Apr 16, 2026  
Rensselaer Catalog 2025-2026 
    
Rensselaer Catalog 2025-2026

ARTS 2550 - Popular Music and Society


This topics-based course examines popular music in society, considering the ways it may express identities, motivate political movements, and function within various economic, mediated, and technological environments. This course explores popular music representing diverse genres (country, hip hop, EDM, Top 40) as it relates to social life, the intersections of race, gender, class, and sexuality, and media and technology.

 

When Offered: SPRING TERM ANNUALLY

Graded: GRADED

Credit Hours: 4