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I guess it depends on the subject matter. Particle physics? Highly unorthodox, to put it politely. The role of black arts on the broader popular culture? Go for it.
ETA: Looks like his PhD program is in "rhetorics [sic], communication and information design." If ever there were a dissertation subject that ought to laid out as an extensive rap album, that would be it.
i don't understand the point of awarding a degree for a rap album. it doesn't seem like it is about demonstrating that he has obtained knowledge of a certain area but rather simply expressing his opinions about race in lyrics.
it sounds like he uses offensive language in the rap music as well.
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I'm a Clemson grad with a student there now. On the one hand, wouldn't be appropriate for the Physics Dept or Engineering. On the other hand, seems like it might fit right in with his field. And as much as I hate rap music, it might be more interesting than some of the dry, boring, junk that get's written in most dissertations anyway.
i don't understand the point of awarding a degree for a rap album. it doesn't seem like it is about demonstrating that he has obtained knowledge of a certain area but rather simply expressing his opinions about race in lyrics.
it sounds like he uses offensive language in the rap music as well.
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To be fair, the subject of his dissertation is "rhetorics [sic], communication and information design." If ever there were a dissertation topic that ought to laid out as a 34-track rap album, this would be it -- DOING the subject matter rather than just writing about it.
To be fair, the subject of his dissertation is "rhetorics [sic], communication and information design." If ever there were a dissertation topic that ought to laid out as a 34-track rap album, this would be it -- DOING the subject matter rather than just writing about it.
ok, you have a much different concept of academics than I do.
What a black eye for Clemson and for the many legitimate PhD graduates of Clemson! No serious academic department in a serious university would allow this to happen. The Provost at Clemson needs to set some heads rolling.
What a black eye for Clemson and for the many legitimate PhD graduates of Clemson! No serious academic department in a serious university would allow this to happen. The Provost at Clemson needs to set some heads rolling.
As long as they have the spine to stand up to the inevitable protests of cultural insensitivity and racism and all that. Who needs the headache when you can show the world how virtuously open-minded you are instead?
"The dissertation is really just a — man, that’s like, in a real, practical way just it’s, uh, it’s a rap album,” Carson says in a YouTube video about busting rhymes to acquire a Ph.D. “Rather than it being, like, about rap or it being about, like, spoken word, it’s actually done through those particular modes of presentation.”
I’m striving to be dope,” Carson also explains in the video. “This world of academia, or however, you know, we want to describe it, is that world not ready for that dope in its — like — uncut form?”
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