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ARTS FOR CHILDREN INTERDISCIPLINARY MAJOR: DANCE SPECIALTY
TOTAL REQUIREMENTS: 48 CREDITS Arts for Children majors are committed to teaching, scholarship, creative expression and service related to the education of children in and through the arts. The interdisciplinary approach helps students leverage new understandings that couldn’t be obtained through singular discipline studies alone. Specific knowledge and skills are learned in each arts area: visual art, dance, music and theatre. Students pursue additional study in an arts discipline of their choice, which may include dance. Interested students must audition and be accepted into the dance specialty area. Please follow the guidelines provided by the Department of Dance. The Arts for Children major is unique in the nation – it requires 48 credit hours of study leading to a BA or BS degree. Students may choose to double major in dance. The major fills another need in providing substantive arts training to prospective classroom teachers. Many Arts for Children majors take part in one of the classroom teacher certification programs. The major is NCATE accredited and approved by the New York State Education Department, and it satisfies pre-professional requirements leading to certification in Early Childhood (birth – grade 2) or Childhood Education (grades 1 - 6). For more information, please visit www.brockport.edu/iac.| INTERDISCIPLINARY CORE COURSES: 6 credits | |
| IAC 280* | Introduction to Related Arts for Children (3 credits) |
| IAC 491 | Seminar in Arts for Children (Spring only, 3 credits; this course must be taken by all IAC majors at the conclusion of program of study) |
| DANCE SPECIALTY COURSES: 21 credits | |
| DNS 204* | Dance Conditioning Lab (Fall only, 2 credits) |
| DNS 205* | Dance Technique I (Fall only, 3 credits) |
| DNS 364 | Dance Improvisation (Spring only, 2 credits; pre-requisites: DNS 205 and MUS 300) |
| DNS 454 | Dance Styles (2 or 3 credits; pre-requisite: DNS 205 or instructor’s permission) |
| DNS 483 | Children’s Dance I (Fall only, 3 credits) |
| DNS 484 | Children’s Dance II (Spring only, 3 credits; pre-requisite: instructor’s permission) |
| DNS 206 ~or~ | 20 th Century Dance (Fall only, instructor’s permission, 3 credits) |
| DNS 316 ~or~ | History and Development of Dance (Spring only, 3 credits) |
| DNS 330 | African Dance II (3 credits; pre-requisite: DNS 106 or instructor’s permission) |
| DNS 306 ~or~ | Beginning Dance Composition (Fall only, 3 credits; pre-requisites: DNS 364 and MUS 300) |
| DNS 375 | Introduction to Laban Movement Analysis (Spring only, 3 credits, pre-requisite: DNS 205 or instructor’s permission) |
| ARTS BLOCK: 21 credits | |
| ART 101* | Visual Art Experience (3 credits) |
| ART 417 | Methods of Teaching Art on Elementary Level (Fall only, 3 credits; pre-requisite: an introductory art course or instructor’s permission ) |
| MUS 300* | Music for Dance (Fall only, 3 credits) |
| MUS 387 |
Music and the Child (Spring and Summer, 3 credits; pre-requisite: MUS 300, MUS 105 or demonstrated music proficiency) |
| THE 281* | Creative Drama (3 credits) |
| THE 353 | Children’s Theatre (3 credits) |
| THE 365 ~or~ | Puppet Theatre (Spring only, 3 credits) |
| THE 281 | Children’s Literature (3 credits) |
| * This course must be taken before declaring a major in Arts for Children. | |
