The Theatre & Dance Department is proud to house CU 色吧亚洲鈥檚 interdisciplinary听certificate in Hip-hop Studies.听This consolidated certificate program for matriculated undergraduate and graduate students is designed to expose students to the richness, complexity, and vitality of Hip-hop听as theory and practice.听

The graduate and undergraduate certificates in Hip-hop Studies are designed to be enriching, interdisciplinary supplements to other areas of study. They provide听a broad base, which can serve as an entry point to more focused study and practice. While offering rich and rewarding experiences, these certificates are not a professional endorsement of the student鈥檚 skills from Rennie Harris or Larry Southall. Rather, they develop听students鈥� appreciation and respect for one of the most important American cultural forms to have emerged in the last half-century.

Undergraduate Certificate

The certificate in Hip-hop Studies is is designed to emphasize both the theory and practice of hip-hop. Classes immerse students in the culture of Hip-hop听and develop the critical thinking skills and theoretical context required for understanding Hip-hop's socio-historical development and political efficacy.

Undergraduate Certificate Courses and Requirements

Please find the 听for undergraduate students in the CU Catalog. The CU Catalog page contains a list of all required courses and those courses that are pre-approved to count toward the certificate.

Undergraduate Certificate FAQ

Submit the online听.

Students will use the Hip-hop Studies Undergraduate Certificate Completion Form to keep track of their coursework for the certificate.

Yes. If you have taken a course that is pre-approved for the certificate, it will automatically count.

Yes, with approval. To request approval of a course, submit a . If you are requesting pre-approval for a course in听an upcoming semester,听you must submit the form by听the last day of class听the semester before you take the course.听If you are requesting approval for course you have already taken, you will need to submit the course syllabus. We cannot approve course subtitutions for the same semester.

Take a paper copy of your Hip-hop Studies Undergraduate Certificate Completion Form and an unofficial transcript to the Theatre & Dance Main Office in the University Theatre Building. We will verify your work and submit a completion request to the Registrar's Office.

Please email your questions to hip-hop@colorado.edu.

Graduate Certificate听

This consolidated certificate program for matriculated graduate students is designed to expose students to the richness, complexity and vitality of Hip-hop鈥攁s theory and practice.听The certificate鈥檚 community-based practicum ensures the students in the certificate will know hip-hop as a lived culture, not merely an object to be consumed inside the halls of academia.

Courses and Requirements

Please find the 听for graduate students in the CU Catalog.听

Forms

To obtain the undergraduate certificate in Hip-hop Studies, students must first submit a 听which will be reviewed and approved by the Hip-hop Studies Directors, Rennie Harris and Larry Southall.听The directors will notify students of acceptance.

To obtain the graduate certificate in Hip-hop Studies, students must first submit a 听which will be reviewed and approved by the Hip-hop Studies Directors, Rennie Harris and Larry Southall.听The directors will notify students of acceptance.

Students may petition their Hip-hop Studies advisor to have additional courses approved on a case-by-case basis.听To request a course substitution, submit a 听for the upcoming semester by the last day of classes. Note: if this is a course you have taken already, you will need to submit the course syllabus.

Upon completion of the Hip-hop Studies Certificate coursework, please take a paper copy of your听Undergraduate Certificate Completion Form for to the Theatre & Dance Main Office in the University Theatre Building.

Upon completion of the Hip-hop Studies Certificate coursework, please submit a 听for review.

For More Information

Please email hip-hop@colorado.edu.