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Undergraduate Dance Program

Curriculum

Course List

  • DANC 110 - Movement for Actors
  • DANC 131 - Ensemble practicum-performance
  • DANC 132 - Ensemble practicum-production
  • DANC 133 - Ensemble practicum-choreography
  • DANC 140 - Ballet I * (previously DANC 250)**
  • DANC 141 - Ballet II * (previously DANC 251)**
  • DANC 150 - Modern I*
  • DANC 151 - Modern II
  • DANC 160 - Jazz I * (Previously DANC 350)**
  • DANC 161 - Jazz II
  • DANC 170 - Hip Hop technique* (Previously DANC 370)**
  • DANC 180 - Improvisation* (Previously DANC 360)**
  • DANC 201 - Dance Appreciation
  • DANC 210 - Intro to Dance
  • DANC 220 - History of Dance
  • DANC 225 - Repertory
  • DANC 230 - Survey of Dance/Movt Therapy
  • DANC 240 - Composition I
  • DANC 241 - Composition II
  • DANC 260 - Injury Prevention
  • DANC 310 - Dance Aesthetics & Criticism
  • DANC 325 - 20th Century Dance History
  • DANC 330 - Introduction to Laban
  • DANC 340 - Dance Pedagogy
  • DANC 355 - Rhythmic Study for Dance
  • DANC 380 - Special Topics in Dance
  • DANC 495 - Directed Studies in Dance
  • * 2 credit class, was 3 credits prior to 2008-2009 academic year
  • **Course number from before 2008-2009 academic year.

Threshold Review:

At the conclusion of the winter quarter of the sophomore year of study students in both career options of the major will participate in phase one of two phase threshold review or assessment procedure. This process will allow the faculty to determine whether the student is ready to proceed with the graduate portion of the curriculum and to plan for co-op placements. Students who wish to switch career options or co-op cycles at this time will be allowed to do so. Students who do not pass the threshold review or who do not wish to proceed to graduate work at this time, or after their co-op experience, will be allowed to complete their program with a four-year B.S. degree. Students passing the threshold review will have completed the necessary requirements for entrance to the M.A. or M.S. programs.

Passing phase one of the threshold review will consist of a favorable review of each individual student's portfolio as follows:

Dance / Movement Therapy student portfolio must include:
  • Self-reflection papers from each technique class taken.
  • Statement of goals and philosophy in answer to the question: What is dance and how does it reflect my experiences in the world?
  • Combined GRE of 1500 (when writing score is recalculated on an 800 point scale and added to the verbal and quantitative scores) or an MAT score of 396.
  • Minimum GPA of 3.0
    • Dance and Education student portfolio must include:
    1. Self-reflection papers from each technique class taken.
    2. Statement of goals and philosophy in answer to the question: What is dance and how does it reflect my experiences in the world?
    3. Minimum GPA of 3.0
    4. A minimum of 81 earned credits.

    Places in the graduate program will be reserved for all Dance/Movement Therapy students who meet the criteria of the phase one threshold review. Dance/Movement Therapy students must also complete a phase two portfolio review at the end of the co-op experience, at the beginning of the senior year, in which they must present a favorable recommendation from their co-op field supervisor.