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CRGL 212 Glass Blowing Exploration College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Through demonstrations, assignments, and tutoring by the instructor, students are guided toward mastery in off-hand blowing. Blowing of well-balanced functional and non-functional forms is emphasized. Topics covered include the use of color in glass, two- and three-dimensional surface treatment, the relationship between volume and skin of forms, blowing into molds, and working in a variety of scales. The aesthetics of contemporary and historical glass are investigated as they relate to the student’s work.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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CRGL 221 Stained Glass Exploration College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Students work with transparent and opaque glass sheet to produce both two- and three-dimensional artwork. Techniques include glass cutting and grinding, use of caming and copper foil, soldering, enameling, sandblasting and carving, and kiln-firing. Typical projects include stained glass windows or panels, containers, and shallow bowls.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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CRGL 222 Glass: Material, Meaning and Metaphor College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
In this class, students will explore the plasticity, malleability and responsiveness of hot glass. Hollow and solid-forming techniques will be introduced in the hot shop; construction considerations of larger, non-functional glass assemblies will be introduced and refined; non-traditional combinations of glass with common metals and other materials will be covered. These exercises will result in a series of site-specific installations of both individual and group design. Students will be challenged to expand their sense of scale, to explore unconventional display alternatives, and to develop their resourcefulness in accommodating the demands of installing glasswork outside the gallery setting.
This course may be repeated for credit.
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CRGL 223 Glassblowing: Color and Glass College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This class will focus on the use of color in both functional and sculptural glasswork. Color chemistry, the history of color development, and trends in color use in contemporary glass production will be studied. The practices of creating component parts and of assembling complex, technically-sound and chemically-stable glass objects will take place in the glass hot shop, with finishing work done in the coldworking studio. Topics to be covered will include: compatibility testing and appraisal, cane-pulling techniques for both latitudinal and longitudinal caning design, proper application of cane in hot glass work, color overlay techniques, Incalmo, or fused bubble techniques, Swedish overlay, Ariel overlay, and fire-polishing techniques.
This course may be repeated for credit.
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CRGL 224 Glass in the Narrative Mode College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This class will introduce students to the wide range of glass applications outside the hot shop. ‘Warm’ glass techniques, such as fusing and slumping, will allow students to develop their own personal iconography in refined methods of combining glass and imagery through the manipulation of flat and frit glasses, working with bench torches to produce figurative or abstract glass elements, using cold-assembly techniques including UV cements and epoxies; sand-blasting and etching design approaches; kiln-casting of both free-standing glass work and elements to be combined into larger, more complex installations, engraving and enameling techniques, taking advantage of the transparent ‘canvas’ provided by glass; and investigating new technical and creative options for experimental, potentially transgressive stained glasswork.
This course may be repeated for credit.
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CRGL 225 Glassblowing: Form and Function College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This class will focus on traditional glass-blowing techniques. While a great emphasis will be placed on the production of vessels based on historical precedent, students will be also encouraged to use traditional craft to create non-traditional artworks. Through rigorous skill-building exercises in class and during individual practice time, students new to glassblowing will develop their hands and eyes. Students with previous glass experience will take their existing glassblowing skills to a new level of refinement. All students will use historic vessels as both a technical starting point and a springboard for creating glass components for art works. Class time will consist of short slide lectures, group discussions, hot shop demonstrations, and exercises.
Priority enrollment to Crafts & Multidisciplinary majors.
This course may be repeated for credit.
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CRGL 299 Selected Topics in Glass 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 Glass issues.
This course may be completed 4 times for credit.
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CRGL 311 Glass Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Glass is considered as an expressive medium, and development toward a personal style is encouraged. Students work with hot glass in advanced offhand work, blowing into molds, casting, and enameling, as well as advanced stained glass work and incorporation of blown and cast pieces into two- and three-dimensional structures.
Prerequisites Take 6 credits from: CRGL*211, CRGL*212, or CRGL*221
Priority enrollment to Crafts & Multidisciplinary majors.
This course may be completed 4 times for credit.
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CRGL 312 Glass Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Glass is considered as an expressive medium, and development toward a personal style is encouraged. Students work with hot glass in advanced offhand work, blowing into molds, casting, and enameling, as well as advanced stained glass work and incorporation of blown and cast pieces into two and three-dimensional structures.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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CRGL 411 Glass Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Glass is considered as an expressive medium, and development toward a personal style is encouraged. Students work with hot glass in advanced offhand work, blowing into molds, casting, and enameling, as well as advanced stained glass work and incorporation of blown and cast pieces into two and three-dimensional structures.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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CRGL 412 Glass Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
400 level undergraduate course
Glass is considered as an expressive medium, and development toward a personal style is encouraged. Students work with hot glass in advanced offhand work, blowing into molds, casting, and enameling, as well as advanced stained glass work and incorporation of blown and cast pieces into two and three-dimensional structures.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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CRMT 211 Jewelry Exploration College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An exploration of notions of jewelry and body adornment as a means of personal expression. Projects range from precious jewelry making to adornment that extends into performance. Basic goldsmithing skills are taught as essential, while three-dimensional sketching and experimentation in mixed media are encouraged. Successful integration of design, material, and process is the goal. Projects provide students with broad exposure to the many possibilities inherent in jewelry and ornament as related to the human form.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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CRMT 212 Jewelry Exploration College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An exploration of notions of jewelry and body adornment as a means of personal expression. Projects range from precious jewelry making to adornment that extends into performance. Basic goldsmithing skills are taught as essential, while three-dimensional sketching and experimentation in mixed media are encouraged. Successful integration of design, material, and process is the goal. Projects provide students with broad exposure to the many possibilities inherent in jewelry and ornament as related to the human form.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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CRMT 221 Metalsmithing Exploration College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Metal is an extremely versatile material; though hard and durable, it is quite malleable and easily worked. This course covers direct working of metal. Sheet, wire, bar, and rod are given form by hammering, seaming, and bending, etc. The majority of work is done in bronze, brass, and copper, though steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and precious metals may be used, as well. Contemporary issues addressed include the object as sculpture, process as a source material, the importance of surface and detail, and functional objects made by artists.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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CRMT 223 Jewelry Rendering and Design College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Students explore two-dimensional pencil and gouache techniques effective in creating the illusion of finished pieces of jewelry. Emphasis is on the skill development necessary to communicate and evaluate ideas prior to making. Presentation and development of a portfolio are an integral part of the course. Formerly CR 243
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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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 227 Introduction to Electroforming College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
Electroforming is the process of electrically depositing (plating) metal onto a non-metallic surface or object. Metal may be built up on non-porous materials such as wax, plastic, Styrofoam, glass, stone, etc. Wax or foam may be removed from electroformed objects to leave a strong, lightweight, self-supporting metal shell. Students work in electroformed copper; assignments are structured to allow students to work in accustomed formats and/or combine electroforming with other materials or processes.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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CRMT 228 Metal Furniture College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course questions our cultural assumptions about furniture. Are common furniture forms dictated by functional requirements or arbitrary choices that have become traditional? Metal (steel, aluminum, bronze) is used for its strength and versatility; other materials are combined with metal according to student ideas and interests. Techniques include bending/forming of rod, tube and plate, oxyacetylene welding, brazing, mechanical fasteners/tap and die, riveting, and light blacksmithing. Typical student projects include small tables, lamps, chairs, outdoor/public furnishings, and experimental forms.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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CRMT 229 Small Scale Steelworking College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course covers light blacksmithing, thin-sheet welding, and other techniques suitable for working steel at tabletop size. Aluminum and other metals may also be used where appropriate. The focus is on the possibilities of metal for the contemporary craftsperson. Contemporary issues include the functional object, the decorative impulse, process as a source of inspiration, and the importance of surface detail.
This course may be completed 3 times for credit.
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CRMT 311 Jewelry/Metals Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 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.
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 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 322 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 321 Wood Studio College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Covers more complex design projects, combinations of objects, and advanced model making and finishing techniques. Emphasis on imagination, inventiveness, and depth of content.
Prerequisites CRWD*221
Priority enrollment to Crafts majors.
This course may be completed 2 times for credit
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CRWD 322 Advanced Furniture College of Art, Media & Design School of Art
3 credits 90.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course
Continuation of CRWD 223 (Introduction to Furniture) involving more complex design projects, combinations of objects, and advanced model making and finishing techniques. Emphasis on imagination, inventiveness, and depth of content. 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*221
Priority enrollment to Crafts majors.
This course may be completed 2 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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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 155 Dance Ethnology College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 22.5 hours
100 level undergraduate course
A survey of the broad perspectives of dance as an expression of culture through investigation of Western and non-Western dance forms.
Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance.
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 163 Eurythmics College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 22.5 hours
100 level undergraduate course
A beginning course in dance theory and composition that explores the development of rhythm perception through movement improvisation. Students receive weekly movement assignments directed toward specific rhythm and dance problems.
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 171 Nutrition College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 22.5 hours
100 level undergraduate course
The study of nutrition and its application to food selection, with special emphasis on the nutritional needs of the dancer.
Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 172 Dance Therapy College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 22.5 hours
100 level undergraduate course
An examination of the use of dance movements as therapeutic tools in working with the physically and mentally handicapped.
Open to majors in the School of Dance only. Requires completion of 15 credits
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 173 Kinesiology College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 22.5 hours
200 level undergraduate course
A study of the mechanics of the body in motion based upon the background provided in Anatomy for Dancers. Muscular and biomechanical aspects are presented, with a stress on overuse syndrome and prevention of dance injuries.
Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance.
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 Pedagogy 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 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 265 Notation I College of Performing Arts School of Dance
2 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An introduction to the Laban system of recording dance movement. The course deals with the study of basic notation symbols for reading and writing movements involving steps, arm and leg gestures, turns, and rhythmic and spatial patterns. Notation II comprises intermediate study in reading and writing dance phrases including torso, parts of the limbs, and head.
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 266 Notation II College of Performing Arts School of Dance
2 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course
An introduction to the Laban system of recording dance movement. The course deals with the study of basic notation symbols for reading and writing movements involving steps, arm and leg gestures, turns, and rhythmic and spatial patterns. Notation II comprises intermediate study in reading and writing dance phrases including torso, parts of the limbs, and head.
Prerequisites DACR*265
Open to majors in the School of Dance only.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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DACR 273 Intro to the Fitness Industry College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 22.5 hours
200 level undergraduate course
This course is not repeatable for credit.
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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 365 Score Reconstruction College of Performing Arts School of Dance
1 credit 22.5 hours
300 level undergraduate course
The application of Laban principles to the recreation of notated solo and/or group works. The works studied are drawn from repertory of established choreographers and include compositions in the various styles of dance. The course may include performance of reconstructed works.
Prerequisites DACR*265
Junior/Senior Preferred
This course may be repeated 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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