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CRWR 516 Literary Magazine Production
Course teaches students basic principles of magazine production. Students act as editors and assistants for Columbia literary journals, learning the fundamentals of editorial selection, copyediting, proofreading, design, production and distribution.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 59-5151
Requirements Permission Required (DP)
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CRWR 610 Advanced Graduate Fiction Workshop
This repeatable Fiction workshop emphasizes further development in the writing of short fiction and novels.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 59-6203
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CRWR 620 Critical Reading and Writing: Kafka and European Masters
With a focus on Franz Kafka, this course presents the work of Prague’s most influential writers, paying special attention to how the historical and cultural landscape of Eastern Europe in the 20th century impacted their lives and work, and exploring the myriad ways culture and geography inform creative process. In this course, students will interact with the city of Prague through the lenses of great works such as Kafka’s The Trial, Hasek’s outrageous novel, The Good Soldier Svejk, Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being, and works by Karol Capek and Bohumil Hrabel.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 59-6173
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CRWR 625 MFA Poetry Workshop
Students are encouraged to write poetry of the very highest quality. Workshop format makes use of reading assignments, writing exercises, and critique of student work. Students are expected to become familiar with a wide range of models and formal strategies.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 59-6500
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CRWR 626 Graduate Poetics Seminar
The Graduate Poetics Seminar, required of MFA Creative Writing-Poetry students, provides an overview of foundational and touchstone theories of poetic making from Aristotle to the present.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 59-6510
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CRWR 630 Craft Seminar
Rotating topics craft class. Students read literature of specific periods and movements in order to generate poetry (and hybrid writing forms) based on these reading assignments. Craft Seminars that have been offered in past semesters include Poetry Translation, Hybrid Poetics, and Literary College.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 59-6602
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CRWR 650 Thesis Development: Fiction
This course concentrates on the process and extended development necessary for the completion of a book-length thesis. The course is designed for graduate students who normally have completed at least two semesters of Advanced Fiction Writing (or will be concurrently enrolled in a second Advanced class), who have sixty to seventy manuscript pages of what they have identified to a Workshop teacher as thesis material, and are in the early stages of working with a thesis advisor. The course is not for graduate students well on their way to completing the thesis, but rather for those in the early developmental stages of thesis work. The course will focus on how to put it all together; that is, such matters as novel structure and movement, short-story structure and movement, dimensions of point of view, and the uniqueness of such in the individual writing of the students.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 59-6401
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CRWR 651 Thesis: Fiction
Includes one-on-one intensive rewriting manuscript in preparation for candidate’s thesis.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 59-6402
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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CRWR 655 Thesis Development: Poetry
Students in this course will complete the first draft of the thesis required for graduation and prepares students to work with their thesis advisor. Course includes revising and arranging the manuscript, analyzing first books of poetry and the marketplace, and composing the critical essay.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 59-6690
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CRWR 656 Thesis: Poetry
One-on-one intensive revision of the book-length thesis manuscript and/or critical essay required for graduation with an MFA in Poetry. Repeatable once.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 59-6691
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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CRWR 660 Thesis: Nonfiction
Thesis credits, under individual direction by faculty, toward completion of the thesis.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 59-6891
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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CRWR 662 Graduate Workshop: Nonfiction
Graduate-only advanced seminar in literature focuses on one author or a group of authors. Course is repeatable as topic changes.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 59-6700
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CRWR 671 Dreams and Creative Writing: Prague
Mixing medieval with ultra-modern, the surreal and the mythological, the city of Prague has long inspired fantastic and dream-like literature, art, and architecture. In this course, students are invited to tap into the wildly imaginative world of dreams and explore their influence on the work of well-known Czech writers such as Franz Kafka and Gustav Meyrink. With site visits to weird and dreamy locales throughout the city, and through creative prompts and exercises, students will explore first-hand the role of dreams and dream imagery on the creative process.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 59-6172
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CRWR 672 Topics in Writing Abroad: Rome
This J-session course offers an intensive two-week immersion in Rome’s literature, art, history, and culture. Students read fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by noted authors; visit major sites, including the Colosseum, Vatican, Roman Forum, Pompeii, churches, museums and places associated with noted authors; and participate in writing workshops at Lorenzo d’ Medici. Journal entries and reading responses lead to an extended story, essay, or digital project, which may be done in collaboration with students from the Business and Entrepreneurship Department.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 59-6170J
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CRWR 695 Directed Study
Course consists of learning activities involving student independence within the context of regular guidance and direction from a faculty advisor. Directed Studies are appropriate for students who wish to explore a subject beyond what is possible in regular courses or for students who wish to engage in a subject or activity not otherwise offered that semester by the College. They involve close collaboration with a faculty advisor who will assist in development and design of the project, oversee its progress, evaluate the final results, and submit a grade.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 59-6999
Requirements Permission Required (DP)
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 5
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CRWR 699 Topics in Creative Writing
This course focuses on specific topics, genres, and forms relative to the intersection of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction writing, establishing the connection between the written word and other media. Topics covered may include traditional creative writing topics such as structure, form voice, and image, or may concentrate on experimental forms and trends in contemporary creative writing as well as publishing, performance, and new media. Topics include Pedagogy, Publishing, Experimental Writing, and Multimedia Applications.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 59-6100
Prerequisites CRWR 625 MFA Poetry Workshop or CRWR 661 Form and Theory of Nonfiction
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 101 Introduction to Cultural Studies
This course introduces students to the terms, analytical techniques, and interpretive strategies commonly employed in cultural studies. Emphasis is on interdisciplinary approaches to exploring how cultural processes and artifacts are produced, shaped, distributed, consumed, and responded to in diverse ways. Through discussion, research, and writing, class members investigate these varied dimensions of culture; learn to understand them in their broader social, aesthetic, ethical, and political contexts; and thereby prepare for more advanced coursework in Cultural Studies.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-1100
HU
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 201 Cultural Theories
This course maps the major concepts, paradigms and methodologies underlying Cultural Studies theory and practice. Assignments draw upon a diverse range of scholars whose work engages with Marxism, Media Studies, Feminism, Psychoanalysis, Anthropology, Sociology, Post-Colonial Theory, and the interdisciplinary field of Cultural Studies itself. We will make use of examples from art, mass media, literature, and architecture to critically examine themes of production and consumption, power and resistance, technologies and bodies, identity and representation, space, place, and globalization.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-2100
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 205 Methods of Inquiry in Cultural Studies
This course introduces students to diverse methods of inquiry in the field of cultural studies. It provides students with an understanding of critical vocabularies and examines key issues in cultural studies research. Students in this class will learn to utilize various methodologies relevant to interdisciplinary problems and questions that the field of cultural studies poses.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-2150
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 207 Critical Issues in Cultural Studies
This is a topics course designed to engage students in current work in the field of Cultural Studies. Students will and research the work of noted Cultural Studies scholars and activists and also engage them directly through a colloquium series showcasing local, national, or international contemporary scholars and activists. The topic of the course is changeable, and the course is repeatable with each topic change. Topics might include one of the following: Feminism and Film, Climate Change, Transgender Identity, Critical Prison Studies, and Critically Mapping Chicago.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 46-2200
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 210 Critiquing Children’s Culture
This course examines varied spheres of children’s culture while introducing students to the terms, analytical techniques, and interpretive strategies commonly employed in Cultural Studies. Emphasis is on interdisciplinary approaches to exploring how children’s cultural processes and artifacts are produced, shaped, distributed, consumed and responded to in diverse ways. Through discussion, research and writing, class members investigate dimensions of children’s culture, learning to understand them in their broader social, aesthetic, ethical, and political contexts. Topics studied include children’s literature, animated films, teen literature, toys, public schooling, children’s games and new media.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-2425
HU
Prerequisites ENGL 122 International Writing and Rhetoric II or ENGL 112H Writing and Rhetoric II: Honors or ENGL 112 Writing and Rhetoric II
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 211 Art and Activism Studio Project
This course presents opportunity for hands-on civic engagement, with two guiding questions: 1) Can art save lives 2) It might be activism, but is it art Students read theory and examine examples of artistic activism in the larger context of social and political issues informing artistic action. In the studio students execute their artistic action plan. Students will complete, present, and hand in written assignments reflecting on and connecting theories of artistic action with their own practice of creating activist art.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-2505
HU GA
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 212 Philosophical Issues in Film
Course addresses a series of philosophical themes including ethical issues, metaphysical questions, and existential quandaries. Philosophical study can open up vistas of meaning to any student, and films can effectively realize abstract ideas in palpable and compelling ways. Several films are used with readings in philosophical literature to explore specific philosophical themes.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-2405
HU
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 213 Power and Freedom on Screen
Americans cherish individual freedom, while remaining suspicious of power. Yet individual freedom and choice are always exercised within contexts and conditions that are not only unchosen but also saturated with power. This course explores individuals negotiations with power and the unchosen through a series of films paired with theoretical readings. Films will include Into the Wild, Mystic River, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, and Wendy and Lucy, while theoretical authors will include Mill, Marx, Foucault, and Butler.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-2430
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Prerequisites ENGL 112 Writing and Rhetoric II and CULS 101 Introduction to Cultural Studies or ENGL 122 International Writing and Rhetoric II and CULS 101 Introduction to Cultural Studies
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 214 Media, Politics and Intervention
There is a belief that media attention can shame people and governments into stopping human rights abuses. Yet, when examining reality: from past ‘genocides’ to current ‘unexplained killings’ to ongoing systemic ‘abuses’- we know that media attention alone is not sufficient. This course will explore how intervention - by individuals, domestic/international advocacy groups and governments - does or does not occur. The focus will be on the successful and unsuccessful use of media to provoke and sustain tangible respect for human rights.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-2412
HU GA
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 219 Puerto Rican Culture: Negotiation and Resistance
This course is an inquiry into the concept of national culture, the issues of cultural resistance and negotiation, and the complexities of citizenship and representation in Puerto Rico. The island is unique in its development during the 20th century because it is, in fact, a nation without a sovereign state, and its political relationship with the United States, along with its cultural and historical links to Latin America, provide fascinating perspectives in subjectivity, transculturation, nationalism, and popular and official cultures.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-2420
HU PL
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 310 Theories of Media, Society, & Culture
This course will explore the major theories of mass communication, society and culture that have led up to and departed from Cultural Studies. We will examine a variety of theories from communication and media studies that help us to better understand the role media play in society and culture and different ideas about that role. Theories studied will include early propaganda and administrative research, McLuhan and media ecology, as well as Critical Theory, Apparatus theory, political economy, and Cultural Studies.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-3535
Prerequisites CULS 201 Cultural Theories
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 311 Theorizing Power
This seminar explores central questions and problems in contemporary cultural and political theory related to how we theorize power in two dominant forms, including its meanings, its mechanisms, and its ideology. We will contrast the dominant liberal image of power with other understandings of power derived from Foucault: discursive, disciplinary, and biopolitical. We will examine major texts and concepts from Foucault, Butler, Locke, Mill, and others.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-3540
Prerequisites CULS 201 Cultural Theories
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 312 Queer Theory
This course engages concepts of Queer Theory and the central architects of this relatively new field. The course is divided into three sections: Theory, Cultural Manifestations, and Praxis. In section I: Theory, students become familiar with key concepts through both core texts and critical interpretations. Section 2: Cultural Manifestations, focuses on cultural expressions of theory, e.g. art, film, and literature. In section 3: Praxis, students demonstrate contemporary applications either through their own work or through the work of others.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-3530
Prerequisites CULS 201 Cultural Theories
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 313 Postmodernism and Posthumanism in Theory and Practice
This seminar engages the leading theorists of postmodernism, posthumanism, and poststructuralism, offering students an opportunity to become literate in the debates, discourses, and terminology of postmodern cultures. Course also analyzes leading postmodern cultural practices in fields such as architecture, music, film, science, and fine art.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-3500
Prerequisites CULS 201 Cultural Theories
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 314 Marx and Marxisms: A Seminar on Marxist Cultural Theory
This seminar will address key questions and problems in contemporary Marxist cultural theory. We will engage several major texts in the Marxist tradition, including those of Marx, Gramsci, Althusser, Adorno, and Jameson, among others. As a cultural studies seminar, this course will pay particular attention to questions of culture, art, ideology, and the subject, and how these questions have featured in debates within the Marxist tradition. We will also examine the historical and intellectual contexts in which these and other Marxist theories and accounts have emerged and developed.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-3520
Prerequisites CULS 201 Cultural Theories
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 315 Post-Colonial Studies
An integral part of cultural studies, post-colonial studies deals with the complex implications of colonization and colonialism in societies and cultures. This seminar is an inquiry into concepts such as national culture, citizenship, othering, identity and alterity, cultural imperialism, hybridity, and origins, as well as issues of cultural resistance, negotiation, and agency, using examples from all over the world.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-3510
HU GA
Prerequisites CULS 201 Cultural Theories
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 316 Semiotics and Cultural Change
The course explores the implications of systemic and structural theories of culture for issues of cultural change, both revolutionary and evolutionary, by considering particular case studies. Using dyadic and triadic methodologies for the study of signs, we examine case studies to interrogate political, social, and pragmatic outcomes of meta-analytic propositions. Fieldwork experiences engage students in contradictions, coherences, coincidences and confrontations between theory and praxis.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-3502
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Prerequisites CULS 201 Cultural Theories
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 317 Making and Unmaking Whiteness
This advanced seminar examines the cultural and political-economic construction of white identities in the United States and analyzes how white identities are reproduced, maintained, and challenged. How has whiteness been defined in relation to notions of color, race, class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, nation, language, and non-white perspectives In this course, diverse student experiences come into contact with the work of historians and critical race theorists. The course will also examine counter-hegemonic white identities and the possibilities of ‘unmaking’ whiteness.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-3215
Prerequisites CULS 201 Cultural Theories
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 318 Cybercultures
This seminar course explores cyberspace, the most powerful and frequently inhabited site within contemporary culture. Students will explore specific themes such as, identity, community, bodies, virtuality, and sexuality through the lens of post-structuralist, postmodern, cyberfeminist, cyborg, and digital culture theories. Readings, discussions, research, writing, and a cyberethnographic project will help students gain a greater understanding of cyberspace, its culture, and the relationships that exist between machines and humans, as well as those between society and technology.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-3207
Prerequisites CULS 201 Cultural Theories
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 319 Technology and Culture
The use of technologies raises complex and provocative questions about the relationships between humans, animals, the built environment and the natural world. This course engages these questions by introducing students to key theorists, critics and cultural historians of technology. The goal of this course is for students to utilize these perspectives as a means to initiate and/or develop a critical analysis of technologies in their specific cultural, political and historical contexts.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-3425
HU
Prerequisites CULS 201 Cultural Theories
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 320 Food and Culture
This advanced Cultural Studies Seminar is an interdisciplinary investigation into the cultural dimensions of food. Using a variety of theoretical perspectives and models, the course examines issues of gender, ethnicity, class, consumption, agribusiness, global politics, and semiotics while we attempt to understand the complex ways in which social norms, cultural meaning, and economic realities underlie food habits.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-3210
Prerequisites CULS 201 Cultural Theories
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 321 Globalization and Culture
Since the early 1990s, globalization–a multi-faceted and highly contested concept–has become the new buzz word used to name, frame, and also direct the processes of social and technological change that have been taking place all over the world. By the same token, and since then, issues of globalization have been a central preoccupation of intellectual debates and political discourses and practices. This course aims to introduce students to the hotly debated and highly contested conceptual and social phenomenon of globalization, its histories, manifestations, implications, as well as its consequences for the individual and society.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-3415
HU GA
Prerequisites CULS 201 Cultural Theories
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 322 Writing, Language, and Culture Seminar
Students study issues surrounding language, writing, and representation, and produce substantial, complex writing and research projects as they work to build skills in research, prose style, editing, and design. Topics include a rotating series of rhetorical and cultural analyses of consumer, popular culture, networked, and organizational settings. Overall, the course heightens student awareness of the power of writing and representation to shape the way we produce and are produced by the world around us.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-3430
WI
Prerequisites CULS 201 Cultural Theories
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 323 Quantitative Toolkit: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
This course introduces students to quantitative methods of research and analysis within the field of cultural studies. Students will focus on methods of surveying, interviewing and focus groups as a way to answer critical questions in the field of cultural studies, as well as practicing hands-on data analysis techniques. Students will also address ethical issues in data collection and management. This experience may be used in completing research in the Cultural Studies Capstone I and II (46-3994 & 46-3995).
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-3501
Prerequisites CULS 201 Cultural Theories
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 401 Practicing Media and Popular Culture Studies
Prepares students with the tools and conventions of contemporary research in Media Studies and Popular Culture Studies in order to create a project proposal for the Cultural Studies Capstone Project course. Students learn how to identify an inquiry that interests them, develop that interest into a focused research problem, research for material related to their problem, and prepare a literature review summarizing how their inquiry relates to conversations already taking place within the field. After developing a focused inquiry, reviewing the existing literature, and articulating how they might contribute to ongoing conversations about their topic, students write a proposal that supports the development of a substantive piece of research in Media Studies and Popular Culture Studies.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-4991
Prerequisites CULS 101 Introduction to Cultural Studies and CULS 201 Cultural Theories and CULS 205 Methods of Inquiry in Cultural Studies
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 402 Practicing Literary Studies
Prepares students with the tools and conventions of contemporary research in Literary Studies in order to create a project proposal for the Cultural Studies Capstone Project course. Students learn to develop an inquiry that interests them, search the MLA and other databases for sources related to their project, and prepare a literature review that summarizes perspectives others have contributed to their proposed topic. After developing a focused inquiry, reviewing the existing literature, and articulating how they might contribute to ongoing conversations about their topic, students write a proposal that supports the development of a substantive piece of research in literary studies.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-4992
Prerequisites CULS 101 Introduction to Cultural Studies and CULS 201 Cultural Theories and CULS 205 Methods of Inquiry in Cultural Studies
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 403 Practicing Urban Studies
Prepares students with the tools and conventions of contemporary research in the field of Urban Studies in order to create a project proposal for the Cultural Studies Capstone Project course. Students learn how to locate and analyze primary and secondary source materials, prepare a literature review, and develop an inquiry based, original research project proposal based on a topic of their choice. Students will explore a variety of research methods and learn to apply one or more of them to the Capstone Project proposal.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-4993
Prerequisites CULS 101 Introduction to Cultural Studies and CULS 201 Cultural Theories and CULS 205 Methods of Inquiry in Cultural Studies
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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CULS 496 Independent Project: Cultural Studies
An independent study is designed by the student, with the approval of a supervising faculty member, to study an area that is not presently available in the curriculum. Prior to registration, the student must submit a written proposal that outlines the project.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 46-3098
Prerequisites CULS 201 Cultural Theories
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 6
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DANC 101 Modern Dance for Non-Majors
In this course students will study the fundamental principles, practices and vocabulary common to modern dance through a daily practice of warm-up exercises and movement combinations. Emphasis will be on developing conditioning, coordination, alignment, clarity, movement pick-up and artistry. Students will be exposed to the basic historical and philosophical context for the emergence of Modern/Contemporary Dance and will supplement their movement studies with readings from applicable texts, attending performances and written responses.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-1010
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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DANC 102 Performance and Process
This course provides students a way to earn credit for the rehearsal process and/or technical work leading up to a performance in the Dance department. Depending on the length of the rehearsal process and performance commitment students may complete a corresponding reflection paper as part of the course in additional to fulfilling all aspects of their role in the production.
Repeatable: Y
Requirements Permission Required (DP)
Minimum Credits 0 Maximum Credits 1
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DANC 105 Modern IA
In this course students study the fundamental principles, practices and vocabulary common to Modern dance through a daily practice of warm-up exercises and movement combinations. Classes consist of a series of technical exercises that condition the body for strength, flexibility, endurance, and coordination; develop a physical and conceptual awareness of the elements of space, time, and energy; and promote performance skills of concentration, focus, and musicality. Live musicians accompany all dance major technique classes. Modern Technique IA is the first course in a two-semester sequence. Modern Technique IA is a prerequisite for Modern Technique IB.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 33-1011A
Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2
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DANC 106 Modern IB
In this course, students build upon the skills acquired in Modern Technique IA and explore further the fundamental principles, practices and vocabulary common to modern dance through a daily practice of warm-up exercises and movement combinations. Classes consist of a series of technical exercises that condition the body for strength, flexibility, endurance, and coordination; students begin to develop a physical and conceptual awareness of the elements of space, time, and energy; and promote performance skills of concentration, focus, and musicality. Live musicians accompany all dance major technique classes.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 33-1011B
Prerequisites DANC 105 Modern IA
Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2
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DANC 110 Ballet Technique for Non-Majors
In this course students will study the fundamental principles, practices and vocabulary common to ballet technique through a daily practice of warm-up exercises at the barre and movement combinations. The knowledge acquired at the barre is tested in the center through the adagio and allegro sections of the class. Adagio tests balance and fosters a lyrical quality. Allegro tests coordination, articulation and ballon. The daily practice develops strength, balance and dexterity with an emphasis on correct anatomical alignment. Students will be exposed to the basic historical and philosophical context for the emergence of Ballet and will supplement their movement studies with readings from applicable texts, attending performances and written responses.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-1020
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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DANC 115 Ballet Technique IA
This course focuses on fundamental principles, practices and vocabulary common to classical ballet technique through a daily practice of warm-up exercises at the barre and movement combinations both in the center and across the floor. The knowledge acquired at the barre is tested in the center through adagio and allegro sections of the class. Adagio tests balance and fosters a lyrical quality while allegro tests coordination, articulation and the ability to move quickly and softly through space. Emphasis is placed on physical conditioning, coordination, alignment, clarity, movement pick-up and artistry.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 33-1021A
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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DANC 116 Ballet Technique IB
This course expands upon the fundamental principles, practices and vocabulary introduced in Ballet IA and, common to classical ballet technique, through a daily practice of warm-up exercises at the barre and movement combinations both in the center and across the floor. The knowledge acquired at the barre is tested in the center through the adagio and allegro sections of the class. Adagio tests balance and fosters a lyrical quality while allegro tests coordination, articulation and the ability to move quickly and softly through space. Emphasis is placed on physical conditioning, coordination, alignment, clarity, movement pick-up and artistry.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 33-1021B
Prerequisites DANC 115 Ballet Technique IA
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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DANC 120 West African Dance Technique IA
In this course students will study the fundamental techniques, terminology, and history common to traditional West African Dances, primarily those derived from the Old Mali Empire. Developmental exercises will condition the body and refine the ear for the polycentric and polyrhythmic requirements of the forms. Students will learn rhythms (steps) that integrate polycentric somatic forms in space with polyrhythmic patterns in time and emphasize grounded stance and appropriate use of alignment.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 33-1031A
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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DANC 121 West African Dance Technique IB
This course expands upon the fundamental techniques, terminology, and history common to traditional West African Dances, primarily those derived from the Old Mali Empire. Developmental exercises will condition the body and refine the ear for the polycentric and polyrhythmic requirements of the forms. Students will learn rhythms (steps) that integrate polycentric somatic forms in space with polyrhythmic patterns in time and emphasize grounded stance and appropriate use of alignment.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 33-1031B
Prerequisites DANC 120 West African Dance Technique IA
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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DANC 125 The Concert Dance Experience for Non-Majors
The Concert Dance Experience for Non-Majors introduces non-major students to the multifaceted field of dance. Dance as a physical practice, a creative art form, an articulation of culture, and as a mode of intellectual inquiry will be explored. Students will be guided through a variety of creative and physical experiences informed by course readings that provide historical and theoretical context. As part of the course, students will see performances at The Dance Center, which offers a full season of nationally and internationally renowned artists, and use these performances to inform their own exploration in the field.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 33-1201
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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DANC 130 Hip-Hop Studies Symposium
This course serves as an incubation space for students interested in Hip-Hop Studies to build relationships and spark ideas for collaboration through critical thinking and dialogue. The course requires students to attend lectures, workshops, jams and seminars around Hip-Hop history, culture, ethics, and practice both on and off campus. Students and the instructor meet weekly to discuss critical topics raised through these events. Additionally, students are required to complete reading and writing assignments, and give creative presentations that foster the critical dialogue which is the central focus of this course.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-1229
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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DANC 135 Hip-Hop Dance and Culture
This course is an introduction to Hip-Hop technique. In addition, students will develop an understanding of the history, and economic, social, cultural and political context of hip hop dance. Through the lens of cultural studies, students will explore themes of class, race, gender, sexuality, commodification, appropriation, exploitation and cultural resistance, as well as current trends in hip hop dance competition, performance and choreography. Embodied learning will be supplemented through videos, readings, and the completion of written assignments.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-1230
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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DANC 140 Jazz Dance for Non-Majors
Course covers the basic steps, vocabulary, and variations of dance in jazz, which is a common form of dance used in musical theater and commercial and entertainment industries, with its roots in social dance and heavily influenced by African-American traditions. Students learn basic techniques based on ballet and modern dance. Through daily warm-ups and exercises, students gain strength, flexibility, endurance, and coordination. Musicality and performance skills are taught through a series of dance combinations. Students complete vocabulary quizzes, written assignments, and a final project.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-1231
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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DANC 145 African Dance for Non-Majors
African Dance for Non-Majors introduces dances, music, and culture of West Africa. Class begins with warm-up exercises that condition the body for the rigors of this form by developing strength, aerobic stamina, coordination, flexibility, and rhythmic awareness. Second part of class is devoted to learning authentic dances and songs from West Africa, as well as their historical and cultural contexts. Students work closely with the instructor and a master drummer to gain an understanding of the marriage of drumming, rhythm, and music to African dance. Students further explore the history and culture of Africa through dance concert attendance, readings, and the completion of three written assignments.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-1241
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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DANC 150 Tap Dance for Non-Majors
Introductory course covers the basic steps of tap technique. Tap dance, a uniquely American dance form evolved from African-American and Irish-American folkdances, is an important component of contemporary American musical theater. Students learn coordination, rhythmic variations, and performance skills through a series of tap combinations. Students are responsible for practical and written assignments. Tap shoes are required.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-1251
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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DANC 155 Tai Chi Chuan
Course is an introduction to a martial art and discipline for balancing the body, mind, and spirit. Students engage in a unique system of slow, fluid, and continuous movements that gently build strength, coordination, and balance, while teaching students methods for relaxation, focus, and non-strenuous energy-renewal. In addition to the physical activities of the class, readings, discussions, and two written assignments related to Tai Chi, Taoist philosophy, and Chinese history provide a deeper understanding of the form and valuable cross-cultural insights.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-1261
Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2
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DANC 160 Yoga
Course introduces the ancient discipline of personal development that balances body, mind, and spirit. Students learn a series of physical postures as well as practical methods for relaxation, proper breathing, meditation, and concentration that promote health, alleviate stress, improve skeletal alignment, and increase muscular strength and flexibility. Course also provides an introduction to the history and philosophy of yoga, which students explore through readings and written assignments.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-1271
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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DANC 165 Contact Improvisation
This course develops the physical and perceptual skills basic to contact improvisation: falling, rolling, giving and taking weight, moving comfortably from the floor to the air and subtle communication through touch. Students will hone solo improvisational skills and take them into duet and ensemble dancing. The course will provide focused warm-ups designed to cultivate various physical states and motional qualities, skill development and periods of open dancing in which to integrate technical skills.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-1281
Prerequisites DANC 106 Modern IB or 33 1212 Intro to Dance Technique II
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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DANC 170 Strength and Conditioning
Strength and Conditioning provides students with basic knowledge and skills necessary for maintaining a fit and healthy body. Class sessions consist of physical workouts using exercises designed to increase muscular strength, endurance, and flexibility. Health-related issues of diet and lifestyle are also examined in order to build a foundation for healthy eating throughout life. Individual fitness goals are defined and focused programs of exercises may be developed.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-1285
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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DANC 175 Music and Rhythm in Dance
This course develops dancers’ understanding of music and dance in relation to each other. Particular focus is given to developing practical rhythmic skills. Through regular written and movement exercises, students develop proficiency using verbal counting systems to analyze, perform and teach movement materials while also learning to read, write and perform standard rhythmic notation. Approximately one in three class meetings will use lecture, discussion, listening and viewing activities to introduce musical concepts and examine a variety of contemporary musical styles. Music will also be explored in relationship to dancemaking processes including consideration of historic music and dance collaborations.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 33-1350
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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DANC 180 Introduction to Dance Studies
This course orients students to the field of dance as an academic discipline, profession and art form. To this end, this course arms students with information and processes of inquiry so as to facilitate their own decision making as they proceed in the department. Topics to be covered include: an introduction to dance as an art form, dance history, dance as a product of culture, and the relationship of dance technique to the overall field. Class sessions may be augmented by guest lectures led by a number of different Dance Department faculty, staff, students and alumni in an effort to bring new students fully into our learning community.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 33-1351
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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DANC 185 Hip-Hop Dance Technique I
This course will focus on the historical foundations and techniques of Hip Hop (street/urban) dance styles. Through the introduction of foundational vocabularies of specific dances and their social and cultural contexts, students will develop proficiency in a few core techniques that are seen across a wide variety of Hip Hop dance styles.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-1385
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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DANC 198 Topics in Movement Practice
This course teaches specific movement forms and styles that enrich students in ways that may include increased aptitude in dance, more efficient movement, and improved body awareness, as well as broadening their understanding of dance traditions and practices throughout the world. Each semester a different discipline or set of disciplines is featured. Course develops awareness of movement and aesthetic principles particular to each form.
Repeatable: Y
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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DANC 199 Topics in Dance Technique:
This course teaches specific movement forms and styles that increase students’ base of abilities as dancers, while broadening their understanding of dance traditions and practices throughout the world. Each semester a different discipline or set of disciplines is featured, such as cultural styles, concert forms, movement sciences, or specific modern techniques. Examples include jazz, tap, Bharata Natyam, flamenco, African, Irish, and tai chi chuan and hip hop. Instruction covers background, history, and current applications of the topic in addition to the actual dance technique. Course develops awareness of movement and aesthetic principles particular to each example and explores social and cultural traditions that evolve from and characterize each dance.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-1331
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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DANC 205 Modern Technique II
In this course students will study the principles, practices and vocabulary common to modern dance through a daily practice of warm-up exercises and movement combinations. Emphasis will be on developing conditioning, coordination, alignment, clarity, movement pick-up and artistry. Live musicians accompany all modern classes.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-2011
Prerequisites DANC 106 Modern IB or 33 1212 Intro to Dance Technique II or 33 1311 Modern Technique I
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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DANC 215 Ballet Technique II
This course focuses on the principles, practices and vocabulary common to classical ballet technique through a daily practice of warm-up exercises at the barre and movement combinations both in the center and across the floor. The knowledge acquired at the barre is tested in the center through the adagio and allegro sections of the class. Adagio tests balance and fosters a lyrical quality while allegro tests coordination, articulation and the ability to move quickly and softly through space. Emphasis is placed on physical conditioning, coordination, alignment, clarity, movement pick-up and artistry.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-2021
Prerequisites DANC 116 Ballet Technique IB or 33 1212 Intro to Dance Technique II or 33 1321 Ballet I
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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DANC 220 West African Dance Technique II
This course focuses on the techniques, terminology, and history common to traditional West African Dances, primarily those derived from the Old Mali Empire. Developmental exercises will condition the body and refine the ear for the polycentric and polyrhythmic requirements of the forms. Students will learn rhythms (steps) that integrate polycentric somatic forms in space with polyrhythmic patterns in time and emphasize grounded stance and appropriate use of alignment.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-2031
Prerequisites DANC 121 West African Dance Technique IB or 33 1212 Intro to Dance Technique II or 33 1341 West African Dance Technique I
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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DANC 225 Experiential Anatomy
This course is an introduction to the scientific principles underlying the complexities of movement specific to dance. Through writing, movement workshops, reading, and lectures, you will learn to apply scientific principles to movement specific to dance training. This course covers anatomical terminology and topography, skeletal design of each of the major joints, alignment, breathing and care, and prevention of injuries.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 33-2371
Prerequisites DANC 106 Modern IB or 33 1212 Intro to Dance Technique II or 33 1311 Modern Technique I or 33 2011 Modern Technique II
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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DANC 230 Dance Improvisation
This course introduces students to dance performance, composition, and movement research through improvisation. Coursework balances in-depth individual exploration with rigorous practice in spontaneous duet, small group, and ensemble dance making. Throughout the course students will investigate concepts of dance composition while developing skills to work spontaneously, collaboratively, and independently. Direct physical work will prioritize the development of the student’s unique movement voice, readings, writing, and discussion will develop the student’s analytical skills.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 33-2381
Prerequisites DANC 106 Modern IB or 33 1212 Intro to Dance Technique II or 33 1311 Modern Technique I or 33 2011 Modern Technique II
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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DANC 240 Jazz Dance Technique
Course increases the general difficulty of all aspects of the discipline. Instruction also introduces lyrical jazz, rhythmic syncopation, and increasingly difficult dance combinations. Students’ musicality and performance skills continue to grow as technical weaknesses are mastered.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-2232
Prerequisites DANC 140 Jazz Dance for Non-Majors or DANC 106 Modern IB or DANC 205 Modern Technique II or 33 1212 Intro to Dance Technique II or 33 1311 Modern Technique I
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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DANC 255 Tai Chi Chuan II
Course builds on skills learned in Tai Chi Chuan: Beginning by completing and perfecting the Yang (modified or short form) school of Tai Chi. In addition, students learn more difficult movement, begin to practice the self-defense aspects of the form, cultivate a heightened awareness of the discipline’s therapeutic applications, and build a firm foundation for a lifelong relationship with the form.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-2262
Prerequisites DANC 155 Tai Chi Chuan
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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DANC 260 Yoga II
Course takes the basic poses learned in the beginning course to more advanced levels, introducing new postures and increasing challenges to muscle flexibility and strength. Students deepen their understanding and practice of yoga and solidify a lifelong relationship with this discipline for personal health and relaxation.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-2272
Prerequisites DANC 160 Yoga
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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DANC 285 Hip Hop Dance Technique II
This course builds upon students’ understanding of the historical foundations and physical techniques of Hip Hop (street/urban) dances introduced in Hip Hop Dance Technique I. Students will develop intermediate to advanced level technical ability in the movement vocabulary and aesthetic principals associated with particular foundational and/or contemporary choreography at a professional level and/or for specialization in improvisation in a particular style in the circle/cypher/battle.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-2386
Prerequisites DANC 185 Hip-Hop Dance Technique I
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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DANC 305 Artistic Immersion Beyond Chicago: Technique & Creative Process
In this session students will immerse themselves in various forms of dance technique and performance under the tutelage of master teachers. The specific processes employed each J-session will vary according to need and may include any of the following: technique, dancemaking, teaching and performance. This course will provide students with a rigorous ten-day experience in an important dance center beyond Chicago in dance technique, discussion and observation with working professionals in the dance field. Students will write a final reflection paper and maintain a journal documenting their experience.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-3062J
Requirements Permission Required (DP)
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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DANC 310 Intermediate Contemporary Techniques
This course develops physical proficiency in the performance of complex dance materials, emphasizing the deepening of technical practices in either Hip-Hop or modern technical forms. Material may draw upon skills acquired in Hip-Hop I and/or Modern Technique II but with increasing demands and higher expectations for competent execution. Technical weaknesses are addressed as students’ understanding, range, and body control increase. Emphasis is on building the physical capacities of the body with awareness of alignment, developing rhythmic clarity and spatial intent, and learning skills of focus and concentration. Students must audition for placement at this level and/or receive a teacher recommendation. Or, students must have completed 4 credits of Modern II and Hip-Hop I prior to enrolling in this course.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-3091
Prerequisites DANC 205 Modern Technique II or 33 2012 Modern Technique II (F)
Requirements Permission Required (DP)
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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DANC 315 Ballet Technique III
This course goes deeper into the principles, practices and vocabulary common to classical ballet technique through a daily practice of warm-up exercises at the barre and movement combinations both in the center and across the floor. The knowledge acquired at the barre is tested in the center through the adagio and allegro sections of the class. Adagio tests balance and fosters a lyrical quality while allegro tests coordination, articulation and the ability to move quickly and softly through space. Emphasis is placed on physical conditioning, coordination, alignment, clarity, movement pick-up and artistry.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-3021
Prerequisites DANC 215 Ballet Technique II or 33 2022 Ballet Technique II (F) or 33 3022 Ballet Technique III (F)
Requirements Permission Required (DP)
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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DANC 316 Ballet Technique IV
This course develops physical proficiency in the performance of more complex ballet material and may draw upon skills acquired in Ballet Technique III but with increasing demands and higher expectations for competent execution. Technical weaknesses are addressed as students’ understanding, range, and body control increase. The knowledge acquired at the barre is tested in the center through more challenging adagio and allegro combinations. Emphasis is placed on physical conditioning to support stronger allegro work, coordination, alignment, clarity, movement pick-up and artistry.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-3023
Requirements Permission Required (DP)
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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DANC 320 West African Dance Technique III
This course goes deeper into the techniques, terminology, and history common to traditional West African Dances, primarily those derived from the Old Mali Empire. Developmental exercises will condition the body and refine the ear for the polycentric and polyrhythmic requirements of the forms. Students will learn rhythms (steps) that integrate polycentric somatic forms in space with polyrhythmic patterns in time and emphasize grounded stance and appropriate use of alignment.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-3031
Prerequisites DANC 220 West African Dance Technique II or 33 2031 West African Technique II or 33 2032 West African Technique II (F)
Requirements Permission Required (DP)
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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DANC 335 Historical Approaches to Western Concert Dance
Historical Approaches to Western Concert Dance explores the artistic developments in the field of Western concert dance from the 17th century to the 21st century. The course focuses on the socio-political contexts that birthed ballet and modern dance and traces how the aesthetic values of western dance forms over time morph and shift for the concert stage. Through readings, writing, lectures, discussions and extensive viewing of video and live performance, students come to understand the rich lineage of these dance forms.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 33-3343
Prerequisites DANC 330 Postcolonial Approaches to Dance Studies
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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DANC 340 Teaching Dance I
This course is a broad overview of teaching dance, covering both creative and technical skills as they are taught to diverse student populations. In this class students will plan and present material to their classmates and to a population outside of class. Students will observe teachers at work, discuss various methods of teaching and prepare materials for teaching job applications.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 33-3372
Prerequisites DANC 230 Dance Improvisation
Co-requisites DANC 310 Intermediate Contemporary Techniques
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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DANC 341 Teaching Dance II
This course will focus primarily on methodologies of teaching dance technique. Students will serve as teaching assistants - demonstrating, making corrections, and presenting exercises - in a Level I course, in any style. Students will prepare and present movement assignments, design lesson plans, observe and practice teaching skills, and create teaching resources. For the culminating project, students will prepare and present a technique class.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 33-3674
Prerequisites DANC 340 Teaching Dance I
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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DANC 345 Choreography
This course explores a variety of concepts and processes that may be used in making dances. Students will create their own dance studies in response to a variety of assigned exercises. Topics will include concepts such as space, time, shape, and dynamics, and processes for the invention, manipulation and structuring of movement materials. Improvisation and other physical processes will be employed as works are developed, revised and solidified into repeatable forms. Students will engage in critiques of their own and others’ work and are expected to work rigorously and imaginatively to expand in new directions.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 33-3382
Prerequisites PREREQUISITES: DANC 230 Dance Improvisation
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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DANC 350 Artists and Audiences
This course explores the work and rewards of making, teaching, and producing dance and performance in a local-to-global setting. Through reading, reflection and discussion on the artist’s role in society, the class will investigate cultural policy and community-based activism in and through artistic practice. Students will undertake writing and creative assignments aimed at challenging them to develop and articulate their own positions on what they want to do with and through dance. The course features periodic guest speakers, panel discussions, and interaction with working professionals in various functions in the dance and performance world.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 33-3445
Prerequisites DANC 335 Historical Approaches to Western Concert Dance
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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DANC 355 Concert Production
Concert Production is a broad survey of the tasks and processes involved in producing dance as a theatrical event. Emphasis is placed on the relationship of production elements to the choreographic concept or artistic vision and the experience of producing from an administrative, artistic, design, and technical level. A wide range of subject matter is covered including: collaborations with artistic and technical personnel, programming, performance spaces, basics of publicity, grant writing, budgeting, costuming, lighting, sound, video, and practical experience on an actual production. Students gain essential background information as well as practical experience related to the people processes, equipment, and backstage operations that support live performance. Through written work, discussions, and practical projects, students develop a model dance production plan from initial conception to full theatrical completion.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 33-3456
Prerequisites DANC 345 Choreography
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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DANC 360 Kinesiology
This course, a continuation of study begun in Experiential Anatomy, looks at the scientific principles underlying the complexities of movement specific to dance. Content covers the muscular and neuromuscular systems, the physiological support systems, the prevention and care of injuries, development of conditioning programs, analysis of dance movements, and awareness of common anatomical and muscular imbalances found in dancers. Through lecture and movement workshops students learn to apply this information to their own training and to the principles of teaching.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 33-3473
Prerequisites DANC 225 Experiential Anatomy
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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DANC 365 Screen Dance and Sound Design
This course explores computer-based technologies and their applications in dance. A variety of software packages will be examined as partners in the creative process, components within stage productions, and as tools for career support. Direct interaction with technology will be supported by viewings, readings, and discussions about important artists and work in the field. Students will produce finished projects through work in at least two of the following software environments: Dance Forms, Protools LE, and iMovie.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 33-3840
Prerequisites DANC 230 Dance Improvisation
Co-requisites DANC 345 Choreography
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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DANC 374 Graduate Dancemaking II: Representing Self and Other
This course requires students to consider the ethical and aesthetic ramifications that arise when attempting to represent society. Through weekly choreographic studies, students will respond to world events and, in the process, come to a greater awareness of the limits and possibilities of different representational strategies. Of particular interest will be the development of the student’s choreographic point of view through which politics can be articulated. This course will culminate in an informal public showing of student work.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 33-6182
Concurrent Requisite DANC 377 Graduate Dance Studies II: The Politics of Postmodernism
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3
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