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Curriculum

BA in Dance Pedagogy
128 Credit Hours

Semester I
Course # Course Title Hours
DA 109 Professional Practices P/F
DA 111 Ballet Technique 1 (or DA113/115) 2
DA 121 Pointe 1 (or 123) - Women OR  
DA 125 Pas de Deux - Men OR 1
DA 131 Modern Technique 1 1
DA 141 Jazz 1 1
DA 161 Body Placement 1 1
DA 151 Butler Ballet 1
MH 110 Music: A Living Language OR 3
AM ___ Applied Music 1
__ ___ Div. 5: Quantitative/Formal Reasoning 3
EN 102 Freshman Writing Seminar 3
  TOTAL 17
     
Semester II
Course # Course Title Hours
DA 110 Professional Practices P/F
DA 112 Ballet Technique 1 (or DA114/116) 2
DA 122 Pointe 1 (or 124) - Women OR  
DA 126 Pas de Deux - Men 1
DA 132 Modern Technique 1 1
DA 142 Jazz 1 1
DA 162 Body Placement 2 1
DA 152 Butler Ballet 1
DA 166 Masterworks of Dance 2
AM ___ Applied Music 1
ID 103 Humanities Colloquium 3
BI 100 Div. 4: Intro. to Biology 5
DA190 Performance Attendance P/F
  TOTAL 18
     
Semester III
Course # Course Title Hours
DA 213 Ballet Tech. 2 (or 211/215/217) 2
DA 233 Improvisation 1
DA 247 Character (Slavic) 1
DA 251 Butler Ballet 1
DA 263 Music for Dance (Theory) 1
__ ___ Division 3: Social Sciences 3
ID 201 Change & Tradition 3
BI 257 Physiology & Anatomy 5
  TOTAL 17
     
Semester IV
Course # Course Title Hours
DA 214 Ballet Tech. 2 (or 212/216/218) 2
DA 248 Character (Spanish) 1
DA 252 Butler Ballet 1
DA 264 Music for Dance(Class & Choreogr.) 1
AH 202 Intro. to Art History 3
SH 198 Public Speaking 2
ID 202 Change & Tradition 3
__ ___ Division 1: Humanities 3
DA290 Performance Attendance P/F
  TOTAL 16
     
Semester V
Course # Course Title Hours
DA 413 Ballet Technique 2 (or DA 410) 1
DA 231 Modern Technique 2 1
DA 351 Butler Ballet OR }  
DA ___ Dance Electives } 2
DA 261 Laban Movement Analysis 2
DA 471 Teaching Analysis 2
ED 241 Human Growth & Development 3
PE 101 Lifetime Fitness 1
__ ___ Free Electives 3
  TOTAL 15
     
Semester VI
Course # Course Title Hours
DA 414 Ballet Tech. 2 (or DA 410) 1
DA 232 Modern Technique 2 1
DA 352 Butler Ballet OR }  
DA ___ Dance Electives } 2
DA 472 Teaching Analysis 2
__ ___ Free Elective 3
__ ___ Free Elective 3
__ ___ Free Elective 3
DA390 Performance Attendance P/F
  TOTAL 15
     
Semester VII
Course # Course Title Hours
DA 410 Ballet Technique 3 (or DA 413) 1
DA 365 Dance History 1 3
DA 331 Modern Technique 3 OR }  
DA 241 Jazz 2 } 1
DA 361 Choreography 1 2
DA 465 Theory & Philosophy of Dance 1
__ ___ Fine Arts Elective 3
__ ___ Other Area Electives 3
DA ___ Dance Elective 1
  TOTAL 15
     
Semester VIII
Course # Course Title Hours
DA 410 Ballet Technique 3 (or DA 414) 1
DA 366 Dance History 2 3
DA 474 Teaching Analysis of Modern OR }  
DA 476 Teaching Analysis of Jazz } 2
DA 478 Dance Teaching Practicum 2
__ ___ Fine Arts Elective 3
__ ___ Other Area Electives 4
DA490 Performance Attendance P/F
  TOTAL 15
     
TOTAL MINIMUM HOURS 128