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2017-2018 University Catalog [Archived Catalogue]

Courses

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Overview

The course catalogue contains information on all active courses offered by the University including: title, course number, credits, contact hours, prerequisites, offering college, priority enrollment, repeatability, and restrictions.  Courses listed in the catalogue are not offered every semester.  To access a listing of course sections being offered during a particular term refer to the Course Section Offerings page on the Office of the Registrar website.

Course Renumbering

A complete list of all courses renumbered during the last academic year can be found below.

Courses Renumbered 2016-2017  

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  • DANC 651 Somatic Practice & Movement Lab

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 30.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Students are given opportunities to deepen their understanding of and relationship to movement practices that include somatic practices, exercise modalities, and dance science. The LABS take the form of a series of workshops, and include both lecture/discussion and studio formats. The LABS create an opportunity for students to be in direct dialogue with a variety of somatic and movement science practitioners. (examples include: Yoga, Feldenkrais Methodologies, Body-Mind Centering, and Alexander Technique)

    Open only to MFA in Dance majors.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DANC 652 Pedagogic Practice Lab

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 30.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Students are given opportunities to consider and locate their practice within the framework of current development trends, methods and challenges of contemporary dance pedagogy. The LABS take the form of a series of workshops, and include both lecture/discussion and studio formats. The LABS create an opportunity for students to be in direct dialogue with a variety of internationally recognized pedagogues. (examples include: Dance as an art form in relation to dance pedagogy, somatic approaches, the role of technology, assessment tools within higher education)

    Open only to MFA in Dance majors.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DANC 653 Individualized Practice Lab

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 30.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This course allows students to self design course work by combining topic LABS from the Somatic & Movement LAB and the Pedagogic Practice LABS to meet required hours. The LABS take the form of a series of workshops, and include both lecture/discussion and studio formats. The LABS create an opportunity for students to be in direct dialogue with a variety of practitioners, scholars and pedagogs.

    Open only to MFA in Dance majors.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DANC 661 History, Theory & Criticism I

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Part one of a two-part course examining 20th and 21st century dance history, emphasizing the relations between dance, critical theory, critical writing and culture. Students will engage in theoretical inquiry and study in the dance-related areas of history and dance criticism in a variety of contexts, from the popular to the scholarly. Weekly lectures provide overviews while critics, dance historians, and artists are invited to give lectures, seminars, and/or workshops on their research interests and scholarship.

    Open only to MFA in Dance majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DANC 662 History, Theory & Criticism II

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 45.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Part two of a two-part course examines 20th and 21st century dance history, emphasizing the relations between dance, critical theory, critical writing and culture. Students will engage in theoretical inquiry and study in the dance-related areas of history and dance criticism in a variety of contexts, from the popular to scholarly. Weekly lectures provide overviews, while critics, dance historians, and artists are invited to give lectures, seminars, and/or workshops on their research interests and scholarship.

    Open only to MFA in Dance majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DANC 663 History, Theory & Criticism Talks

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 15.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Students work individually and in small groups with a faculty advisor to present topic driven ‘History Jams’ and ‘Theory Salons.’ These public TALKS are open to the University community, and the public at large. Presentations are developed alongside, and as an extension of, the class work in the story, Theory & Criticism courses.

    Corequisite Course(s): DANC*661 or DANC*662

    Open only to MFA in Dance majors.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DANC 664 Languaging the Contemporary

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 30.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This course introduces critical insight into themes, theories, artists’ writings, creative processes and aesthetic approaches that have been essential to the transformation of art and dance into a global practice. Weekly lectures, discussions and assigned readings are augmented by artists, curators, and scholars who engage with students in a variety of formats, from traditional lecture/artist talks to online platforms.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DANC 671 ProSeminar I: Collaborative Pedagogies In Practice

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 30.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This course introduces critical insight into themes, theories, artists’ writings, creative
    processes and aesthetic approaches that have been essential to the transformation of art and dance
    into a global practice. Weekly lectures, discussions and assigned readings are augmented
    by artists, curators, and scholars who engage with students in a variety of formats, from
    traditional lecture/artist talks to online platforms.

    Open only to MFA in Dance majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DANC 672 Graduate Seminar: Research in Practice In Practice

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 30.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This course introduces the ongoing process of inquiry into what it means to do research in a creative practice, such as dance, within the framework of scholarship. A wide range of current orientations, reflections, writings, ways of thinking and forms of presentations will be discussed. Students learn about different research methods outside of the arts, and are encouraged to apply some of these processes to their own artistic/creative processes and practices. How might dance practice and theory mutually engage? What might be termed ‘practice as research?’ How might choreography be a theoretical act (Foster)? How might theory and methods be transported from one subject matter to another (Foster)? How might the relationship between the written word and the moving body be examined and explored? How do we test, analyze, study or diagram our processes? A seminar format, this course will include an in-class lecture series, as well as the formation of a student curated course archive.

    Open only to MFA in Dance majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DANC 673 Graduate Seminar: Artists Writing I In Practice

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 30.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This seminar is designed to assist the students in developing their writing skills in preparation for the written thesis requirement. Using artists’ writings to activate dialogue and develop a shared common language within each MFA cohort, this shared inquiry connects a range of literary, creative and artistic works to enable students, as producing artists, to respond to and situate their own practice within a larger field of discourse. Through conversation, reading, writing and critique both group and individual sessions explore how writing can be imagined and produced. How might writing deepen both action (doing) and reflection?

    Open only to MFA in Dance majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DANC 674 Graduate Seminar: Collecting & Archiving the Performative

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 30.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This seminar focuses on current developments within the field of dance and performance around urgent issues of presentation, archiving, scoring, documentation and collecting. How does technology help to expand and give access to choreographic and performance actions? These investigations and conversations yield new pedagogical directions as students are asked to focus on how someone (a choreographer) has learned, and how that learning is recorded.

    Open only to MFA in Dance majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DANC 681 Performance Workshop: Curation & Critique

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 30.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    This studio-based course is a venue for the critique of students’ work and practice. It is designed to integrate the various components of the MFA program (Practice, Dance in Context, Practice in Context and Grad Seminar) by including the discourse of the coursework as well as that of the visiting artists/scholar talks. The course is primarily a venue for the critique of students’ thesis work, but often viewings and readings are assigned to further discussions. Students will not simply critique one another’s creative work, but rather place it among other works being studied to yield (often) new perspectives.

    Open only to MFA in Dance majors.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DANC 682 Residency Dance Study Cycle I

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 30.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Part one of a two part course, this portion of the cycle residency provides students with seminars, lectures, workshops, and performances, as well as an opportunity to meet and become acquainted with both faculty mentors, community partners and student peers. Locations provide a space for important networking, support and the space to prepare for and initiate the program.

    Open only to MFA in Dance majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DANC 683 Residency Dance Study Cycle II

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 30.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Part two of a two-part course, this portion of the cycle residency provides students with seminars, lectures, workshops, and performances, as well as an opportunity to reconnect and share thesis project directions, portfolio developments, and field study updates. Locations provide a space for shared learning, the sharing of resources and the collective developing of curated thesis platforms.

    Prerequisites DANC*682

    Open only to MFA in Dance majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DANC 691 Philadelphia Field Study I

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Students, in consultation with faculty mentors & advisors, will select a community partner from an approved list and develop a Field Study Plan that takes place over two terms. Challenged to examine the role of dance and dance making in the community at large, students will be asked to examine where their practice intersects directly with the public realm. Students identify, research, engage with and respond to an organization that matches their interests. Resulting creative responses and projects broaden various communities’ understanding of the role that dance can play in contemporary society as well as expanding contexts and opportunities for dance artists.

    Prerequisites DANC*671

    Open only to MFA in Dance majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DANC 692 Philadelphia Field Study II

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Students, in consultation with faculty mentors & advisors, will select a community partner from an approved list and develop a Field Study Plan that takes place over two terms. Challenged to examine the role of dance and dance making in the community at large, students will be asked to examine where their practice intersects directly with the public realm. Students identify, research, engage with and respond to an organization that matches their interests. Resulting creative responses and projects broaden various communities’ understanding of the role that dance can play in contemporary society as well as expanding contexts and opportunities for dance artists.

    Prerequisites DANC*671

    Open only to MFA in Dance majors.
  

  • DANC 693 International Field Study I

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Part one of a two part course, students, in consultation with faculty mentors & advisors, will select an international partner from an approved list and develop a Field Study Plan that takes place over two terms. Challenged to examine the role of dance and dance making in the world at large, students will be asked to examine where their practice intersects directly with the international partner organization’s goals & needs. International partners include a number of respected schools, platforms and organizations.

    Prerequisites DANC*671

    Open only to MFA in Dance majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DANC 694 International Field Study II

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Part two of a two-part course, students, in consultation with faculty mentors & advisors, will select an international partner from an approved list and develop a Field Study Plan that takes place over two terms. Challenged to examine the role of dance and dance making in the world at large, students will be asked to examine where their practice intersects directly with the international partner organization’s goals & needs. International partners include a number of respected schools, platforms and organizations.

    Prerequisites DANC*671

    Open only to MFA in Dance majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DANC 695 Individualized Field Study I

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Part one of a two-part course, students, in consultation with faculty mentors & advisors, will propose their own partner organization and work to develop a Field Study Plan that takes place over two terms. Challenged to examine the role of dance and dance making in the world at large, students will be asked to examine where their practice intersects directly with their proposed partner organization’s goals & needs.

    Prerequisites DANC*671

    Open only to MFA in Dance majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DANC 696 Individualized Field Study II

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Part two of a two-part course. Students, in consultation with faculty mentors & advisors, will propose their own partner organization and work to develop a Field Study Plan that takes place over two terms. Challenged to examine the role of dance and dance making in the world at large, students will be asked to examine where their practice intersects directly with their proposed partner organization’s goals & needs.

    Prerequisites DANC*671

    Open only to MFA in Dance majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DANC 699 Topics: Dance

    College of Performing Arts

    1 - 6 credits 0.0 hours
    600 level graduate course

    Graduate students may register for upper-level undergraduate liberal arts courses and studio electives for graduate credit. Graduate students are expected to contribute at a higher level in the classroom and have additional assignments (readings, papers, etc.) in order to be granted graduate credit. Students are advised to select an area of study that broadens or intensifies their background in the arts, education, and related disciplines. Often this work contributes directly to the preparation of the graduate project proposal. In order to register for an upper-level undergraduate course and receive credit, the student must submit a completed special topics/independent study form to the Office of the Registrar.

    This course may be repeated for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
  

  • DANC 711 Thesis Body Practice

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 30.0 hours
    700 level graduate course

    Students work to develop and articulate independent body practices that emerge alongside and within their creative thesis work. Thesis mentors guide students through the reflective, critical processes. Students will find innovative ways to share their processes with classmates throughout the course.

    Open only to MFA in Dance majors.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DANC 721 Thesis Forms

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 30.0 hours
    700 level graduate course

    Thesis Forms & Project is the capstone experience of the MFA program. Students propose, plan, rehearse, discuss and develop new work. A synthesis of the program’s coursework, this original research is two-part: a portfolio that includes written work and a public performance. Thesis work develops under the direction of a thesis mentor.

    Prerequisites DANC*661, DANC*662, and DANC*664

    Open only to MFA in Dance majors.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DANC 722 Thesis Forms: Project

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 22.5 hours
    700 level graduate course

    The public performance component of the thesis project. The development of the performance happens under the direction of a thesis mentor.

    Prerequisites DANC*661, DANC*662, and DANC*664

    Corequisite Course(s): DANC*721

    Open only to MFA in Dance majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DANC 730 Portfolio I

    College of Performing Arts

    6 credits 90.0 hours
    700 level graduate course

    During this course, students will begin to review, organize and reflect on their extensive body of professional work in the field of dance. The portfolio is developed to include artist statement, cv, written examination of their work, press & public reviews, and a list of any grants, honoriums and/or fellowships. Students will be encouraged to find innovative ways to share their work both online and on paper.

    Prerequisites DANC*661 or DANC*662

    Open only to low-residency MFA in Dance majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DANC 731 Portfolio II

    College of Performing Arts

    6 credits 90.0 hours
    700 level graduate course

    The continuation of extensive review of professional work from Portfolio I, concluding with public artist talk. Portfolio developed to include artist statement, cv, written examination of work, press & public reviews, and a list of any grants, honoriums and/or fellowships. The presentation will take the form of a one hour artist talk. Students will be required to attend artist talks of their classmates.

    Prerequisites DANC*730

    Open only to low-residency MFA in Dance majors.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DAPD 300 Performance Pedagogies of Dance

    College of Performing Arts

    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    PODs offer students the opportunity to make connections through multiple access points, especially in areas of performance. PODs are designed to help students recognize the tools and methodologies used in their own creative work both as performers and as choreographers. Structurally each POD is identified by a unique topic. PODs have required rehearsal times and culminate in a public showing.

    Prerequisites DACR*291 and DACR*292 or DACR*293 and DACR*294

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only. Requires completion of 60 credits
    This course may be repeated for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
  

  • DAPD 311 Jr. Lab: Documentation

    College of Performing Arts

    0.5 credits 15.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    POD labs are set up as locations to deepen and expand the studio experiences set in motion by the PODs. They are intended to create an environment for students to experiment in ways that contribute to developing new skills for dancers and dance makers to develop within, alongside and in support of the art form.

    Corequisite Course(s): DAPD*300

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DAPD 312 Junior Lab: Ethics and Politics

    College of Performing Arts

    0.5 credits 15.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    POD labs are set up as locations to deepen and expand the studio experiences set in motion by the PODs. They are intended to create an environment for students to experiment in ways that contribute to developing new skills for dancers and dance makers to develop within, alongside and in support of the art form.

    Corequisite Course(s): DAPD*300

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DAPD 313 Junior Lab: Hybrid

    College of Performing Arts

    0.5 credits 15.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    POD labs are set up as locations to deepen and expand the studio experiences set in motion by the PODs. They are intended to create an environment for students to experiment in ways that contribute to developing new skills for dancers and dance makers to develop within, alongside and in support of the art form.

    Corequisite Course(s): DAPD*300

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DAPD 314 Junior Lab: Mediated Forms

    College of Performing Arts

    0.5 credits 22.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    POD labs are set up as locations to deepen and expand the studio experiences set in motion by the PODs. They are intended to create an environment for students to experiment in ways that contribute to developing new skills for dancers and dance makers to develop within, alongside and in support of the art form.

    Corequisite Course(s): DAPD*300

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DAPD 315 Junior Lab: Visual Perspectives

    College of Performing Arts

    0.5 credits 15.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    POD labs are set up as locations to deepen and expand the studio experiences set in motion by the PODs. They are intended to create an environment for students to experiment in ways that contribute to developing new skills for dancers and dance makers to develop within, alongside and in support of the art form.

    Corequisite Course(s): DAPD*300

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DAPF 111X Open Studio: Beginning Ballet

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    A fundamental ballet technique course for non-dance majors.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 121X Open Studio: Beginning Jazz

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    A fundamental jazz dance technique course for the non-dance major.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 131X Open Studio: Beginning Modern

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    A fundamental modern dance technique course for non-dance majors.

    Not open to majors in the School of Dance.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 141 Beginning Brazilian Dance



    1 cr, 1.5 hrs
    Formerly DA 104X

    Prerequisites Repeatable for credit.
  

  • DAPF 145 African Dance

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    The study of the contribution of black dance to the development of American dance through the mastery of the technique.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 150 Yoga

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    The study of a system of exercises to achieve physical and spiritual well-being.

    Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 151 Pilates Mat

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    A physical movement, non-apparatus course based on the work developed by Joseph Pilates.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 153 Embodied Anatomy Yoga

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    Through the practice of Yoga, this class emphasizes the study of basic anatomy and
    kinesiology, movement, and hands-on investigation. Students will learn about the body
    and its relationship to structure and function. Working systematically through the body, students
    will build awareness of optimal alignment.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 154 Gyrokinesis(r)

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    The GYROKINESIS(R) body conditioning technique simultaneously stretches and strengthens the body with minimal effort, while increasing range of motion and developing coordination. It incorporates principles from yoga, dance, gymnastics, swimming and tai chi. Unique to this system of exercises, GYROKINESIS(R) class begins with participants practicing self-massage and simple breathing patterns, known as ‘Awakening of the Senses.’ Then the spine and pelvis are engaged through simple exercises: while seated on low stools, participants mobilize the spine through a series of arching, curling, bending, twisting and spiraling movements. The class moves on to the floor, or mat. These same movement patterns are expanded to release the hip, knee, hamstring, quadriceps and so on, in all possible directions. More vigorous movement patterns are executed to enhance trunk stability, strength and endurance. Class often finishes with a short relaxation period.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 185 Ensemble for Student Works

    College of Performing Arts

    1 - 3 credits undefined hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
    This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • DAPF 201 Open Studio: Intermediate Tap

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    The study and practice of the tap style of dance from simple rhythmic footwork to more complex multirhythms and repertory.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 201X Open Studio: Advanced Tap

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This advanced level course will expand on movement concepts that are inherent in tap dance training through consistent studio practice. Students begin to demonstrate their knowledge of and relationship to tap as an integral performative dance form.

    Not Recommended for Beginners
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 203 Introduction to the Franklin Method

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    The Franklin Method, developed by movement specialist Eric Franklin, teaches dynamic alignment and how to move the body with maximum efficiency to keep the body youthful and energized. In every moment, the ideal combination of limbs, joints, gravity, moving parts, connective tissue, and muscle must be found and directed by the brain and nervous system.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 205 Introduction to Bartenieff Fundamentals™

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credits 22.5 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This course introduces students to Bartenieff Fundamentals™, a set of concepts and principles
    based upon developmental movement and established by Irmgard Bartenieff to help create
    neuromuscular building blocks for efficiency, coordination, and flow of movement. Students will
    learn basic Bartenieff exercises in relationship to the concepts of dynamic alignment, breath
    support, core support, rotary function, initiation and sequencing, spatial intention,
    weight transfer, dynamic intention, and developmental patterning.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 221X Open Studio: Intermediate Jazz

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    Not Recommended for Beginners
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 241 Advanced/Beginner Brazilian



    1 cr, 1.5 hrs
    Formerly DA 204X

    Prerequisites Repeatable for credit.
  

  • DAPF 251 Intermediate Pilates Mat

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    A continuation of Pilates Mat Class. The Pilates Method is a series of exercises intended as a complete approach to developing body awareness and easing physicality. It is an exercise-based system that aims to develop the body’s center in order to create a stable core for all types of movement. Intermediate Pilates Mat continues to build strength and flexibility through the practice and study of the practical and conceptual work of founder Joseph Pilates. Exercises are taught in greater depth with a more advanced exploration of the Pilates conditioning system.

    Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 252 Costume Design & Construction for Dance

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits undefined hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This course introduces the fundamental principles of costume design and construction for stage productions. Through the analysis of music, movement, color texture, light and mood, the student will develop a knowledge of the various elements of effective costuming. Students will study types of fabric and costume construction methods through a series of class projects. They will develop the skills to create design ideas in collaboration with choreographers, performers, and directors.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DAPF 311 Studio Practice: Ballet V

    College of Performing Arts

    4 credits 112.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Continuation of DACR 211 & 212.

    Prerequisites DACR*212

    Open to Ballet and Dance Education majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DAPF 312 Studio Practice: Ballet VI

    College of Performing Arts

    4 credits 112.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Continuation of DACR 311.

    Prerequisites DAPF*311

    Open to Ballet and Dance Education majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DAPF 313 Pointe I

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Basic technique of dancing ballet on pointe. Women’s dance variations from the classical repertoire.

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
    Advanced Course - See Dept.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 314 Pointe II

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Basic technique of dancing ballet on pointe. Women’s dance variations from the classical repertoire.

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
    Advanced Course - See Dept.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 321 Studio Practice: Jazz V

    College of Performing Arts

    4 credits 112.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Continued development of technique and various styles as introduced in DACR 221 & 222. The course progresses from basic to complex rhythm and isolation exercises and movement combinations stressing subtlety of dynamics, as well as preparation of repertory.

    Prerequisites DACR*222

    Open to Jazz Dance and Dance Education majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DAPF 322 Studio Practice: Jazz VI

    College of Performing Arts

    4 credits 112.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Continued development of technique and various styles as introduced in DACR 221 & 222. The course progresses from basic to complex rhythm and isolation exercises and movement combinations stressing subtlety of dynamics, as well as preparation of repertory.

    Prerequisites DAPF*321

    Open to Jazz Dance and Dance Education majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DAPF 331 Studio Practice: Modern V

    College of Performing Arts

    4 credits 112.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Continuation of DACR 231 & 232.

    Prerequisites DACR*232

    Open to Modern and Dance Education majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DAPF 332 Studio Practice: Modern VI

    College of Performing Arts

    4 credits 112.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Continuation of DACR 231 & 232.

    Prerequisites DAPF*331

    Open to Modern and Dance Education majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DAPF 338 Modern

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    Continuation of DACR 231 & 232. For students majoring in Ballet or Jazz/Theater Dance.

    Prerequisites DACR*212 or DASP*212

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only. Requires completion of 45 credits
    This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • DAPF 340 Field Study in Dance

    College of Performing Arts

    1.5 - 3 credits undefined hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    With the advisement & mentoring of a School of Dance faculty member, students take on studio practice study within the professional training schools in the city of Philadelphia. The study extends the student’s specific career interest. These training centers include PA Ballet and Philadanco, among others.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
    This course requires permission by the offering program office.
  

  • DAPF 351 Classical Partnering I

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    The basic technique of adagio (pas de deux). Students perform major classical works.

    Experience Required- See Dept.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 352 Classical Partnering II

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    The basic technique of adagio (pas de deux). Students perform major classical works.

    Experience Required- See Dept.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 353 Contemporary Partnering

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This contemporary partnering course utilizes both modern and post-modern dance forms from a non-gendered point of view. Students will work in pairs, trios and small groups. The class will explore lifts, simple holds, and counter-balances. Students will hone each of these skills separately, and then combine them into phrase material. The phrase work may develop into larger choreographic forms.

    Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 355 Classical and Contemporary Variations I

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    The practice of technical movements and variations from both classical and contemporary ballet repertories.

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 356 Classical and Contemporary Variations II

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    The practice of technical movements and variations from both classical and contemporary ballet repertories.

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 357 Open Studio: Aerial Dance

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This class will introduce and teach aerial dance techniques and may include such apparatuses as: silk, trapeze, hoop, harnesses and rigging. Students will explore climbing, leg locks, and a variety of skills and vocabulary. Classes may include conditioning exercises, targeting the core strength and musculature needed for lifting and sustaining bodies in the air. Repertory will be built, taught or created on or by the students.

    Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 360 Student Choreography Workshop

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This course offers students the opportunity to be a part of a workshop format that requires involvement in critical feedback processes and participate as choreographers and/or performers while work is developed, discussed and performed.

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
    This course may be completed 7 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 411 Studio Practice: Ballet VII

    College of Performing Arts

    4 credits 112.5 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Continuation of DAPF 311 & 312.

    Prerequisites DAPF*312

    Open to Ballet and Dance Education majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DAPF 412 Studio Practice: Ballet VIII

    College of Performing Arts

    4 credits 112.5 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Continuation of DAPF 311 & 312.

    Prerequisites DAPF*411

    Open to Ballet and Dance Education majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DAPF 417 Ballet

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    An advanced level studio practice course in ballet.

    Prerequisites DACR*212 or DASP*212

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 418 Ballet VIII

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Continuation of DAPF 317 & 318. For students majoring in Modern or Jazz/Theater Dance.

    Prerequisites DACR*212 or DASP*212

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 421 Studio Practice: Jazz VII

    College of Performing Arts

    4 credits 112.5 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Continuation of DAPF 321 & 322.

    Prerequisites DAPF*322

    Open to Jazz Dance and Dance Education majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DAPF 422 Studio Practice: Jazz VIII

    College of Performing Arts

    4 credits 112.5 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Continuation of DAPF 321 & 322.

    Prerequisites DAPF*421

    Open to Jazz Dance and Dance Education majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DAPF 425 Open Studio: Hip Hop

    College of Performing Arts

    1 credit 22.5 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    An exploration into emerging styles and forms of hip hop.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
  

  • DAPF 431 Studio Practice: Modern VIII

    College of Performing Arts

    4 credits 112.5 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Continuation of DAPF 331 & 332.

    Prerequisites DAPF*332

    Open to Modern and Dance Education majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DAPF 432 Studio Practice: Modern VIII

    College of Performing Arts

    4 credits 112.5 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Continuation of DAPF 331 & 332.

    Prerequisites DAPF*431

    Open to Modern and Dance Education majors only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DAPF 481 Dance Production I

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Designed to assist senior students in meeting their graduation performance requirement. Each student participates in the rehearsal, performance, and technical aspects of the senior graduation concerts. Students are expected to take major responsibilities for the production of these programs.

    Prerequisites DAPF*312, DAPF*322, or DAPF*332

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DAPF 482 Dance Production II

    College of Performing Arts

    2 credits 45.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    Designed to assist senior students in meeting their graduation performance requirement. Each student participates in the rehearsal, performance, and technical aspects of the senior graduation concerts. Students are expected to take major responsibilities for the production of these programs.

    Prerequisites DAPF*312, DAPF*322, or DAPF*332

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DASP 111 Ballet

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    This freshman course will rotate through techniques, styles, faculty, and visiting artists in ballet with a focus on anatomically sound technique with respect for the specific needs and abilities of each individual. Rooted in a codified vocabulary, courses emphasize alignment, movement efficiency, musicality, spaciousness and expressivity. Continuous advancement and development is provided through 5 week module sequence.

    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.
  

  • DASP 112 Ballet

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    This freshman course will rotate through techniques, styles, faculty, and visiting artists in ballet with a focus on anatomically sound technique with respect for the specific needs and abilities of each individual. Rooted in a codified vocabulary, courses emphasize alignment, movement efficiency, musicality, spaciousness and expressivity. Continuous advancement and development is provided through 5 week module sequence.

    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.
  

  • DASP 141 Modern & Jazz Dance

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    A freshmen course that combines the training and practice of both traditional and emerging techniques of Modern and Jazz Dance fields. Each five weeks of the term, a new practice is introduced. Continuous advancement and development is provided through 5 week module sequence.

    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.
  

  • DASP 142 Modern & Jazz Dance

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    100 level undergraduate course

    A freshmen course that combines the training and practice of both traditional and emerging techniques of Modern and Jazz Dance fields. Each five weeks of the term, a new practice is introduced. Continuous advancement and development is provided through 5 week module sequence.

    Prerequisites DASP*141

    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.
  

  • DASP 211 Ballet

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This sophomore course will rotate through techniques, styles, faculty, and visiting artists in ballet with a focus on anatomically sound technique with respect for the specific needs and abilities of each individual. Rooted in a codified vocabulary, courses emphasize alignment, movement efficiency, musicality, spaciousness and expressivity. Continuous advancement and development is provided through 5 week module sequence.

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DASP 212 Ballet

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This sophomore course will rotate through techniques, styles, faculty, and visiting artists in ballet with a focus on anatomically sound technique with respect for the specific needs and abilities of each individual. Rooted in a codified vocabulary, courses emphasize alignment, movement efficiency, musicality, spaciousness and expressivity. Continuous advancement and development is provided through 5 week module sequence.

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DASP 241 Modern & Jazz Dance

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    A sophomore course that combines the training and practice of both traditional and emerging techniques of Modern and Jazz Dance fields. Each five weeks of the term, a new practice is introduced. Continuous advancement and development is provided through 5 week module sequence.

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DASP 242 Modern & Jazz Dance

    College of Performing Arts

    3 credits 90.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    A sophomore course that combines the training and practice of both traditional and emerging techniques of Modern and Jazz Dance fields. Each five weeks of the term, a new practice is introduced. Continuous advancement and development is provided through 5 week module sequence.

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
    This course is not repeatable for credit.
  

  • DASP 251 Extended Practice Lab

    College of Performing Arts

    0.5 credits 22.5 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    These labs will give students the opportunity to extend their studio practice into varying directions of expertise including but not limited to tap, pointe work, partnering (both classical & contemporary), improvisation and men’s class. It will include audition techniques that facilitate and help to organize a student’s expertise and prepare them for varied directions in their pursuit of study and performance opportunities. These labs will be team taught by faculty and visiting artists.

    Prerequisites DASP*111 DASP*112 DASP*141 DASP*142

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • DASP 252 Extended Practice Lab

    College of Performing Arts

    0.5 credits 22.5 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    These labs will give students the opportunity to extend their studio practice into varying directions of expertise including but not limited to tap, pointe work, partnering (both classical & contemporary), improvisation and men’s class. It will include audition techniques that facilitate and help to organize a student’s expertise and prepare them for varied directions in their pursuit of study and performance opportunities. These labs will be team taught by faculty and visiting artists.

    This course is not repeatable for credit.
    This course may not be audited.
    This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
  

  • DASP 261 Embodied Practices Within Mixed Ability Communities

    College of Performing Arts

    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    200 level undergraduate course

    This open elective studio dance practice course explores the teaching philosophy, methodology, and artistic practice of ‘DanceAbility’ founded by Alito Alessi . Students will have studio seminars exploring the movement principles and exercises developed in this method. As an improvisational workshop, students explore the ideas of sensation, relationship, time and design in regards to self-movement, moving with others, community, and the environment. The students will have the opportunity to dance with different populations outside the university studio settings dancing with senior centers and other special populations. No dance experience needed and all abilities are welcome. The course takes place in a wheelchair accessible building and studio.

    This course may be completed 2 times for credit
  

  • DASP 300 Special Topics

    College of Performing Arts

    1.5 credits 45.0 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.

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
    This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • DASP 311 Studio Practice

    College of Performing Arts

    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This intermediate level course will rotate through techniques, styles, faculty, and visiting artists in studio practice with a focus on anatomically sound technique with respect for the specific needs and abilities of each individual. Rooted in a codified vocabulary, courses emphasize alignment, movement efficiency, musicality, spaciousness and expressivity.

    Prerequisites DASP*111, DASP*112, DASP*141, DASP*142, DASP*211, DASP*212,
    DASP*241, and DASP*242

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
    This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • DASP 312 Studio Practice

    College of Performing Arts

    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This intermediate level course will rotate through techniques, styles, faculty, and visiting artists in studio practice with a focus on anatomically sound technique with respect for the specific needs and abilities of each individual. Rooted in a codified vocabulary, courses emphasize alignment, movement efficiency, musicality, spaciousness and expressivity.

    Prerequisites DASP*111, DASP*112, DASP*141, DASP*142, DASP*211, DASP*212,
    DASP*241, and DASP*242

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
    This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • DASP 321 Studio Practice

    College of Performing Arts

    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This intermediate course will rotate through techniques, styles, faculty, and visiting artists in area of studio practice with an emphasis on the modernist cannon of both techniques and with special attention to new, emerging forms that blur boundaries and share styles. A dancer will learn to translate, adapt, quickly, and transition smoothly while focusing on the unique and inherent expressivity of each form.

    Prerequisites DASP*241 or DASP*242

    This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • DASP 322 Studio Practice

    College of Performing Arts

    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This intermediate course will rotate through techniques, styles, faculty, and visiting artists in area of studio practice with an emphasis on the modernist cannon of both techniques and with special attention to new, emerging forms that blur boundaries and share styles. A dancer will learn to translate, adapt, quickly, and transition smoothly while focusing on the unique and inherent expressivity of each form.

    Prerequisites DASP*241 or DASP*242

    This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • DASP 331 Studio Practice

    College of Performing Arts

    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This intermediate course will rotate through techniques, styles, faculty, and visiting artists
    in area of studio practice with an emphasis on the modernist cannon of both techniques and with
    special attention to new, emerging forms that blur boundaries and share styles. A dancer will
    learn to translate, adapt quickly, and transition smoothly while focusing on the unique and
    inherent expressivity of each form.

    Prerequisites DASP*111, DASP*112, DASP*141, DASP*142, DASP*211, DASP*212,
    DASP*241, DASP*242

    This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • DASP 332 Studio Practice

    College of Performing Arts

    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    300 level undergraduate course

    This intermediate course will rotate through techniques, styles, faculty, and visiting artists in area of modern dance with an emphasis on the modernist cannon of both techniques and with special attention to new, emerging forms that blur boundaries and share styles. A dancer will learn to translate, adapt quickly, and transition smoothly while focusing on the unique and inherent expressivity of each form.

    Prerequisites DASP*111, DASP*112, DASP*141, DASP*142, DASP*211, DASP*212,
    DASP*241, DASP*242

    This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • DASP 411 Studio Practice

    College of Performing Arts

    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    This advanced level course will rotate through techniques, styles, faculty, and visiting artists in studio practic with a focus on anatomically sound technique with respect for the specific needs and abilities of each individual. Rooted in a codified vocabulary, courses emphasize alignment, movement efficiency, musicality, spaciousness and expressivity.

    Prerequisites DASP*111, DASP*112, DASP*141, DASP*142, DASP*211, DASP*212, DASP*241, DASP*242

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
    This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • DASP 412 Studio Practice

    College of Performing Arts

    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    This advanced level course will rotate through techniques, styles, faculty, and visiting artists in studio practice with a focus on anatomically sound technique with respect for the specific needs and abilities of each individual. Rooted in a codified vocabulary, courses emphasize alignment, movement efficiency, musicality, spaciousness and expressivity.

    Prerequisites DASP*111, DASP*112, DASP*141, DASP*142, DASP*211, DASP*212, DASP*241, DASP*242

    This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • DASP 421 Studio Practice

    College of Performing Arts

    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    This advanced course will rotate through techniques, styles, faculty, and visiting artists in area of studio practice with an emphasis on the modernist cannon of both techniques and with special attention to new, emerging forms that blur boundaries and share styles. A dancer will learn to translate, adapt quickly, and transition smoothly while focusing on the unique and inherent expressivity of each form.

    Prerequisites DASP*111, DASP*112, DASP*141, DASP*142, DASP*211, DASP*212,
    DASP*241, DASP*242

    Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
    This course may be repeated for credit.
  

  • DASP 422 Studio Practice

    College of Performing Arts

    1.5 credits 45.0 hours
    400 level undergraduate course

    This advanced course will rotate through techniques, styles, faculty, and visiting artists in area of studio practice with an emphasis on the modernist cannon of both techniques and with special attention to new, emerging forms that blur boundaries and share styles. A dancer will learn to translate, adapt quickly, and transition smoothly while focusing on the unique and inherent expressivity of each form.

    Prerequisites DASP*111, DASP*112, DASP*141, DASP*142, DASP*211, DASP*212, DASP*241, DASP*242

    This course may be repeated for credit.
 

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