Graduation Academy Humanities

Course Offerings

Connections: Music and Culture to 1970

• Connections: Music and Culture to 1970 is a course, which emphasizes music's impact on American society.  Students will examine the basic elements of psychology, sociology, and human social behavior.  Emphasis will be placed on the history of rock and roll, the British invasion, Motown, and social protest music. Students will connect the psychological/ sociological structures of America with the influence popular music imposes on those structures.

Connections: Music and Culture from 1970

• Connections: Music and Culture from 1970 is a course, which emphasizes music's impact on American society.  Students will examine the basic elements of psychology, sociology, and human social behavior.  Emphasis will be placed on the sounds of the 70's, the 80's and excess, alternative nation, and the many faces of hip hop.  Throughout the semester, students will connect the psychological/ sociological structures of America with the influence popular music imposes on those structures.