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2022-2023 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

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2022-2023 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Dance, Dance Science Option, B.A.

(120 units)

This degree is approved for distance education by the WSCUC

Admission into the program begins with admittance into the BA in Dance including an entrance and placement audition and fulfillment of all university entrance requirements. Additionally, students must complete the GE Foundation requirements, pass PSY 100 with a “C” or better, and pass BIOL 207 , BIOL 208 , and DANC 260 with a “C” or better and a minimum GPA of 2.25 to declare the Dance Science option. Transfer students must complete the following Major Preparation Courses with a minimum GPA of 2.00 and a grade of “C” or better: BIOL 207 , BIOL 208 , and PSY 100 .

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Perform an anatomical analysis of static and dynamic alignment in dance-movement vocabularies and provide exercises & cues for their improvement.

2. Employ key anatomical & biomechanical principles for preventing dance-movement injuries & promoting optimal technique when training as performers or teaching dance-movement techniques.

3. Identify, apply, and analyze basic scientific principles of wellness & conditioning for the promotion of lifelong health in dance-movement techniques.

4. Demonstrate competency in one or more dance-movement lexicons and dancemaking strategies.

5. Describe and analyze the historical, socio-cultural, and aesthetic dimensions of various dance forms.

Requirements

Orientation (2 units)

Take 2 units from one of the following:

DANC 100 - Orientation to Dance (2 units)
DANC 300 - Dance Orientation: Transfer Students (2 units)

Dance Core (22 units)

Take all of the following:

DANC 120 - Introduction to Dancemaking (3 units)
DANC 161 - Body Awareness and Conditioning for Dancers (2 units)
DANC 182 - Introduction to Dance Production (2 units)
DANC 205 - Introduction to Dance History (3 units)
DANC 260 - Functional Anatomy for the Dancer (3 units)
C or better.
DANC 360 - Quantitative Analysis of Dance Injuries: Prevention and Recovery (3 units)
DANC 361 - Pilates I (3 units)
DANC 445 - Movement Analysis (3 units)

Science Core (20 units)

Take all of the following:

BIOL 207 - Human Physiology (4 units)
C or better.
BIOL 208 - Human Anatomy (4 units)
C or better.
KIN 300 - Biomechanics of Human Movement (3 units)
KIN 301 - Exercise Physiology (3 units)
KIN 312 - Motor Control and Learning (3 units)
PSY 100 - General Psychology (3 units)
C or better.

Pedagogy (3 units)

Take one of the following:

DANC 470 - Selected Topics in Dance Pedagogy (3 units)
DANC 475 - Dance for Children (3 units)

Crew (1 unit)

Take one of the following:

DANC 181 - Dance Production Technical (1 unit)
DANC 381 - Dance Production Technical (1 unit)
DANC 481 - Dance Production-Technical (1 unit)

Performance (1 unit)

Take 1 unit from the following:

Technique (14 units)

Take all of the following:

DANC 109 - Street and Club Dances I (2 units)
DANC 116 - Jazz I (2 units)
DANC 152 - Modern Technique I (2 units)
DANC 154 - Ballet Technique I (2 units)

Take 4 units from the following with 2 units at upper division:

DANC 209 - Street and Club Dances II (2 units)
DANC 216 - Jazz II (2 units)
DANC 252 - Modern Technique II (2 units)
DANC 254 - Ballet Technique II (2 units)
DANC 309 - Street and Club Dances III (2 units)
DANC 312 - Modern Technique III (2 units)
DANC 314 - Ballet Technique III (2 units)
DANC 316 - Jazz III (2 units)
DANC 412 - Modern Technique IV (2 units)
DANC 414 - Ballet Technique IV (2 units)

Take 2 units from the following:

DANC 106 - Introduction to African/African Diasporic Dance (3 units)
DANC 109 - Street and Club Dances I (2 units)
DANC 116 - Jazz I (2 units)
DANC 117 - Beginning Tap Technique (2 units)
DANC 118A - Movement Practices I (2 units)
DANC 118B - Movement Practices I (2 units)
DANC 152 - Modern Technique I (2 units)
DANC 154 - Ballet Technique I (2 units)
DANC 209 - Street and Club Dances II (2 units)
DANC 210 - Dances of Africa and the African Diaspora I (2 units)
DANC 214 - Ballet Pointe (1 unit)
DANC 216 - Jazz II (2 units)
DANC 217 - Intermediate Tap Technique (2 units)
DANC 218A - Movement Practices II (2 units)
DANC 218B - Movement Practices II (2 units)
DANC 252 - Modern Technique II (2 units)
DANC 254 - Ballet Technique II (2 units)
DANC 309 - Street and Club Dances III (2 units)
DANC 310 - Dances of Africa and the African Diaspora II (2 units)
DANC 312 - Modern Technique III (2 units)
DANC 314 - Ballet Technique III (2 units)
DANC 315 - Ballet Workshop (1-3 units)
DANC 316 - Jazz III (2 units)
DANC 318A - Movement Practices III (2 units)
DANC 318B - Movement Practices III (2 units)
DANC 412 - Modern Technique IV (2 units)
DANC 414 - Ballet Technique IV (2 units)

Electives

Take 4 units from the following:

DANC 220 - Dance Composition I (3 units)
DANC 331 - Music for Dance (2 units)
DANC 362 - Pilates II (2 units)
DANC 497 - Senior Capstone in Dance (2 units)
KIN 125A - Physical Education Activity: Swimming (1 unit)
KIN 126A - Physical Education Activity: Swimming Conditioning (1 unit)
KIN 142 - Physical Education Activity: Group Exercise: Cardio (1 unit)
KIN 142B - Group Exercise: Bootcamp (1 unit)
KIN 146A - Physical Education Activity: Jogging (1 unit)
KIN 151A - Physical Education Activity: Weight Training and Conditioning (1 unit)
KIN 152A - Physical Education Activity: Yoga (1 unit)
KIN 339 - Psychology of Sport Behavior and Athletic Performance (3 units)
KIN 368 - Resistance Training for Fitness (3 units)
KIN 430 - Motor Control Principles and Theory (3 units)
NUTR 132 - Introductory Nutrition (3 units)

Upper Division GE Writing Intensive (3 units)

Take one of the following:

DANC 435 - Dance on Camera (3 units)
DANC 442 - Dance and Social Identity in the U.S. (3 units)