THEA 1021 - Academic and Professional Issues in Dance
This course is designed to introduce dance-focused students at NWCCD to the academic and professional worlds of dance. This course provides important information to students in their first year so that they can make the best use of their time as a dance student. This course will focus on the discipline of dance, but will also introduce students to key intellectual and literary skills required in academia, including, but not limited to: critical thinking and analysis, knowledge of the discipline, career options, major concerns, ability to reflect and evaluate, and an introduction to the diversity of the discipline in the region and beyond.
Credits: 1
Instructional Method Lecture
General Education Requirement: None
Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of THEA 1021 Academic and Professional Issues in Dance, the student will:
1. Be introduced to dance as an area of academic study as well as a professional career.
2. Be able to think critically so they can understand, analyze and produce new knowledge, both in dance studies and academics and in their life beyond college as well.
3. Be able to demonstrate understanding of and evaluate information effectively.
4. Be acquainted with diversity in the field of dance in the region and beyond.
Program Outcomes
Upon completion of THEA 1021 Academic and Professional Issues in Dance, the student will:
Synthesize performance styles, genres, and major playwrights/choreographers from different cultures and historical periods.
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