Spring 2023
COLWRIT R4B 020 - SEM 020
Reading, Composition, and Research
Music and Social Movements
Kaya Oakes
Class #:26378
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
College Writing Programs
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
-1
Enrolled: 18
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 17
Waitlist Max: 0
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
1.5 hours of student-instructor coverage of course materials per week, 1.5 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 9 hours of outside work hours per week.
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Course Catalog Description
A lecture/seminar satisfying the second half of the Reading & Composition requirement, R4B offers structured and sustained practice in the processes used in reading, critical analysis, and writing. Students engage with thematically-related materials from a range of genres and media. In response, they craft short pieces leading to longer expository and/or argumentative essays. Students develop a research question, draft a research essay, gather, evaluate, and synthesize information from various sources. Elements of the research process--a proposal, an annotated bibliography, an abstract, a works cited list, etc.--are submitted with the final report in a research portfolio. Students write a minimum of 32 pages of prose.
Class Description
The connections between music and social movements stretch back hundreds, if not thousands of years. In this section of R4B, we'll look at more contemporary examples: the links between feminism and music, civil rights and music, LGBTQ+ rights and music, and the changing nature of our relationship to music as consumers. We'll learn rhetorical strategies for building written arguments about the relationships between music and social change, and we'll work with the UC Berkeley library to build research skills for your final project.
BOOK LIST
Book list (some titles TBA, many readings will be available as PDFs and links on Bcourses)
bell hooks, Feminism Is For Everybody
Jeff Chang, Can't Stop Won't Stop: The History of the Hip Hop Generation
Kathy Iandoli, God Save the Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip Hop
Stay Free: The Story of the Clash (podcast)
Booth, Colomb and Williams, The Craft of Research
Class Notes
Enrollment is restricted to students who have satisfied the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement. This course satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement.
Rules & Requirements
Requisites
- Previously passed an R_A course with a letter grade of C- or better. Previously passed an articulated R_A course with a letter grade of C- or better. Score a 4 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Literature and Composition. Score a 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Language and Composition. Score of 5, 6, or 7 on the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Examination in English.
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Requirements class fulfills
Second half of the Reading and Composition Requirement
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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