Credit Hours: 3Explores popular music and culture in the United States and select non-American genres. Investigates key periods and genres that define the popular idiom in the United States. Highlights changes in technology, politics, economy, race relations, gender and listener demographics, and the relationship between popular music and social conditions. (HU) (LA) Prerequisite:HUM 2051 or HUM 2052 or HUM 2053 or HUM 2054HUM 2141 or HUM 2142 or HUM 2211 or HUM 2212 or HUM 2213 or HUM 2331 or HUM 2332 or HUM 2551 or HUM 2552