Dance Education Minor

Minor - Dance Specialization Education (Minor)

College of Visual & Perf Arts

Catalog Year: 2014-2015

Degree Specific Credits: 20

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Note: Leads to an Area of Permissive Special Competency in dance edcuation for those attaining or holding a Montana teaching license (see the Department of Curriculum & Instruction in the College of Education and Human Sciences for more information). A minor GPA of 2.75 is required to be eligible for student teaching.

Dance Education Minor LD Core

Rule: Must complete the following subcategories

4 Total Credits Required

Composition

Rule: Course required.

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Show Description 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.
 2 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 2 Total Credits Required

Internship Experience

Rule: Repeat once.

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Show Description 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.
 1 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 2 Total Credits Required

Dance Education Minor UD Core

Rule: Must complete the following subcategories

14-15 Total Credits Required

Required Courses

Rule: All courses listed are required

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Show Description 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.
 3 Credits
Show Description DANC 440 - Dance Pedagogy
(R-9) Offered autumn even-numbered years. Prereq., DANC 298. Methods and experiences in teaching modern dance, ballet and jazz.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 6 Total Credits Required

In-Schools Experience

Rule: Repeat once.

Note: Section 01 for first registration; Section 40 for second.

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Show Description 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.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 6 Total Credits Required

Technique Experience I

Rule: Choose 1 of the 2 options.

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Show Description DANC 300 - Modern III
(R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., DANC 200A. Extension of the modern dance vocabulary through lengthier combinations of movement.
 3 Credits
Show Description 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.
 2 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 2-3 Total Credits Required

Dance Education Minor Electives

Rule: Optional; by advisement.

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Show Description 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.
 3 Credits
Show Description 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.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: Pass 6 Total Credits Required

Technique Experience II

Rule: Select at least 1 of the 5 options as listed below.

2-3 Total Credits Required

Tap

Rule: Course required.

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Show Description DANC 118A - Dance Forms: Tap
(R-8) Offered autumn and spring.  Introduction to basic tap dance vocabulary and technique.
 2 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 2 Total Credits Required

Irish

Rule: All courses are required.

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Show Description DANC 160A - Dance Forms: Irish
(R-8) Offered autumn and spring.  Introduction to basic Irish dance vocabulary and technique.
 2 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 2 Total Credits Required

African

Rule: All courses are required.

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Show Description DANC 129A - Dance Performance Lab I
Offered autumn and spring. Credit for rehearsing and performing in approved Theatre & Dance productions.
 1 Credits
Show Description DANC 165A - Dance Forms: African
(R-8) Offered autumn and spring. Coreq., DANC 129A. Introduction to basic African dance vocabulary and technique.
 2 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits Required

Jazz

Rule: Course required.

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Show Description DANC 315 - Jazz III
(R-12) Offered autumn. Prereq., DANC 215A or consent of instr. Continuation of DANC 215A.
 2 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 2 Total Credits Required

Elective

Rule: By advisement.

Note: Social, Cultural/World, or Traditional/Indigenous technique course.