8 | 0.4% |
| D- | 2 | 0.1% |
| F | 52 | 2.4% |
| P | 430 | 19.5% |
| NP | 74 | 3.4% |
| W | 46 | 2.1% |
Based on 2,201 student grade records across 9 terms and 5 professors.
Instructors
- Giacomo Fiore 1,497 students, Average GPA 3.47
- Benjamin L. Carson 367 students, Average GPA 3.51
- Nelsen James Hutchison 197 students, Average GPA 3.55
- Samuel Bain Cushman 91 students, Average GPA 3.57
- Seth Glickman 49 students, Average GPA 3.84