Dance B.A. - Pre-Dance Therapy

Bachelor of Arts - Dance; Pre-Dance Therapy Concentration

College of the Arts and Media

Degree Specific Credits: 61-67

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Catalog Year: 2022-23

Note: There is an Admission Audition that prospective majors must pass during the first year to continue in the program.

General Education Requirements

Information regarding these requirements can be found in the General Education Section of the catalog.

Summary

Lower-Division Core		24-27
Upper-Division Core		8
Pre-Dance Therapy Concentration		29-32
Total Hours		61-67

Lower-Division Core

Rule: Complete the following subcategories. 24-27 total credits required.

Required Courses

Code	Title	Hours
Complete all of the following courses:
DANC 165A	Dance Forms: African	3
DANC 194	Seminar: First Year	1
DANC 200A	Contemporary Modern II	4 (course must be repeated once)
DANC 220	Creative Practice I	2
DANC 295	Student Teaching: Children's Dance	1
Total Hours		11

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Modern Experience I

Note: DANC 200A may be taken only once to fulfill this subcategory.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 5-6 credits in the following courses (two semesters):
DANC 200A	Contemporary Modern II
DANC 300	Contemporary Modern III
DANC 400	Contemporary Modern IV
Total Hours		5-6

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Ballet Experience I

Note: DANC 110A may be taken only once to fulfill this subcategory.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 4-5 credits in the following courses (two semesters):
DANC 110A	Introduction to Ballet
DANC 210A	Ballet II
DANC 310	Ballet III
DANC 410	Ballet IV
Total Hours		4-5

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Jazz Experience I

Note: DANC 115A may be taken only once to fulfill this subcategory.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 4-5 credits in the following courses (two semesters):
DANC 115A	Introduction to Jazz Dance
DANC 215A	Jazz Dance II
DANC 315	Jazz III
Total Hours		4-5

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Upper-Division Core

Rule: Complete the following subcategories. 8 total credits required.

Required Courses

Code	Title	Hours
Complete all of the following courses:
DANC 334	Dance History	3
DANC 494	Junior/Senior Seminar	3
Total Hours		6

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Junior Project

Note: Junior projects must be planned with the student's project advisor and all journals and papers will be submitted to that advisor.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete the following course:
DANC 399	Junior Creative Research Project	1
Total Hours		1

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Senior Project

Code	Title	Hours
Complete the following course:
DANC 499	Senior Thesis/Creative Project	1
Total Hours		1

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Pre-Dance Therapy Concentration

Rule: Complete the following subcategories. 29-32 total credits required.

Psychology Requirements

Code	Title	Hours
Complete all of the following courses:
PSYX 100S	Intro to Psychology	3
PSYX 330	Child Development	3
PSYX 340	Abnormal Psychology	3
Complete one of the following courses:		3
PSYX 120	Intro to Psychological Research Methods
PSYX 233	Fundamentals of the Psychology of Aging
PSYX 250N	Fundamentals of Biological Psychology
PSYX 360	Social Psychology
PSYX 362	Multicultural Psychology
Total Hours		12

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Dance Requirements

Code	Title	Hours
Complete all of the following courses:
DANC 345	New Visions Dance	1
DANC 360L	World Dance	3
DANC 380	Science of Dance Movement	3
DANC 406	Dance as a Healing Art	2
Total Hours		9

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Dance Electives

Note: Art, Media Arts, Music, and/or Theatre courses may count toward these required electives with approval from advisor.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete two of the following courses:
DANC 108A	Dance Forms
DANC 225	Rehearsal & Performance
DANC 227	Community Dance Initiatives
DANC 320	Creative Practice II
DANC 327	Advanced Rehearsal and Performance
THTR 202	Stagecraft I
THTR 220	Acting I
Total Hours		2-5

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Cultural, Social and Behavioral Competency Courses

Note: Courses should be selected based on areas of interest in consultation with an advisor.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 6 elective credits in any of the following subject areas:
AAST	African American Studies
ANTY	Anthropology
COUN	Counseling
EDEC	Education
HTH	Health
NASX	Native American Studies
NEUR	Neuroscience
PSYX	Psychology
SOCI	Sociology
WGSS	Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Total Hours		6

Minimum Required Grade: C-