College of Education and Human Development
Dance Concentration
DESCRIPTION:
The Dance Area of Concentration is designed to allow students with an interest
in incorporating dance in their career. Although there is an aproved Dance
minor at the university, there is currently no existing major in dance.
Students in this major will be exposed to a greater number of studio hours than
those in the dance minor.
We believe this area of concentration will allow students who have a passion for
dance to create a degree plan specific to their goals where none currently
exists. Many of our students are studying dance in hopes of either opening a
dance studio or becoming certified through alternative certification to teach
dance in a K-12 setting. We see many opportunities for a student in the Dance
Area of Concentration to combine this with a business minor (for those who want
to open a studio) or other teaching area minors (that will aid them in becoming
certified to teach in another area).
We see this degree as a truly interdisciplinary degree because most students in
this area of concentration will be selecting minors outside the College of
Education and Human Development in order to meet goals of a career in dance
(i.e., business, speech communications, theatre, etc).
REQUIRED COURSES:
Please Note:
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DCED301 must be completed to satisfy the Humanities
requirement in the Core Curriculum.
KINE167 and two hours of the following must be completed to
saisfy the Visual and Performing Arts requirement: DCED161,
DCED162 or DCED168.
The following 24 hours of course work are required.
| Course Prefix & Number |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
| DCED 200 |
Dance in Society |
3 |
| DCED 302 |
Dance Production |
3 |
| DCED 303 |
Health Practices for Dancers |
3 |
| DCED 306 |
Dance Composition I |
2 |
| DCED 400 |
Dance Composition II |
3 |
| DCED 401 |
Dance Pedagogy |
3 |
| KINE 175 |
Gender Neutral Partnering |
1 |
| DCED 161 or DCED 162 |
Ballet II or Ballet III |
2 |
| DCED 172 |
Modern II |
2 |
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DCED 173 |
Modern III |
2 |
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