Sample Program of Study
Photo credit: Brooke Sabin
Total credits required: 60
Summer 2011 - In Residence
Required credits: 14
- Portfolio I-“Performance” (8 weeks, 1-5 credits) Withers, Buckley,
Burgess*
- Review-“Performance” (8 weeks, 1-5 credits) Burgess/Withers
- Personal Aesthetics I “The Body” (8 weeks, 5 credits) Withers, Buckley,
Burgess
- Contemporary Dance History and Criticism (4 weeks, 4 credits) Mattingly
and 4 guest speakers
* Note: Students who qualify for the full 5 credit hours based on the
Portfolio Review I - Performance are not required to enroll in the Portfolio
I - Performance course. A student who receives less than 5 credits for
Portfolio Review I – Performance, must take the remaining credits in the
Portfolio I - Performance course to total 5 credits between the two courses.
Fall 2011 - Distance Learning
Required credits 15
- Portfolio II- “Choreography/Creativity (1-5 credits) Withers, Buckley,
Burgess*
- Review-Choreography/Creativity (1-5 credits) Burgess, Withers
- Personal Aesthetics II “The Environment” (2 credits) Withers, Buckley,
Burgess
- Choreography (4 credits) Withers and Burgess
- Dance Pedagogy (4 credits) Buckley
*Note: Students who qualify for the full 5 credit hours based on the
Portfolio Review II– Choreography/Creativity are not required to enroll
in the Portfolio II- Choreography/Creativity course. A student who
receives less than 5 credits for Portfolio Review II – Choreography,
must take the remaining credits in the Portfolio II - Choreography
course to total 5 credits between the two courses.
Spring 2012 - Distance Learning
Required credits: 14
- Portfolio III-Artistic Initiatives” (1-5 credits) Withers, Buckley,
Burgess*
- Review-Artistic Initiatives (1-5 credits) Burgess, Withers
- New Media and Dance (5 credits) Withers and TBD
- Cultural Communities of Dance (4 credits) Burgess
Note: Students who qualify for the full 5 credit hours based on the
Portfolio Review III – Artistic Initiatives are not required to enroll
in the Portfolio III - Artistic Initiatives course. A student who
receives less than 5 credits for Portfolio Review III – Artistic Initiatives,
must take the remaining credits in the Portfolio III - Artistic Initiatives
course to total 5 credits between the two courses.
Summer 2012 - Distance Learning and One Week in Residence
Required credits: 12
- Thesis (4 credits) Withers, Buckley, Burgess
- Personal Aesthetics III “Integration” (4 credits) Withers, Buckley,
Burgess
- Career Networks in Dance (4 weeks, 4 credits) Burgess and 5 guest
speakers
Fall 2012
Required credits: 5
- Thesis Portfolio (5 Credits) Withers, Buckley, Burgess
Accelerated Placement
15 credit accelerated placement for high level work is possible through
three courses:
- Review: Performance
- Review-Choreography/Creativity
- Review-Artistic Initiatives
These courses abide by a strict rubric to assess the Portfolio-I, II and
III courses. A committee of three faculty members and one outside professional
administer this portfolio review process designed to assist students with
tracking their growth and placement level. The outside adjudicator is
from a nationally/internationally-based dance organization such as the
Kennedy Center and the National Endowment for the Arts. These courses
assess student progress through a strict measurement of milestones via
a rubric based portfolio review. The three areas assessed:
- Performance
- Choreography/Creativity
- Artistic Initiatives
Portfolio and Review are variable credit courses not to be taken for
more than a combined credit hour total of 5 per semester offered.
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