PROGRAM CHANGES
WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY
Submission Date: Feb. 2012
College: Arts and Humanities
Department: Dept. of Performing Arts
Program Title: Bachelor of Arts in Dance
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
The primary goals of the Dance area of the Department of Performing Arts are: 1) To develop
aesthetically aware and artistically discriminating citizens; 2) To promote cultural understanding of ourselves and others through the study of dance; 3) To encourage appreciation of dance through critical thinking; 4) To engage the community in a range of dance experiences; 5) To foster an understanding of and engagement in the creative process through dance performance, improvisation, choreography, pedagogical studies, technology, and collaborative endeavors; 6) To provide the guidance, class work, and experience necessary to prepare teachers, performing artists, and scholars; 7) To prepare students for careers or advanced study that require creativity, collaboration, and an understanding of the human experience as explored in the study of dance; 8) To provide rigorous dance training. Dance majors follow a program based on growth beginning with foundational theory courses, technique courses appropriate to each dancer's ability, and a culminating senior project.
Check all that apply:
____New course(s) required for major, minor, emphasis, or concentration.
____Modified course(s) required for major, minor, emphasis, or concentration.
__X__Credit hour change(s) required for major, minor, emphasis, or concentration.
__X__Credit hour change(s) for a course which is required for the major, minor, emphasis, or concentration.
____Attribute change(s) for any course.
____Program name change.
____Deletion of required course(s).
__X__Other changes (specify) Deletion of Minor Requirement
If multiple changes are being proposed, please
provide a summary. Use strikeout (strikeout)
when deleting items in the program and highlight (highlight)
when adding items.
Submit the original to the Faculty Senate Office, MC 1033, and an electronic copy to kbrown4 @weber.edu
JUSTIFICATION:
The Dance Area is revising the BA in Dance for the first time since its creation in 1997. The adjustments are designed to more clearly reflect the Nation Schools of Dance (NASD) guidelines, to better serve our major as they make they way through the program, and to prepare them for emerging changes and expectations in the field of dance.
The Dance Area wishes to delete the Minor Requirement for the BA in Dance. We have found that many of our students vacillate between minors and end up staying longer than the time needed to complete their degree. We would like to replace the minor with a requirement for dance majors to take six to ten credit hours in courses outside dance as a means of research related to their senior thesis course work, Creative Synthesis (DANC 4700). This will allow for more flexibility in terms of specific classes and will allow students to decide on these classes as they form ideas for thesis subject matter. Students will present to advisor’s their proposed courses and will be subject to approval by the advisors.
Bachelor of Arts programs without Minor Requirements within WSU Department of Performing Arts:
· Music
· Music Education
· Musical Theater
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science in Dance without Minor Requirement within USHE:
· SUU- Choice of Minor or self-selected Enrichment Courses
· UVU-No Minor Requirement for Dance or Dance Ed. Major
(University of Utah only offers Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and Utah State University does not offer a Dance Major)
Additional Private:
· BYU-No Minor Requirement for BA in Dance
Removal of the minor and addition of thesis research courses leaves some credit hours for us to better educate our dance majors. Thus, we propose the following additional requirements:
1) Raise the credit hours of our Intermediate and Advanced levels of Ballet and Modern Technique. This change is long overdue and is in keeping with the Curriculum Policy and Procedures manual.
All technique classes are currently listed worth one credit hour; however, our 2000 and 3000 level Modern Dance and Ballet technique classes meet for 50% longer. Specifically, Ballet II and Ballet III (DANC 2470 & 3470) and Modern Dance II & Modern Dance III (DANC 2490 & 3490) meet 4.5 hours per week and have requirements of written concert critiques. In contrast, Ballet I (DANC 1470), Modern I (DANC 1200) meet three hours per week. Raising these four classes to 1.5 credit hours will be more equitable and will reflect the extra Friday of technique class. Friday classes are reserved for special topics and allow faculty to supplement dance majors’ education with emerging trends in the field. Please note: our revamped major will include this raise in the overall plan.
UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM COMMITTEE POLICY AND PROCEDURES MANUAL
SECTION 5 - CREDIT HOURS/SUBSTANTIVE COURSE PROPOSALS
Revised: 6-9-10
CREDIT HOURS - The unit by which an institution may measure its course work. The number of credit hours assigned to a course is usually defined by the number of hours per week in class and the number of weeks in the session. One credit hour is usually assigned to a class that meets fifty minutes a week over a full semester; in laboratory, fieldwork, drawing, music, practical arts, physical education, or similar type of instruction, one credit hour is assigned for a session that meets two or three hours a week during a full semester.
CREDIT RATIOS - Academic credit is a measure of the total time commitment required of a typical student in a particular course of study. Total time consists of three components: (1) time spent in class; (2) time spent in laboratory, studio, fieldwork, or other scheduled activity; (3) time devoted for reading, studying, problem solving, writing, or preparation. One full-semester credit hour is assigned in the following ratio of component hours per week devoted to the course of study: (1) lecture courses – one contact hour for each credit hour, (two hours of outside work implied); (2) laboratory or studio course – at least two contact hours for each credit hour, (one hour of outside preparation implied); (3) independent study – at least three hours of work per week for each credit hour.
2) Require two years of Moving Company (DANC 3910 & DANC 3911).
MC is our pre-professional dance company and carries a Community Based Learning (CBL) designation from the Community Involvement Center. Embedded within the MC course is in-depth learning about the choreographic process, performance experience, stage production, community involvement and interdisciplinary engagement. This is essential experience for a professional career; hence, the new requirement.
3) Require both semesters of Dance History.
With more of our majors moving on to graduate degrees it is important that their knowledge of dance history, global/ethnic forms as well as contemporary, is made more rigorous.
4) Narrow music and kinesiology options to insure students are properly prepared by requiring Music for Dance (DANCE 1310) and Dance Kinesiology (DANC 2300).
The current class options for music and kinesiology do not prepare our majors for the specific needs for careers in dance. We therefore would like to remove them and require the courses that serve that function well. This approach is taken in programs similar to ours in size.
5) Increase credit hour from one to two for Choreography Practicum (DANC 3520).
This course provides preparation for thesis work and requires students to rehearse dancers and produce a dance work for our main-stage production. Closer observation of Choreography Practicum students has shown that they work six to eight hours a week on their dance works (four hours of rehearsal; the rest on preparations). Two credit hours will be commensurate with student efforts.
INFORMATION PAGE
Attach a copy of the present program from the current catalog and a revised version (exactly as you wish it to appear in the catalog).
Did this program change receive unanimous approval within the Department? __Yes__ If not, what are the major concerns raised by the opponents?
Explain any effects this program change will have on program requirements or enrollments in other departments including the Bachelor of Integrated Studies Program. In the case of similar offerings or affected programs, you should include letters from the departments in question stating their support or opposition to the proposed program.
These changes will have little to no effect on any other program offerings. These changes are made solely to better serve our Dance Majors.
Indicate the number of credit hours for course work within the program. (Do not include credit hours for General Education, SI, Diversity, or other courses unless those courses fulfill requirements within the proposed program.)
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Indicate the number of credit hours for course work within the current program. (Do not include credit hours for General Education, SI, Diversity, or other courses unless those courses fulfill requirements within the current program.)
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PROPOSED PROGRAM
Department of Performing Arts
Dance Major BACHELOR OF ARTS (BA)
Advisor: Joanne Lawrence
» Foreign Language: Required
»
Minor: Required
Not Required
» Grade Requirements: A grade of "C" or better in courses required for this major (a grade of "C-" is not acceptable) and an overall GPA of 2.50 or "C+." In addition, a grade of "B" or higher is required in at least one 3000-level major course in both ballet and modern dance.
» Credit Hour
Requirements: A total of 120 credit hours are required for graduation --
43-46 a
minimum of 60 of
these must be Dance classes. A total of 40 upper division credit hours are
required (courses numbered 3000 and above) ) -- a minimum of 18 of these is
required within the major.
» Advisement: Students should meet annually, if not more often, with the faculty advisor for course and program advisement. Dance majors: Email Joanne Lawrence jlawrence@weber.edu for more information or to schedule an appointment. (Also refer to the Department Advisor Referral List.)
» General Education: Refer to General Requirements of this catalog for Bachelor of Arts requirements. See Language Courses Required to fulfill the BA listed under the major course requirements. DANC CA/DV 1010 and NUTR LS1020 are prerequisites for required dance courses.
Course Requirements for BA Degree:
Technique Courses
Required (16
22
credit hours):
Appropriate
level technique courses in ballet and modern dance (initially to be determined
by placement class) are required every semester of residence--16
22
credit hours
required, 8
11
each in Ballet and
Modern Dance.
* DANC 1100 Ballet I (1 credit each)
* DANC 1200 Modern I (1 credit each)
* DANC 2470 Ballet II (1 credit each)
1.5
* DANC 2490 Modern II (1 credit each)
1.5
* DANC 3470 Ballet III (1 credit each)
1.5
* DANC 3490 Modern III (1 credit each)
1.5
Additional Dance Form
Required (1 credit hour) Select one of the following:
Select four of the following (4 credit hours):
* DANC 1450 Special Topic Dance Form (1) variable topic
* DANC 1500 Jazz I (1)
* DANC 1520 Folk & Ethnic Dance (1)
* DANC 1580 Tap Dance I (1)
* DANC 2480 Jazz II (1)
* DANC 3440 Dance for Musical Theatre (1)
* DANC 3450 Special Topic Dance Form (1) variable topic
* DANC 3580 Tap Dance II (1)
Creative Dance Courses
Required (11
22
credit hours):
* DANC 2410 Improvisation (2)
* DANC 3500 Choreography I (2)
* DANC 3510 Choreography II (2)
* DANC 3520 Choreography Practicum (1)
2
* DANC 3910 Moving Company: Rehearsal & Development (2)
(must take twice=4)
* DANC 3911 Moving Company: Performance (2)
(must take twice=4)
* DANC 4700 Creative Synthesis in Dance (2)
* DANC 4910 Rehearsal & Performance (1 each)
(taken twice
must take four times
= 2
4)
Dance History Course
Required (3
6
credit hours)
Select one of the following:
* DANC 3010 Dance History I (3)
* DANC 3020 Dance History II (3)
Support Courses Required
(6 - 9 credit hours):
(6-7
credit hours; choosing only 1 THEA option)
* MUSC CA1010 Intro to Music (3)
or MUSC 1321 Basic Piano for Adults (1)
or DANC 1310 Music for Dance (2)
* THEA CA1033 Acting I (3)
or THEA 2022 State Costume (2)
or THEA 2032 Stage Lighting (2)
*
PEP 2300 Health/Fitness Evaluation and Exercise Prescription (3)
or *
DANC 2300 Dance Kinesiology (2)
Elective Courses (6-10 hours) in any other area which adds to thesis research applicable to DANC 4700 Creative Synthesis in Dance.
Elective Courses (6
credit hours) Select an additional 6 credit hours from the following:
* DANC 2250 Alignment and Conditioning for Dance/Pilates (1)
* DANC 2610 Dance for the Camera (2)
* DANC 3010 Dance History I (3)
* DANC 3020 Dance History II (3)
* DANC 3320 Techniques & Materials for
Teaching Modern Dance (2)
* DANC 3520 Choreography Practicum (1)
* DANC 3640 Teaching Creative Dance in the Elementary School (2)
* DANC 3860 Field Experience (1)
* DANC 3910 Moving Company: Rehearsal & Development (2)
* DANC 3911 Moving Company: Performance (2)
* DANC 4250 Alignment and Conditioning for Dance/Pilates (1)
* DANC 4610 Dance for the Camera (2)
* DANC 4620 Dance for the Camera Seminar (1)
* DANC 4890 CBL Coop. Work Experience: Green Map Project (1-3)
* THEA 4861 Performance Practicum (1)
CURRENT PROGRAM
Department of Performing Arts
Dance Major BACHELOR OF ARTS (BA)
Advisor: Joanne Lawrence
» Foreign Language: Required
» Minor: Required
» Grade Requirements: A grade of "C" or better in courses required for this major (a grade of "C-" is not acceptable) and an overall GPA of 2.50 or "C+." In addition, a grade of "B" or higher is required in at least one 3000-level major course in both ballet and modern dance.
» Credit Hour
Requirements: A total of 120 credit hours are required for graduation --
43-46 of these must be Dance classes. A total of 40 upper division credit hours
are required (courses numbered 3000 and above) -- a minimum of 18 of
these is required within the major.
» Advisement: Students should meet annually, if not more often, with the faculty advisor for course and program advisement. Dance majors: Email Joanne Lawrence jlawrence@weber.edu for more information or to schedule an appointment. (Also refer to the Department Advisor Referral List.)
» General Education: Refer to General Requirements of this catalog for Bachelor of Arts requirements. See Language Courses Required to fulfill the BA listed under the major course requirements. DANC CA/DV 1010 and NUTR LS1020 are prerequisites for required dance courses.
Course Requirements for BA Degree:
Technique Courses Required (16 credit hours): Appropriate level technique courses in ballet and modern dance (initially to be determined by placement class) are required every semester of residence--16 credit hours required, 8 each in Ballet and Modern Dance.
* DANC 1100 Ballet I (1 credit each)
* DANC 1200 Modern I (1 credit each)
* DANC 2470 Ballet II (1 credit each)
* DANC 2490 Modern II (1 credit each)
* DANC 3470 Ballet III (1 credit each)
* DANC 3490 Modern III (1 credit each)
Additional Dance Form Required (1 credit hour) Select one of the following:
* DANC 1450 Special Topic Dance Form (1) variable topic
* DANC 1500 Jazz I (1)
* DANC 1520 Folk & Ethnic Dance (1)
* DANC 1580 Tap Dance I (1)
* DANC 2480 Jazz II (1)
* DANC 3440 Dance for Musical Theatre (1)
* DANC 3450 Special Topic Dance Form (1) variable topic
* DANC 3580 Tap Dance II (1)
Creative Dance Courses Required (11 credit hours):
* DANC 2410 Improvisation (2)
* DANC 3500 Choreography I (2)
* DANC 3510 Choreography II (2)
* DANC 3520 Choreography Practicum (1)
* DANC 4700 Creative Synthesis in Dance (2)
* DANC 4910 Rehearsal & Performance (1 each)
(taken twice = 2)
Dance History Course Required (3 credit hours) Select one of the following:
* DANC 3010 Dance History I (3)
* DANC 3020 Dance History II (3)
Support Courses Required (6 - 9 credit hours):
* MUSC CA1010 Intro to Music (3)
or MUSC 1321 Basic Piano for Adults (1)
or DANC 1310 Music for Dance (2)
* THEA CA1033 Acting I (3)
or THEA 2022 State Costume (2)
or THEA 2032 Stage Lighting (2)
* DANC 2300 Dance Kinesiology (2)
Elective Courses (6 credit hours) Select an additional 6 credit hours from the following:
* DANC 2250 Alignment and Conditioning for Dance/Pilates (1)
* DANC 2610 Dance for the Camera (2)
* DANC 3010 Dance History I (3)
* DANC 3020 Dance History II (3)
* DANC 3320 Techniques & Materials for
Teaching Modern Dance (2)
* DANC 3520 Choreography Practicum (1)
* DANC 3640 Teaching Creative Dance in the Elementary School (2)
* DANC 3860 Field Experience (1)
* DANC 3910 Moving Company: Rehearsal & Development (2)
* DANC 3911 Moving Company: Performance (2)
* DANC 4250 Alignment and Conditioning for Dance/Pilates (1)
* DANC 4610 Dance for the Camera (2)
* DANC 4620 Dance for the Camera Seminar (1)
* DANC 4890 CBL Coop. Work Experience: Green Map Project (1-3)
* THEA 4861 Performance Practicum (1)