These courses examine the development of hiphop in the U.S. and throughout the world. They focus on hiphop’s importance as a cultural, political, technological and artistic resource for youthful expression and representation. The courses examine hiphop’s influence on politics, identity, society as well as creativity, performance, literacy, language and learning, art, performance and dress design. Topics include: dance, linguistics, culture, community, crime and justice, economics, education, family, history, identity, language, politics, sports, race and racism, sex and sexism.