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  • 0.50 Credits

    Intermediate ballet utilizes the basic skills of ballet dance technique with the primary emphasis of developing advanced skills. The class structure will include a full barre warm-up, advanced center combinations, and turns. Partner work may also be introduced. ARTS; Prereq: DANC 142 or permission of the instructor; ARTS; May be repeated once for credit; STAFF
  • 0.50 Credits

    This course focuses on building students' musicality and performance skills. Students are expected to demonstrate knowledge of dance terminology and anatomy and movement vocabulary as introduced in Beginning Jazz. Class work may include attending campus performances, completing research papers, and/or incorporating the tools of technology into dance. ARTS; Prereq: DANC 143, or permission of the instructor; J. Smith
  • 0.50 Credits

    This course allows students who have completed any Intermediate level technique class, the opportunity to continue to develop their dance technique skills. A strong understanding of the fundamentals of dance found in ballet will be emphasized while modern dance techniques will be the focus of the course. ARTS; Prereq: DANC 241, 242, or 243 or permission of the instructor; May be repeated once for credit; J. Smith
  • 3.00 Credits

    Dance Composition focuses on applying the basic elements of dance into the creation of original dance compositions. Students enrolled in this course participate in weekly critiques that focus on learning how to articulate artistic thoughts and ideas in discussions while developing individual artistic goals and voices. Prereq: DANC 145; J. Smith
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces students to the history of western theatrical dance. We begin the study of this history within the courts of France and follow it through post-modern dance in America. The class meets three times a week; two of those meetings are used for lectures, the third for an experiential lesson that draws connections between dance and other fields of study. This course serves as the pre-requisite for the Chicago Dance Project (260A) where students experience dance in an urban setting. J. Smith
  • 0.50 Credits

    Two-week December break program held in Chicago that is open to all students who have taken, or are currently enrolled in, the Dance History course. Students will participate in daily technique classes held at a professional studio of dance training, as well as attend four to six dance concerts over the program's duration. Trips will also be taken to the city's many art and cultural museums to create a full interdisciplinary art experience. Prereq: DANC 260; May be repeated once for credit. Requires an additional program fee; J. Smith
  • 3.00 Credits

    Dance Ensemble provides advanced students with an opportunity to study contemporary trends in performance and choreography. Each year, ensemble participants learn two to three new dance works, created by faculty and/or guest choreographers. These new works are presented by the ensemble in a Spring Dance Concert. Participation is required for two terms for credit. Register in the final term in which the requirements for credit are to be completed. Prereq: DANC 241 and audition; J. Smith
  • 3.00 Credits

    Choreography Workshop focuses on creating an intensive learning environment for dance students who have focused their dance studies on examining the choreographic process. Students enrolled in this course will work independently over two terms on developing dance works to be presented in a spring concert. These students are also required to write an artistic statement and proposal explaining what their goals are in creating their choreographic work, and they will participate in class sessions that focus on understanding how to communicate and collaborate with costume and lighting designers in creating a finished choreographic work, ready for performance. Prereq: DANC 246; and previous choreographic experience; STAFF
  • 3.00 Credits

    Microeconomics is concerned with the behavior of the individual economic agents-consumers, households and businesses-that make up the overall economy. The goal of this course is to introduce students to the analytical tools and techniques used by economists to better understand the choices that economic agents make and how markets function. This course also provides an introduction to fields that apply microeconomics such as environmental economics, international trade, industrial organization, labor economics and public finance. HSS; STAFF
  • 3.00 Credits

    Macroeconomics: the determination of national income, employment and the price level. Topics include monetary and fiscal policy, inflation, unemployment, and economic growth. HSS; STAFF
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