Dance - Studio Teaching
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Dance; Track: Studio Teaching
College of Visual & Perf Arts
Catalog Year: 2014-2015
Degree Specific Credits: 77
Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0
Note: There is an Admission Audition which a prospective major must pass at the end of the first year to continue in the program. All students must take DANC 194: Freshman Seminar prior to auditioning for the major.
BFA Dance Major LD Core
Rule: Must complete the following subcategories
Required Courses.
Rule: All courses are required
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DANC 205 - Improvisation
(R-6) Offered spring. Exploration of stimulus, structure and performance of improvised movement. Elements such as space, shape, motion, time, quality, form and awareness emphasized. Instructor-designed structures, transitioning to student-designed scores, culminating in improvised performance.
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2 Credits |
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DANC 220A - Beginning Composition
(R-4) Offered spring. Prereq., DANC 200A. Basic use of space, time and energy in dance. Movement composition studies assigned each week.
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2 Credits |
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DANC 298 - Internship: Children's Dance
(R-4) Offered autumn and spring. Students participate and gain beginning-level teaching experience in two of four dance classes for children ranging in ages from 3 ½ to 12 years old.
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1 Credits |
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THTR 106A - Theat Prod I:Run Crew
(R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Operation and running a show backstage on a scenery, costume, or prop crew for a major school production.
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1 Credits |
| Minimum Required Grade: C- | 6 Total Credits Required | |
Costuming Experience
Rule: Select 1 of the 2 options.
Note: For THTR 107A: choose either Section 02: Costume Shop on MW or Section 05: Costume Shop on TR.
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THTR 107A - Theat Prod I:Constr Crew
(R-9) Offered autumn and spring. The construction and completion of scenery, costumes and props under supervision. Most assignments involve very basic construction techniques. Involves two 4-hour labs a week.
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3 Credits |
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THTR 245 - Int Costume Construction
Offered spring. Intermediate costume construction focusing on the development of skills needed to function as a stitcher.
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3 Credits |
| Minimum Required Grade: C- | 3 Total Credits Required | |
BFA Dance Major UD Core
Rule: Must complete the following subcategories
Required Courses
Rule: All courses are required.
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DANC 305 - Contact Improvisation
(R-6) Offered autumn odd-numbered years. The art of moving with one or more partners while using a shifting point of contact and supporting each other's weight. Skills such as rolling, suspending, falling and recovering together explored through physical sensations that use weight, counter-balance and yielding.
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2 Credits |
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DANC 334 - Dance History
Offered autumn odd-numbered years. Discussion of primary movements and major figures in American modern dance, including global influences and its relationship to cultural trends of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
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3 Credits |
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DANC 360L - World Dance
(R-6) Offered autumn odd-numbered years. Investigation of dances of diverse cultures. Study of dance as: an emblem of cultural identity, social order, power and gender-specific behavior; an expression of religion and/or ritual; a classical art form; and as a medium for personal expression in Western and non-Western world cultures.
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3 Credits |
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DANC 380 - Science of Dance Movement
Offered spring even-numbered years. Study of the skeletal system and how it relates to dance movement. Basic kinesthetic principles, conditioning for dancers, and injury recognition and prevention.
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3 Credits |
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DANC 406 - Dance as a Healing Art
(R-6) Offered spring. Study of body movement as a reflection of inner emotional states. How changes in movement lead to changes in the psyche, promoting health and growth. Exploration of techniques for experiencing the inter-connection between movement and emotional expression.
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2 Credits |
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DANC 440 - Dance Pedagogy
(R-9) Offered autumn even-numbered years. Prereq., DANC 298. Methods and experiences in teaching modern dance, ballet and jazz.
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3 Credits |
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DANC 494 - Seminar/Workshop
(R-6) Offered autumn even-numbered years. Seminar to discuss both practical and philosophical issues confronting dance students about to enter the "real" world.
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3 Credits |
| Minimum Required Grade: C- | 19 Total Credits Required | |
Ballet Courses
Rule: 12 credits required at or above the listed level
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DANC 310 - Ballet III
(R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Development of ability to combine steps; carriage of head and arms.
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2 Credits |
| Minimum Required Grade: C- | 12 Total Credits Required | |
Stage Management Course
Rule: Registration based on production assignment as determined by Dance faculty
Note: Section 02
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THTR 371 - Stage Mgmt Pract I
(R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., THTR 370 or consent of instr. Stage management practicum involving stage managing a showcase production or assistant stage managing a major show. Involves evening work.
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1 To 3 Credits |
| Minimum Required Grade: C- | 1 Total Credits Required | |
Junior Project
Rule: Students must complete project for graduation.
Note: Junior projects must be planned with the student's project advisor and all journals and papers will be submitted to that advisor. All teaching BFA candidates are required to take choreograph for their junior project.
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DANC 399 - Jr Creat/Research Proj
(R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., B.F.A. dance major. Independent study in choreography or a research paper which could be on such subjects as teaching styles, multiple intelligence theory, dance historical topics, dance injuries, etc. An initial proposal, a journal, and a paper are required.
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1 To 6 Credits |
| Minimum Required Grade: C- | 3 Total Credits Required | |
Senior Project
Rule: Students must complete project for graduation.
Note: Senior projects must be planned with the student's project advisor and all journals and papers will be submitted to that advisor. Teaching BFA candidates must complete a teaching project in the Missoula community for the senior project.
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DANC 498 - Senior Thesis/Creative Project
(R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., Dance major. Independent study in choreography or teaching. If the student is a B.F.A. candidate the project must take place off-campus in the Missoula community. The student is responsible for setting up the project. An initial proposal, a journal, and a paper are required.
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1 To 6 Credits |
| Minimum Required Grade: C- | 3 Total Credits Required | |
BFA Teaching Requirements
Rule: Must complete the following subcategories
Required Courses
Rule: All courses are required.
Note: For DANC 440: Section 40
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DANC 345 - Teaching for the Disabled
(R-4) Offered autumn and spring. Students interact with adults with developmental disabilities in an adaptive dance class where movement is used as a therapeutic modality for people with cognitive and physical impairments. Students interact with the participants, engage as role models and gain beginning teaching experience.
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1 Credits |
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DANC 440 - Dance Pedagogy
(R-9) Offered autumn even-numbered years. Prereq., DANC 298. Methods and experiences in teaching modern dance, ballet and jazz.
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3 Credits |
| Minimum Required Grade: C- | 4 Total Credits Required | |
Teaching Assistant Experience
Rule: Course required.
Note: Completion of two credits must include serving as teaching assistant for at least one 100-level technique course offered in DANC rubric on campus. It is optional to earn credits through the Flagship Program.
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DANC 446 - Teaching Projects
(R-24) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Independent study that may involve either assisting in the teaching of a dance technique class or actually planning and teaching it.
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1 To 6 Credits |
| Minimum Required Grade: C- | 2 Total Credits Required | |
In-Schools Experience
Rule: Repeat once.
Note: Section 01 for first registration; Section 40 for second.
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DANC 497 - Methods: Tchng Movmnt in Schls
Offered autumn odd-numbered years. Prereq., consent of instr. Experience in planning, observing and directing creative movement as a teaching tool in K-5.
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3 Credits |
| Minimum Required Grade: C- | 6 Total Credits Required | |
Modern Experience
Rule: 18 credits required at or above the listed level
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DANC 300 - Modern III
(R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., DANC 200A. Extension of the modern dance vocabulary through lengthier combinations of movement.
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3 Credits |
| Minimum Required Grade: C- | 18 Total Credits Required | |
This is an advising track only and not an official program as recognized by the University of Montana (UM) or the Montana University System. This information will not appear on your UM transcript, diploma, university lists, student data system, or university publication. You do not fill out a major change for a track.