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Graduate Curriculums

Master of Fine Arts Curriculum Categories

Choreographic Skills and Resources - 23 credit minimum

Dance Performance - 9 credit minimum

Dance Practicum - 3 credit minimum

Extensions and Perspectives - 10 credit minimum

Master's Concert - 5 credit total

Outside Electives - 6 credit minimum

These requirements total 56 credits, leaving 4 credits to be distributed among the categories in a program designed in consultation with the MFA Advisor.

Please click on the following link to view information on the MFA degree in Dance listed in the Graduate Bulletin.

MFA in Dance

Master of Education Curriculum Categories

Please note: We are not accepting applications for the EdM program

7-12 Dance Certification track for Fall 2008.

All Master of Education students electing the Dance Education Studies or Cultural Studies track are required to take the Core Sequence, followed by election of one of the Tracks. The Core Sequence constitutes 23 credits and the Track 15 credits, with the total credits required being 38.

Please click on the following link to view information on the Dance Education Studies or Cultural Studies track listed in the Graduate Bulletin.

EdM, Cultural Studies

EdM, Dance Education Studies

The EdM degree with 7-12 Dance Certification in PA is a 44 credit degree program, with 38 credits in dance/education courses and 6 credits in supervised teaching.

7-12 Dance Certification Track Course Requirements

Dance and the Child (3 s.h.)

Dance Techniques (2 s.h.)

Dancer and the Dance Medium (1 s.h.)

Dance Science and Somatics (3 s.h.)

Dance in Human Society (3 s.h.)

OR Foundations of Cultural Studies (3 s.h.)

Graduate Composition (2 s.h.)

Dance as a Mode of Learning (3 s.h.)

Arts Advocacy (3 s.h.)

Effective Teaching: Theory and Practice (3 s.h.)

Context of Education (3 s.h.)

Psychology of Human Learning and Instruction (3 s.h.)

Evaluation and Student Assessment in CTE (3 s.h.)

Teacher Professionalism and Staff Development (3 s.h.)

Supervised Student Teaching (3 s.h.)

Seminar in Supervised Teaching (3 s.h.)

Apprenticeship in Teaching Dance (3 s.h.)

Doctor of Philosophy Curriculum

The Ph.D. in Dance requires 79 credit hours total (including 9 credit hours of Pre-Dissertation and Dissertation Research).  Coursework can be delineated into the following categories:

Required Courses:  22 credit hours

Interdisciplinary Courses:  6 credit hours

Elective Credit:  9 credit hours minimum

Dissertation Credit:  9 credit hours

Note that a maximum of up to 33 credits may be awarded in Advanced Standing to obtain the 79 required credits for the degree.  The Doctoral Coordinator, acting in consultation with the Doctoral Faculty Committee, awards advanced standing credit upon review of student transcripts.

The complete listing of required courses (as of Summer 2005) is available online and can be printed for reference.  Students also are encouraged to read the online information regarding the PhD degree in Dance listed in the Graduate Bulletin.