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CRMT 225 Enameling College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Enameling is the art of firing colored glass onto metal. The transparent, opaque, and opalescent enamel colors are layered to produce richness, detail, depth, and brilliance in this durable and painterly medium. Traditional techniques such as cloisonn?, grisaille, Limoges, basse taille, plique-a-jour, and champlev?, as well as contemporary and experimental processes are explored. Once they have gained a facility with the medium, students produce jewelry or small jewel-like paintings.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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CRMT 226 Metal Casting Exploration College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Wax working for jewelry and small-scale sculpture, rubber molding processes, and lost wax/centrifugal casting of bronze and (optional) sterling silver and karat golds. Extensive technical information for students who are design-oriented. Assignments allow projects in all formats (design, one-of-a-kind jewelry, fine art, etc.) and students are encouraged to use techniques innovatively and expressively. Students taking the course a second time choose one aspect of the course (wax carving, wax modeling, wax impressions, vulcanized rubber molding, etc.) and produce a small body of work investigating that aspect in depth. Procedures for sending out work to professional contract casters are also covered.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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CRMT 312 Jewelry/Metals Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course builds upon a basic grounding in jewelry concepts and techniques. Lectures, technical demonstrations, and conceptual projects vary from year to year so that students retaking the course will not find it redundant. The goals of the course are to increase awareness and understanding of jewelry as a component of our culture, aid the student in the development of a personal aesthetic, and develop thinking and problem-solving abilities. More experienced students are encouraged to focus on one specialized area of the jewelry field.
Prerequisites Take 6 credits from: CRMT*211, CRMT*212, or CRMT*221
Priority enrollment to Crafts majors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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CRMT 321 Advanced Metals College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Builds upon a basic grounding in metalsmithing skills. Technical demonstrations and conceptual projects vary from year to year so that students retaking the course will not find it redundant. The goals of the course are to increase awareness of metal’s possibilities, increase metalworking skill, aid in the development of a personal aesthetic, and develop thinking and problem-solving abilities. Senior Crafts majors taking this course may choose to spend all or part of their time producing thesis work to supplement the thesis component of Crafts Projects III.
Prerequisites Take 6 credits from: CRMT*211, CRMT*212, or CRMT*221
Priority enrollment to Crafts majors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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CRMT 411 Jewelry/Metals Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Builds upon a basic grounding in jewelry concepts and techniques. Lectures, technical demonstrations, and conceptual projects vary from year to year so that students retaking the course will not find it redundant. The goals of the course are to increase awareness and understanding of jewelry as a component of our culture, aid the student in the development of a personal aesthetic, and develop thinking and problem-solving abilities. More experienced students are encouraged to focus on one specialized area of the jewelry field.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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CRMT 412 Jewelry/Metals Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Builds upon a basic grounding in jewelry concepts and techniques. Lectures, technical demonstrations, and conceptual projects vary from year to year so that students retaking the course will not find it redundant. The goals of the course are to increase awareness and understanding of jewelry as a component of our culture, aid the student in the development of a personal aesthetic, and develop thinking and problem-solving abilities. More experienced students are encouraged to focus on one specialized area of the jewelry field.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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CRWD 211 Woodworking Exploration College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Introduction to basic woodworking skills and processes, including sharpening and setting up hand tools and machinery, theory of solid wood joinery, and construction. In addition to building technical skills, emphasis is on contemporary and historical furniture design issues.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CRWD 212 Woodworking Exploration College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Introduction to basic woodworking skills and processes, including sharpening and setting up hand tools and machinery, theory of solid wood joinery, and construction. In addition to building technical skills, emphasis is on contemporary and historical furniture design issues. Prerequisites & Notes: Priority enrollment to Crafts majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CRWD 221 Furniture Design College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course presents a series of design problems emphasizing exploration of ideas through drawing and model making. Historic and contemporary examples are studied. Fundamental joinery techniques are covered, but the emphasis is on design exploration, imagination, and inventiveness. Students provide their own materials and some hand tools.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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CRWD 223 Wood Carving College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An introductory course focused on the development of technical skills. A survey of historical and contemporary precedents exposes the student to the potential wood carving has as a vehicle for artistic expression. The class covers the selection, use, and sharpening of tools, materials and choice of woods, lamination and joinery used for carving, finishing techniques, and letter carving. Students provide their own carving tools.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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CRWD 224 Low-Tech Furniture College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Using materials gathered from both nature and the urban environment, students make chairs, tables and other functional objects. Inspired by the design inherent in natural materials, branches and twigs, artifacts, and found objects, the class conceives and executes a series of projects. Basic, non-technical construction methods and simple hand tools are stressed.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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CRWD 225 Making and Playing: Improvisational Musical Instruments College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The course will serve as an introduction to essential principals of sound mechanics and simple musical instrument design and building. Using essential materials and basic woodworking processes, these principals will be investigated in a manner that encourages spontaneity, critical awareness, and collaboration in design, making, and use. The goal is an integration of personal studio practice with the social environment of music and sound. The teaching method will combine lectures covering historical, cultural, and technical information with demonstrations of tool and material use. The importance of temporal and haptic experience in developing an appropriate level of workmanship will be stressed. Much student/faculty contact will be one on one and students will be expected to actively share critical input with each other. Students will learn to make simple musical instruments/sound objects that demonstrate the several basics means of sound production. A series of didactic demonstrations of mechanics, material possibilities, and techniques will be accompanied by presentations of ethnographic instruments, music, and social environments. Three projects of increasing complexity will ask for responses to this introductory material. Students will research and develop concept proposals for each assignment, working initially “solo” and later within the context of “duets” and “ensembles.” Within these varied contexts designs will be tested and implemented refining structure, material use, acoustic response, function relative to the body, and aesthetic content.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CRWD 299 Selected Topics in Wood College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course allows for the presentation of one-time, unique studio experiences involving either specialized themes, media, classroom structures, or teaching and learning formats, for the development of projects relevant to contemporary Wood issues.
This course may be completed 4 times for credit.
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CRWD 311 Wood Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Covers tools, joinery, methods, and materials. Content progresses with increasing complexity, involving machining, hand tools, finishing, and surface treatments. Senior Crafts majors taking this course may choose to spend all or part of their time producing thesis work to supplement the thesis component of Crafts Projects III.
Prerequisites CRWD*211 and CRWD*212
Priority enrollment to Crafts & Multidisciplinary majors.
This course may be completed 4 times for credit.
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CRWD 411 Wood Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
This course covers tools, joinery, methods, and materials. Content progresses with increasing complexity involving machining, hand tools, finishing, and surface treatments.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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CRWD 412 Wood Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
This course covers more complex design projects, combinations of objects, and advanced model making and finishing techniques. Emphasis is on imagination, inventiveness, and depth of content.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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CRWT 101 Intro to Contemporary Poetry I Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
The first half of this year-long course will introduce students to the fundamentals of poetic craft and to the varied landscape of contemporary poetry. Students will complete creative and critical responses to recent books, exploring the ways in which poetry’s formal features, such as line and image, connect to aesthetics, culture, and poetic theory. This course requires close engagement with major works of Anglo-American poetry from the last fifteen years; it also emphasizes the production and critique of original creative work and the development of literary community.
Open to Creative Writing majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CRWT 102 Intro to the Contemporary Short Story I Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
In the first half of this year-long course, students are introduced to the fundamentals of the short story through close reading of contemporary short fiction. Students will learn to read as writers, analyzing the construction of stories and practicing writing techniques in preparation for crafting short stories of their own.
Open to Creative Writing majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CRWT 151 Intro to Contemporary Poetry II Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
The second half of this year-long course will deepen students’ familiarity with poetic craft and contemporary poetic theory. Through creative and critical responses to major poetic works from the last thirty years, students will explore contemporary prosody and its connection to literary history. The course will include workshop of student work, as well as close engagement with some of the ideas that have been central to recent poetics.
Prerequisites LALL*610
Open to Creative Writing majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CRWT 152 Intro to the Contemporary Short Story II Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Continuing the work begun in the first semester, students begin to write their own short stories in a workshop setting. Goals are to hone reading skills, learn to workshop material usefully, and produce-and significantly revise-one short story.
Prerequisites LALL*612
Open to Creative Writing majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CRWT 201 Intermediate Poetry Workshop Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The intermediate workshop will allow students to immerse themselves in the workshop model, applying the critical vocabulary that they’ve learned throughout the previous year to their own work. Students learn both by being critics and by listening to other student critics.
Required of all Creative Writing majors in their genre of concentration.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103 and CRWT*151
Prereq. Override Available
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 201 Intermediate Poetry Workshop Reviewing Division of Liberal Arts
3.0 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
The intermediate workshop will allow students to immerse themselves in the workshop model, applying the critical vocabulary that they’ve learned throughout the previous year to their own work. Students learn both by being critics and by listening to other student critics. Required of all Creative Writing majors in their genre of concentration.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103 & CRWT*151
Prereq. Override Available
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 201 Intermediate Poetry Workshop Reviewing Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The intermediate workshop will allow students to immerse themselves in the workshop model, applying the critical vocabulary that they’ve learned throughout the previous year to their own work. Students learn both by being critics and by listening to other student critics. Required of all Creative Writing majors in their genre of concentration.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103 and CRWT*151
Prereq. Override Available
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 202 Intermediate Fiction Workshop Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
The intermediate workshop will allow students to immerse themselves in the workshop model, applying the critical vocabulary that they’ve learned throughout the previous year to their own work. Students learn both by being critics and by listening to other student critics. Required of all Creative Writing majors in their genre of concentration.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103 & CRWT*152
Prereq. Override Available
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 202 Intermediate Fiction Workshop Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The intermediate workshop will allow students to immerse themselves in the workshop model, applying the critical vocabulary that they’ve learned throughout the previous year to their own work. Students learn both by being critics and by listening to other student critics. Required of all Creative Writing majors in their genre of concentration.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103 and CRWT*152
Prereq. Override Available
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 212 Contemporary Short Fiction Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course provides students with history and context for their field of study. In Contemporary Short Fiction, students will be introduced to several significant short fiction writers of the mid-to late twentieth century. Through their reading, students will identify relationships among writers of different generations and observe the changing nature of the short story during this time. These changing literary concerns - in subject, theme, style and craft - will in turn provide a window into understanding the changes taking place in the contemporary world.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill an art history elective, liberal arts elective, or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 214 High Modernism Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
In the first of three discipline histories, students are introduced to poets and fiction writers of the high-modernist period so that they understand the emergence of certain stylistic, aesthetic, thematic, and idiomatic ideas and devices that still inform contemporary literature. The course will emphasize these ideas by pairing fiction writers with poets, in order to see the ways in which similar cultural and historical concerns sponsored innovations in both genres.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill an art history elective, liberal arts elective, or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 222 Craft Seminar: Linked Short Story Collection Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This seminar introduces students to the tricky, increasingly popular and frequently misunderstood genre of the linked short story collection. Links among grouped stories occur in different ways-through theme, structure, setting, character, shifting points of view. Through critical reading and writing, students will learn different approaches to shaping a linked story collection and make a thoughtful, informed attempt at writing two linked stories of their own.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 224 Craft Seminar: Translation & Adaptation Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Translation and adaptation have been vital to the shaping and reinventing of English and American poetry. They have introduced new forms and conventions, and very often have refreshed a poet’s language just as it was becoming staid and mannered. Poets translate and adapt our love for the original, but also to reassess their own work, calibrate their language, extend their range, and stock up the imagistic arsenal. After all, different languages, different cultures, and different historical periods yield different modes of perception, different sensibilities. Often enough, poets will publish breakthrough collections after engaging with translation.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 225 Craft Seminar: Travel Writing Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
In this craft seminar, students will explore several forms of travel writing. Readings will include excerpts and full-length books recording accounts of travelers’ adventures, memories, insights, quests over the past 2000 years and more. Writing exercises will require students to experiment with forms ranging from the commercial article for an airline magazine to a sophisticated essay on travel as a cross-cultural meditation.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 226 Craft Seminar: Arts Criticism, Arts Reviewing Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This craft seminar will engage students with great art, expanding their experience of looking and hearing while learning about arts criticism and arts reviewing. Students will investigate not only the world of great books, of great paintings in museums, great plays performed by major theatre companies, great music performed by world-class ensembles, but also discover art about which there is little or no received opinion: at the Fringe, at First Friday, at university theatrical and musical performances. Such work is often not great, and thus students will learn to identify and hone their standards of evaluation. Substantial reading and performance attendance will be required.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 320 Writing and Collaboration Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This inter-disciplinary course requires the Creative Writing student to work with a student from another major on a substantial collaborative project. Writing majors will be partnered with students in a course within a cooperating department, selected on a rotating basis; one year writers might be paired with illustrators, another year musicians. Students in Writing and Collaboration will have the unique opportunity to learn about another art form and deepen that understanding through engaging in the collaborative process. In addition, students will be given the option of pursuing a shorter-term project with a collaborator in a discipline of their choice. Collaborating partners will be responsible for developing projects and showcasing their work in progress. Students also will study the history and theory of collaboration, examining the work of notable collaborators and the artistic questions surrounding the nature of collaboration itself. Students collaborating with Creative Writing majors will receive independent study credit for their participation.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 325 UArts Magazine Division of Liberal Arts
3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Students learn all aspects of producing the undergraduate literary magazine, Underground Pool, from submission selection and editing to production and design. Offered each spring, the course culminates in the annual publication of the magazine at the end of the academic year and offers a unique opportunity for students in different majors to collaborate.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
This course can fulfill a liberal arts elective or free elective requirement.
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CRWT 401 Senior Seminar in Poetry I Division of Liberal Arts
6 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
This two-semester sequence is the capstone course for all Creative Writing majors. The focus is on producing new work as well as reconsidering and revising work from the first three years of study, with the goal of producing a professional-quality portfolio of finished pieces. The seminar culminates in a public reading and exit interview conducted by members of the writing faculty.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CRWT 402 Senior Seminar in Short Story I Division of Liberal Arts
6 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
This two-semester sequence is the capstone course for all Creative Writing majors. The focus is on producing new work as well as reconsidering and revising work from the first three years of study, with the goal of producing a professional-quality portfolio of finished pieces. The seminar culminates in a public reading and exit interview conducted by members of the writing faculty.
Prerequisites LALL*975
Open to Creative Writing majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CRWT 451 Senior Seminar in Poetry II Division of Liberal Arts
6 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
This two-semester sequence is the capstone course for all Creative Writing majors. The focus is on producing new work as well as reconsidering and revising work from the first three years of study, with the goal of producing a professional-quality portfolio of finished pieces. The seminar culminates in a public reading and exit interview conducted by members of the writing faculty.
Prerequisites CRWT*401
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CRWT 452 Senior Seminar in Short Story II Division of Liberal Arts
6 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
This two-semester sequence is the capstone course for all Creative Writing majors. The focus is on producing new work as well as reconsidering and revising work from the first three years of study, with the goal of producing a professional-quality portfolio of finished pieces. The seminar culminates in a public reading and exit interview conducted by members of the writing faculty.
Prerequisites CRWT*402
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACP 160 Rhythm and Dynamics in Dance College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 30.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Provides an understanding and experience of rhythm that enables students to hear, feel, count, and notate rhythmic structures and enhance sensibility and creativity.
Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACP 164 Improvisation Performance Practice College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 30.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
This class introduces basic concepts of inprovisation through the lens of creator and performer. Students will engage in solo investigation and contact improvisation to encourage risk taking and broaden movement choices. Scores are introduced to expand conceptual ideas of ensemble dancing while collaborating in real time.”“
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACP 170 Languaging Dance, Thinking Choreographically College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 22.5 hours
100 level undergraduate course
This course introduces dance making and the ways of interpreting and describing what gets made. Students will explore how to approach ‘making’ in the choreographic realm as research to deepen their processes and creative expressions. As work gets made, a variety of contexts and genres will inform and create a space for critique, discussions and investigations of personal styles and aesthetics.
Prerequisites DACP*164
Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACP 251 Choreographic Viewpoints College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 22.5 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course dives into the choreographer’s tool kit, isolating and exploring basic notions of time, space, shape, emotion, narrative and dynamic in relation to movement. Studies develop and expand through exploration of formal tools of composition into full length choreographic works. Open discussions and critique help students develp skills for anaylsis and interpretation alongside critical readings, viewings, and written responses.
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACP 260 Dance Making: Music, Sound, Silence, and Noise College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 30.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An exploration of various kinds of musical and sound materials from Gregorian chant to self-made utterances in relationship to dance making and movement invention.
Prerequisites DACP 170
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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DACP 261 Movement Invention & Theatricality College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 30.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The course investigates a variety of ways of how to source and research dance making from theatrical motivation and movement invention. Improvisation and compositional forms will be applied. This course is designed to provide choreographers with the tools to find structures for both solo and duet forms.
Prerequisites DACP 170
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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DACP 262 Open Critique College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 30.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course is designed for informal showings and feedback for choreographic works. Students have the opportunity to hear different and intersecting points of view about what motivates choreographers and their work.
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course may be repeated for credit.
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DACP 263 Improvisation II College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 30.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Individual improvisations are performed on themes with objects in restricted or altered spaces and times. Various structures are used for group improvisation. Free improvisation with live music is stressed. Required of students majoring in Modern Dance.
Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: DAPF*363, DACR*263, DACP*263, DAPF*363
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DACP 300 Special Topics College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 30.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This topic will change by semester according to the expertise of the faculty and visiting artists and leaves room in the curriculum for emerging forms.
This course may be repeated for credit.
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DACP 361 TMD: Improvisation Into Choreography College of Performing Arts School of Dance
2 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
A broad array of discussions ranging from chance to failure and beauty to the everyday will be proposed using documents of contemporary art.’ Questions will be posed: What if we practice harnessing a consciousness of immediacy and mystery? What is your first impulse? Can you trust it? What happens when the judgment is suspended? Can thought or sight be a handicap? Can you know too much? Improvisations will be explored with a gradual progression toward known material. Spoken and written text may be used with students using language in an automatic and improvisational way. Starting by making Instant Performances, students will discover through process and develop choreographic studies over time.
Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACP 362 TMD: Breaking Forms: Collaborations And Introspection College of Performing Arts School of Dance
2 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
A broad array of discussions ranging from appropriation to participation and the sublime to ruins will be proposed using documents of contemporary art.’ Short choreographic studies using the discussions as a source may be explored. Students will collaborate together in a conceptual Artist’s Project, taking inspirations from a professional director, visual artist or musician and making choreographic studies. Autobiographical work may be explored with emphasis on text and alternative-media with inspiration drawn from the artist’s experiences and memories.
Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACP 363 Improvisation, Performance, Practice, And Scores College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 30.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This class develops and deepens concepts of Improvisation by continuing to delve into solo explorations and Contact Improvisation, while introducing new forms such as Authentic Movement. Students will hone their skills in the art of real time choreography as both director and performer. By studying and dancing inside of improvisational scores students will learn to create their own. Site-specific projects may be undertaken to broaden the investigative pallet. Projects in this class will emanate from the instructor or from individual or groups of students working collaboratively. Journals will be kept as an important self-reflection element of the class. Musings on structures, performances and automatic writing will be explored.
Prerequisites DACP*164
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACP 380 Elements of Performing College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 30.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Analyzes the qualities of dance technique that serve the ultimate goal of performance as an artist. Students work with the elements of the art of dance performance and discover how inner focus, motivation, dynamics, muscle intensity, rhythmic timing, breathing, and movement texture are the essentials.
Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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DACP 461 Advanced Dance Composition College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 30.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Continuation of DACR 361 & 362. Senior elective course to assist students in preparation of their Senior concerts.
Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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DACP 463 Contact Improvisation College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 30.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Emphasizes the development of tools and skills necessary for realizing individual professional goals, vehicles and processes for change in the various fields of dance within our society. This course develops an awareness of managing life and work as a professional in dance. Topics include basic business principles as well as career self-management and an overview of career opportunities. Guest speakers include faculty and staff from within the University as well as experts from the field.
Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 101 Tap Dance I College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 22.5 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Basic vocabulary of tap and development of rhythmically accurate footwork and accompanying body movements.
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 102 Tap Dance II College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 22.5 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Basic vocabulary of tap and development of rhythmically accurate footwork and accompanying body movements.
Prerequisites DACR*101
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 111 Ballet I College of Performing Arts School of Dance
2 credits 90.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Fundamentals of ballet technique including barre and center floor work. The course serves to introduce and develop basic ballet technique and vocabulary. Body placement and alignment is stressed through an understanding and application of these basics. Continuous advancement and development is provided from beginning to advanced levels throughout this four-semester sequence (Ballet I-IV).
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 112 Ballet II College of Performing Arts School of Dance
2 credits 90.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Fundamentals of ballet technique including barre and center floor work. The course serves to introduce and develop basic ballet technique and vocabulary. Body placement and alignment is stressed through an understanding and application of these basics. Continuous advancement and development is provided from beginning to advanced levels throughout this four-semester sequence (Ballet I-IV).
Prerequisites DACR*111
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 121 Jazz Dance I College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
A presentation of styles designed to broaden knowledge and technique of concert and theater jazz dance. Classes employ floor stretches and center barre warm-up procedures. Movement patterns emphasize simultaneous coordination of multiple rhythm patterns in different parts of the body. Combinations advance from simple to complex throughout this four-semester sequence (Jazz Dance I-IV).
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 122 Jazz Dance II College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
A presentation of styles designed to broaden knowledge and technique of concert and theater jazz dance. Classes employ floor stretches and center barre warm-up procedures. Movement patterns emphasize simultaneous coordination of multiple rhythm patterns in different parts of the body. Combinations advance from simple to complex throughout this four-semester sequence (Jazz Dance I-IV).
Prerequisites DACR*121
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 131 Modern Dance I College of Performing Arts School of Dance
2 credits 67.5 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Basic technique of modern dance for the development of skills, intellectual understanding, kinetic perception, and maximum versatility. Includes barre work, center floor, isolation, falls and recovery, and contractions and release. Part of two-year sequence (Modern Dance IIV). Required of all Dance majors.
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 132 Modern Dance II College of Performing Arts School of Dance
2 credits 67.5 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Basic technique of modern dance for the development of skills, intellectual understanding, kinetic perception, and maximum versatility. Includes barre work, center floor, isolation, falls and recovery, and contractions and release. Part of two-year sequence (Modern Dance I-IV). Required of all Dance majors.
Prerequisites DACR*131
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 150 Contemporary Art Practices College of Performing Arts School of Dance
3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
In this course, the ever-expanding field of contemporary art will be explored to include dance and performance through the lens of practice. Students will learn to look for and recognize shared aesthetic values and relationship within and across varying disciplines. How can we think about practice as the place and the space for working through an idea? What are the relationships of practice to the studio? What are the relationships between practice, the studio and process for an artist working today? How do these varied practices and processes contribute to conversations about contemporary art and performance today? How can practice become a meeting ground” for discussion across varying disciplines? Students will immerse themselves in screenings of video work and seek out as many pertinent performances/exhibitions as possible throughout the course. We will also read selected texts & blogs. Class sessions will include visiting artists and speakers who help deepen and bring.”
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill an art history elective, liberal arts elective, or free elective requirement.
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DACR 151 Dance History, Theory and Criticism I College of Performing Arts School of Dance
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The study of the interaction between dance and the society in which it develops, emphasizing the changing role and nature of dance. Course deals with dance from the Renaissance through Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe. Dance History II surveys dance from pre-World War II to the present.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill an art history elective, liberal arts elective, or free elective requirement.
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DACR 152 Dance History, Theory and Criticism II College of Performing Arts School of Dance
3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The study of the interaction between dance and the society in which it develops, emphasizing the changing role and nature of dance. Course deals with dance from the Renaissance through Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe. Dance History II surveys dance from pre-World War II to the present.
Prerequisites LACR*102 or LACR*103
Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill an art history elective, liberal arts elective, or free elective requirement.
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DACR 153 Fundamentals of Dance I College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 22.5 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Basic aesthetic considerations of the dance art form. The first semester examines the nature and forms of dance, dance in relation to other arts, and its language and literature. It continues with the care of the dancer’s body, injury prevention, nutrition, and dieting.
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 154 Fundamentals of Dance II College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 22.5 hours
100 level undergraduate course
A continuation of DACR 153 with additional consideration of the principles of Effort Shape (a system of movement analysis) and choreography.
Prerequisites DACR*153
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 160 Rhythm and Dynamics in Dance College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 22.5 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Provides an understanding and experience of rhythm that enables students to hear, feel, count, and notate rhythmic structures and enhance sensibility and creativity.
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 164 Improvisation I College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 22.5 hours
100 level undergraduate course
This course comprises breathing and centering warm-ups, isolation exercises, and technical improvisation on movement qualities, including swinging, gliding, falling, rising, slow motion. Students learn to develop choreographic ideas through group improvisational structures.
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 175 Body Pathways I College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 30.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Body Pathways is a core course in the first year Foundation Series designed to introduce students to the following: conditioning & assessment; awareness for alignment, placement and strength; experiential anatomy; and varying somatic practices for sustaining the body in dance. This course provides students with ongoing and consistent body assessment tools that will keep them dancing in a healthier, stronger way throughout their careers in dance. The course takes the alongside detailed explanation of body mechanics informed by somatic principles.
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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DACR 176 Body Pathways II College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 30.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
Body Pathways is a core course in the first year Foundation Series designed to introduce students to the following: conditioning & assessment; awareness for alignment, placement and strength; experiential anatomy; and varying somatic practices for sustaining the body in dance. This course provides students with ongoing and consistent body assessment tools that will keep them dancing in a healthier, stronger way throughout their careers in dance. The course takes the alongside detailed explanation of body mechanics informed by somatic principles.
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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DACR 211 Studio Practice: Ballet III College of Performing Arts School of Dance
2 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Continuation of DACR 111 & 112.
Prerequisites DACR*112
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 212 Studio Practice: Ballet IV College of Performing Arts School of Dance
2 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Continuation of DACR 111 & 112.
Prerequisites DACR*211
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 221 Studio Practice: Jazz Dance III College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Continuation of DACR 121 & 122.
Prerequisites DACR*122
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 222 Studio Practice: Jazz Dance IV College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Continuation of DACR 121 & 122.
Prerequisites DACR*221
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 231 Studio Practice: Modern III College of Performing Arts School of Dance
2 credits 67.5 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Continuation of DACR 131 & 132.
Prerequisites DACR*132
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 232 Studio Practice: Modern IV College of Performing Arts School of Dance
2 credits 67.5 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Continuation of DACR 131 & 132.
Prerequisites DACR*231
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 241 Pedagogies of Dance College of Performing Arts School of Dance
2 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This pedagogy course explores the teaching philosophy of the founder of ‘Danceability’ teacher, Connie Michael. Students will dance using the movement principles and excercises developed in this method. As an improvisational workshop, students explore the idea of sensation, relationship, time and design in regards to self-improvement, moving with others, community, and the environment. No dance experience needed and all abilities are welcome. The course takes place in a wheelchair accessible building and studio. Connie Michael, Assistant Professor, MA, is a certified ‘Danceability’ teacher after completing the Danceability teacher training course with founder, Alito Alessi, as part of the Impultanz International Dance Festival in 2012 in Vienna, Austria. Professor Michael also has choreographed and performed under the direction of Alito Alessi as part of the Impultanz festival.
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 242 Dance Pedagogy II College of Performing Arts School of Dance
2 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An introduction to current philosophies and practices of teaching dance and a historical survey of the role of dance in education. The second semester deals with identification and exploration of basic concepts of teaching dance and application of these principles to the concrete development of lesson plans.
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 250 Survey of Music College of Performing Arts School of Dance
3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course
A survey of the history of music from ancient to modern, including jazz.
Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill an art history elective, liberal arts elective, or free elective requirement.
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DACR 260 Music for Dance Composition College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 22.5 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An exploration of various kinds of musical materials and literature, from Gregorian chant to New Music, relating the selection of music to the creation of dance composition. Improvisation utilizing different sounds and instruments.
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 261 Dance Composition: Solo Forms College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 22.5 hours
200 level undergraduate course
The course integrates the improvisational skills acquired earlier in Improvisation and in Music for Composition. Designed to provide the beginning choreographer with the tools needed to structure a dance composition in solo and duet forms.
Prerequisites DACR*260
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 263 Improvisation II College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 22.5 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Individual improvisations are performed on themes with objects in restricted or altered spaces and times. Various structures are used for group improvisation. Free improvisation with live music is stressed. Required of students majoring in Modern Dance.
Prerequisites DACR*164
Open to Modern and Dance Education majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: DAPF*363, DACR*263, DACP*263, DAPF*363
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DACR 264 Improvisation III College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 22.5 hours
300 level undergraduate course
See DA 322A
Prerequisites DACR*263
Open to Modern and Dance Education majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: DAPF*364, DACR*264
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DACR 291 Sophomore Performance and Coaching Project College of Performing Arts School of Dance
2 credits 67.5 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This capstone course is designed to be the culmination of the Foundation Series. The course gives students the opportunity to learn and perform both historical and new works from varied disciplines with an emphasis on the vast approaches to staging, learning and performing dance works.
Prerequisites DASP*141 DASP*142 DASP*111 DASP*112
Open to majors in the School of Dance only. Requires completion of 24 credits
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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DACR 292 Sophomore Performance and Coaching Project College of Performing Arts School of Dance
2 credits 67.5 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This capstone course is designed to be the culmination of the Foundation Series. The course gives students the opportunity to learn and perform both historical and new works from varied disciplines with an emphasis on the vast approaches to staging, learning and performing dance works.
Prerequisites DASP*141 DASP*142 DASP*111 DASP*112;
Open to majors in the School of Dance only. Requires completion of 24 credits
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
This course is equated with the following courses: DACR*292, DACR*294
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DACR 293 Sophomore Performance and Coaching Project College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This capstone course is designed to be the culmination of the Foundation Series. The course gives students the opportunity to learn and perform both historical and new works from varied disciplines with an emphasis on the vast approaches to staging, learning and performing dance works.
Prerequisites DASP*141 DASP*142 DASP*111 DASP*112
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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DACR 294 Sophomore Performance and Coaching Project College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1.5 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This capstone course is designed to be the culmination of the Foundation Series. The course gives students the opportunity to learn and perform both historical and new works from varied disciplines with an emphasis on the vast approaches to staging, learning and performing dance works.
Prerequisites DASP*141 DASP*142 DASP*111 DASP*112;
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
This course is equated with the following courses: DACR*292, DACR*294
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DACR 300 Dance Summer Course College of Performing Arts School of Dance
4 credits 337.5 hours
300 level undergraduate course
This course may be repeated for credit.
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DACR 361 Dance Composition: Duets College of Performing Arts School of Dance
2 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Continuation of DACR 261. Problem-solving and analysis of materials through individual projects. Special emphasis on choreography for duets.
Prerequisites DACR*261
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 362 Dance Composition: Group Forms College of Performing Arts School of Dance
2 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Continuation of DACR 261. Problem-solving and analysis of materials through individual projects. Special emphasis on group choreography.
Prerequisites DACR*261
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 373 Concepts of Fitness & Health College of Performing Arts School of Dance
2 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
A survey of the health/fitness industry, which covers the following areas: personal training, aerobics and dance, wellness, and fitness management. The course prepares students to assume positions in this growing and thriving field.
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 375 Theater Functions College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 22.5 hours
300 level undergraduate course
A basic production course dealing with concepts of lighting and set design for dance. Students are required to gain practical experience by working in the theater on dance concerts during the year.
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: DACR*376, DACR*375
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DACR 376 Junior Seminar: Introduction to Business Management and Tech Production College of Performing Arts School of Dance
2 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
A basic production course dealing with concepts of lighting and set design for dance. Students are required to gain practical experience by working in the theater on dance concerts during the year.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: DACR*376, DACR*375
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DACR 441 Dance Symposium I College of Performing Arts School of Dance
3 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Designed specifically for dance education majors who will be completing their student teaching requirement in the following semester. The course includes curriculum and instruction materials, professional preparation, and evaluation criteria. Discussion centers on the application of dance principles to the learning situation. The role of dance teacher is examined.
Prerequisites DACR*242
Open to Dance Education majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 442 Dance Symposium II College of Performing Arts School of Dance
3 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
This course is designed to complement the actual student teaching experience. Specific situations, problems, and achievements of the student teaching process are discussed and evaluated. Networking and employment opportunities are integral to the course.
Prerequisites DACR*242
Corequisite Course(s): DACR*449
Open to Dance Education majors only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 449 Student Teaching College of Performing Arts School of Dance
7 credits 210.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Students teach under supervised direction for one semester in a public or private school. If placement for student teaching is not within a school system, arrangements are made for the student to do this supervised teaching through local dance studios.
Corequisite Course(s): DACR*442, DACR*441
Open to Dance Education majors only. Requires completion of 75 credits
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 461 Advanced Dance Composition College of Performing Arts School of Dance
2 credits 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Continuation of DACR 361 & 362. Senior elective course to assist students in preparation of their Senior concerts.
Prerequisites DACR*361
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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DACR 470 Survey of the Business of Dance College of Performing Arts School of Dance
2 credits 30.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Emphasizes the development of tools and skills necessary for realizing individual professional goals, vehicles, and processes for change in the various fields of dance within our society. This course develops an awareness of managing life and work as a professional in dance. Topics include basic business principles as well as career self-management and an overview of career opportunities. Guest speakers include faculty and staff from within the University as well as experts from the field.
Prerequisites DACR*212, DACR*232, or DACR*222
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 490 Independent Study College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 - 6 credits 15.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. Enrollment is limited, please see the Independent Study policy in the catalogue for more information.
Restricted to Undergraduate students.
This course may be repeated for credit.
Permission is required to register for this course.
This course may not be audited.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
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DACR 491 Sr. Project & Critique I College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 45.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
This capstone course is designed to be the culmination of the Research Series for all dance majors. It is designed to assist senior students in the development and presentation of their senior projects. Each student will propose a project, develop goals and objectives for the year, and present their work. They will also participate in rehearsals, performance, and technical aspects of the projects and presentations.
Corequisite Course(s): DACR*493
Open to majors in the School of Dance only. Requires completion of 90 credits
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 493 Senior Seminar College of Performing Arts School of Dance
0.5 credits 15.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Time is spent discussing senior project ideas, sharing work as it develops, honing artists statements, and using websites as portfolios of the work that develops. Different methods and ways of thinking about performance will be encouraged through ongoing critical dialogue about current ideas and motivations that circulate and move through the field of dance and performance.
Corequisite Course(s): DACR*491
Open to majors in the School of Dance only. Requires completion of 90 credits
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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