The Department of Visual and Theatre Arts created Tennessee's first certification program in Dance Education. The Dance Education emphasis within the BFA in Fine and Performing Arts degree program is designed to prepare those students who seek careers in the field of Dance Education for state licensure, kindergarten through grade twelve. Students are provided the opportunity to develop performance and choreographic skills through progressively rigorous technique classes and academic excellence through scholarly activity that fosters artistic integrity, scholarship, and an appreciation for continued learning.
Students in the BFA: Dance Education emphasis are expected to take technique classes each semester, as well as perform in the UTM Dance Ensemble every year. Classes in choreography, history and criticism, pedagogy, kinesiology, and education are also important components of the degree program. Dance Education students will be placed for student teaching in one of the highly respected K-12 dance programs in the state.
Required coursework for the BFA in Fine and Performing Arts: Dance Education/ K-12 certification:
General Education Courses:
Eng 111-112 English Composition
Communications 230 Public Speaking
Mathematics [110,130,140,160,185,210, or 251]
History 121-122 or History 201-202
Literature Elective (250,251,260,261,270,271)
Social & Behavioral Science Electives
Foreign Language (French)
Biology 110 and Zoology 201
Arts Core:
Art History 210-211 The History of Art
Dance 110 Understanding Dance
Theatre 110 or 111 Understanding Theatre
Dance Education:
EXSC 305 Applied Human Movement
Dance Ed. 211 Intro to Teaching Dance
Dance Ed. 390 Pedagogy
Dance 415 Dance History and Contemporary Issues
FA 300 Computers and Media for the Arts
FA 310 Aesthetics
Dance:
Dance 120-320-420 Contemporary Dance
Dance 130-330-430 Ballet
Dance 150-350 Dance Ensemble
Dance 310 Jazz Dance
Dance 240-440 Choreography I, II
Professional Education:
TCED 302 Foundations/Strategies
SPEC ED 300 Exceptional Child
Dance Ed. 400 Senior Seminar in Dance Education
Dance Ed. 471-472 Student Teaching Dance
Dance Ed. 473 Seminar Student Teaching
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