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Dance, PHD

The Department of Dance offers programs of study leading to the Master of Education, Master of Fine Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. All students are expected to develop a command of the discipline of dance, including its modes as a performing art and a medium of inquiry. The department's mission places high value on the role of dance in a pluralistic, multicultural society.

Campus Location:
Main Campus

Although all of the department courses are offered on main campus, students may take their out-of-department credits on another campus.

Students are able to complete the degree program through classes offered before and after 4:30 p.m.

Department Information
Temple University, Department of Dance, 309 Vivacqua Hall (062-62), 1700 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19122-0843

215-204-8710

Ranking:
The graduate programs are ranked among the top twelve in the nation as determined by the Dance Career Guide. The Doctor of Philosophy program is one of four programs in the country and the Master of Education program is the only such program in the US.

Accreditation:
True
The Ph.D. in Dance is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD).

Areas of Specialization:
Individual doctoral faculty members conduct research studies on historical and cultural representatives of the body, including issues of gender, race, and class; feminism and dance; African and African American aesthetics; dance reconstruction; dance and the child; dance as a phenomenon in its own right; dance standards; and accreditation and arts advocacy. Research expertise of doctoral faculty are in historical, ethnographic, aesthetic, phenomenological, and scientific modes of inquiry in dance. The subdisciplines of the curriculum are organized into four major subdivisions: -Dance research; -Cultural studies in dance (humanistic and socio-cultural inquiry into dance); -Dance processes (performative, creative, healing, community building, and behavioral processes in dance, as well as scientific inquiry); -Professional applications (applied practice in particular educational settings/institutions and among specific populations, as well as arts advocacy).

Job Placement:
Graduates perform and choreograph with companies throughout the world, teach at all levels of education, serve as arts administrators and policy-makers for the arts, and publish extensively.

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Interdisciplinary Study :
The program encourages interdisciplinary coursework, research, and interactions among faculty and students with interests in music, music therapy, education, theater arts, media arts, women’s studies, Jewish studies, African American studies, anthropology, history, etc.

Study Abroad:

Licensure:
False

Non-degree Student Policy:
Non-matriculated students are able to take technique classes and some core coursework with the permission of the instructor and the Department Chairperson. If accepted into the program, those courses may be applied toward the degree program.