Post by AggieMike on Dec 2, 2005 6:02:19 GMT -5
I just realized how empty the campus news section is and seeing as I'm probably one of the few students on the site and how I don't know how often yall get to see the A&T Register, as a staff member there, I'll try and keep yall posted...
Hip Hop 101
New class will examine music’s history, influence
By Josh Capers
In the 2006 spring semester, A&T will incorporate its first hip hop classes into the curriculum, even though the classes are not listed in the course catalog.
Bryon Turman, a English teacher at A&T, will teach the two 3-credit hour courses that will be offered. The two courses that will be offered are English 209 - The history, literacy connections and social relevance of hip hop and English 316 - Hip-hop discourse (conversation).
When Turman was asked why he decided to bring hip hop classes to A&T, he talked about keeping hip hop in the black institutions and embracing a black-created art form in HBCU’s like a lot of predominately white institutions have already done.
It iss recorded that 40 institutions nationwide have recognized hip hop in their courses.
Turman believes he holds an advantage over most of these professors teaching these courses because they are predominately Caucasian and have no outside knowledge of the hip hop culture outside of the books that they have read. Turman plans on teaching pure hip hop from the streets.
He knows that most students at A&T are strongly effected by hip hop, so he hopes to help enlighten them on something that tends to be a major part of a lot their lives.
Turman said that his “intimate knowledge” is one of his key components that he is going to use to help teach the course. He is also going to have help from one of his close friends that teaches the course at Temple University. Unfortunately for Turman, there is only so much he can be told, but until he actually steps foot into the classroom, there is only so much preparation he do.
It has taken Turman two years to get this course approved. Turman is a fellow graduate of A&T, so he was in amazement that a hip hop class was not in place when he attended.
He had been planning to get a hip hop class at A&T but wasn’t quite sure on how to do so. With help from his friend at Temple University and other sources, he began scripting a course outline. He then had help from Dr. Pat Bonner to get the course at A&T.
The classes were then submitted to the faculty senate to be voted on and approved. Even though the hip hop classes were a difficult concept to sell to everyone, Turman had a help from Bonner who was implementing a number of new courses at A&T as a part of her African and African-American experience.
These classes are still going to be a work in process for Turman. He does not know what to expect. This first year will be the stepping stone as students will participate in history and help set guidelines for the classes in upcoming years.
Turman plans on implementing more hip hop classes such as women in hip hop, southern hip hop, classic hip hop, hip hop culture as a whole, hip hop entrepreneurship and more.
Since hip hop has produced many jobs and a multi-million dollar industry, Turman hopes to combine with the school of business to create classes in their department as well.
He also hopes to get to a point where he can use more advanced hip hop classes to challenge students minds.
Turman points out that it is the whites who study the black culture before the blacks.
Growing up in Statesville, N.C., Turman was influenced by old school hip hop emcees such as Eric B and Rakim, cool G. Rap, X-clan, NWA and KRS-ONE.
He hopes students will recognize hip-hop artists’ individuality, as he is a strong believer that this is one of the key components to hip hop.
Turman plans to teach and help pass his knowledge on to his pupils. While he listens to some of today’s artists such as Young Jeezy, Talib Kweli and Common, he wants to learn from his students also.
“There’s so much to hip-hop, Turman said, “there’s enough room for everybody.”
The courses will be offered on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. English 316 will be offered at 11 a.m. and English 209 will be offered at 12 p.m.
Even though the classes did not appear in course catalogs, students are invited to add these classes into their schedule for the 2006 spring semester.
Hip Hop 101
New class will examine music’s history, influence
By Josh Capers
In the 2006 spring semester, A&T will incorporate its first hip hop classes into the curriculum, even though the classes are not listed in the course catalog.
Bryon Turman, a English teacher at A&T, will teach the two 3-credit hour courses that will be offered. The two courses that will be offered are English 209 - The history, literacy connections and social relevance of hip hop and English 316 - Hip-hop discourse (conversation).
When Turman was asked why he decided to bring hip hop classes to A&T, he talked about keeping hip hop in the black institutions and embracing a black-created art form in HBCU’s like a lot of predominately white institutions have already done.
It iss recorded that 40 institutions nationwide have recognized hip hop in their courses.
Turman believes he holds an advantage over most of these professors teaching these courses because they are predominately Caucasian and have no outside knowledge of the hip hop culture outside of the books that they have read. Turman plans on teaching pure hip hop from the streets.
He knows that most students at A&T are strongly effected by hip hop, so he hopes to help enlighten them on something that tends to be a major part of a lot their lives.
Turman said that his “intimate knowledge” is one of his key components that he is going to use to help teach the course. He is also going to have help from one of his close friends that teaches the course at Temple University. Unfortunately for Turman, there is only so much he can be told, but until he actually steps foot into the classroom, there is only so much preparation he do.
It has taken Turman two years to get this course approved. Turman is a fellow graduate of A&T, so he was in amazement that a hip hop class was not in place when he attended.
He had been planning to get a hip hop class at A&T but wasn’t quite sure on how to do so. With help from his friend at Temple University and other sources, he began scripting a course outline. He then had help from Dr. Pat Bonner to get the course at A&T.
The classes were then submitted to the faculty senate to be voted on and approved. Even though the hip hop classes were a difficult concept to sell to everyone, Turman had a help from Bonner who was implementing a number of new courses at A&T as a part of her African and African-American experience.
These classes are still going to be a work in process for Turman. He does not know what to expect. This first year will be the stepping stone as students will participate in history and help set guidelines for the classes in upcoming years.
Turman plans on implementing more hip hop classes such as women in hip hop, southern hip hop, classic hip hop, hip hop culture as a whole, hip hop entrepreneurship and more.
Since hip hop has produced many jobs and a multi-million dollar industry, Turman hopes to combine with the school of business to create classes in their department as well.
He also hopes to get to a point where he can use more advanced hip hop classes to challenge students minds.
Turman points out that it is the whites who study the black culture before the blacks.
Growing up in Statesville, N.C., Turman was influenced by old school hip hop emcees such as Eric B and Rakim, cool G. Rap, X-clan, NWA and KRS-ONE.
He hopes students will recognize hip-hop artists’ individuality, as he is a strong believer that this is one of the key components to hip hop.
Turman plans to teach and help pass his knowledge on to his pupils. While he listens to some of today’s artists such as Young Jeezy, Talib Kweli and Common, he wants to learn from his students also.
“There’s so much to hip-hop, Turman said, “there’s enough room for everybody.”
The courses will be offered on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. English 316 will be offered at 11 a.m. and English 209 will be offered at 12 p.m.
Even though the classes did not appear in course catalogs, students are invited to add these classes into their schedule for the 2006 spring semester.