MCCCD Program Description

Major: 3019 Catalog Year: 2023-2024 Effective Term: 2015 Summer Last Admit Term: 2017 Fall Award: AAS Total Credits: 62-71 CIP Code: 50.0301	Primary College: Initiating College: Scottsdale Community College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: College-Specific Program Availability: Field of Interest: Not Found Instructional Council: Dance (39) GPA: 2.0
SOC Code: 25-1121, 27-2031, 27-2032?

Description: The Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Dance Technology degree is designed for students who plan to enter the field of dance as performers, choreographers, teachers, and multi-media technicians. The program provides classes in dance theory, performance and production, and training in multimedia production and the application of video and computer technology to dance. Students are offered the opportunity to demonstrate this knowledge by producing a short dance performance focusing on dance and camera techniques, lighting design, original sound design, choreography for camera and non-linear editing techniques. A Certificate of Completion (CCL) in Dance Technology also available.

Suggested Course Plan Sequenced by Semester

Required Courses

Students must enroll in one Ballet or Modern Dance technique class each semester.
+ ADA/ART177 Computer-Photographic Imaging 3
DAH100 Introduction to Dance 3
DAH110 Dance in Film 3

DAN131 Ballet I (1) OR
+ DAN134 Ballet II (1) OR
+ DAN231AA Ballet III: Intensive (2) OR
+ DAN234AA Ballet IV: Intensive (2) 2-4

DAN132 Modern Dance I (1) OR
+ DAN135 Modern Dance II (1) OR
+ DAN232 Modern Dance III (1) OR
+ DAN235 Modern Dance IV (1) OR
+ DAN232AA Modern Dance III: Intensive (2) OR
+ DAN235AA Modern Dance IV: Intensive (2) 2-4

DAN210 Dance Production I 3
DAN221 Rhythmic Awareness I 3
DAN264 Choreography I 3
+ DAN272 Dance Technology 3
+ DAN275 Choreography for Film and Video 3
+ DAN280 Dance Practicum 2
MTC191 Electronic Music I 3

Credits: 33-37

Restricted Electives
+ ADA/ART175 Electronic Publishing Design I 3 ART100 Introduction to Computer Graphic Art 1 ART131 Photography I 3 DAH190 Discovering Dance Careers 1 + DAH201 World Dance Studies 3 + DAH210 History of Ballet and Modern Dance 3 + DAH250 Dance in Popular Culture 3 DAN120++ Any World Dance course(s) 1-2 DAN133 Jazz Dance I (1) OR + DAN136 Jazz Dance II (1) OR + DAN233 Jazz Dance III (1) OR + DAN236 Jazz Dance IV (1) 1-2 + DAN138 Dance Seminar I 1 DAN140 Tap Dance I 1 DAN150 Dance Performance I (1) 1-2 (DAN150 may be repeated) DAN164 Improvisation 1 DAN211 Dance Production II 3 + DAN233AA Jazz Dance III: Intensive (2) OR + DAN236AA Jazz Dance IV: Intensive (2) 2 + DAN238 Dance Seminar II 1 + DAN/MUP285++ Any Multimedia Performance Ensemble course(s) 3 + DAN293 Teaching Dance in Elementary Education 3 + DAN294 Teaching Dance in Secondary Education 3 + DAN295 Teaching and Management of Studio Dance 3 + DAN296WA Cooperative Education 1 MGT253 Owning and Operating a Small Business 3 MKT210 Applied Marketing Strategies 3 TCM100 Digital Multimedia 3 + TCM134 Pre-Production for Motion Picture and Television 3 + TCM135 Production for Motion Picture and Television 3 + TCM136 Post-Production for Motion Picture and Television 3	Credits: 10

General Electives
	Credits:

General Education Requirements

General Education Requirement	Credits: 19-24

General Education Core	Credits: 12-17

First-Year Composition	Credits: 6
+ ENG101 First-Year Composition (3) OR + ENG107 First-Year Composition for ESL (3) AND + ENG102 First-Year Composition (3) OR + ENG108 First-Year Composition for ESL (3) 6

Oral Communication	Credits: 3
Any approved general education course from the Oral Communication area.

Critical Reading	Credits: 0-3
+ CRE101 College Critical Reading and Critical Thinking (3) OR Equivalent as indicated by assessment 0-3

Mathematics	Credits: 3-5
+ Any approved general education course from the Mathematics area.

General Education Distribution	Credits: 7

Humanities, Arts and Design	Credits: 0
Met by DAH100 in the Required Courses area.

Social-Behavioral Sciences	Credits: 3
Any approved general education course from the Social and Behavioral Sciences area.

Natural Sciences	Credits: 4
Any approved general education course from the Natural Sciences area.

Program Competencies
1. Use the computer to design, produce and manipulate photographic imagery for print and advertising production. (ADA/ART177) 2. Review the field of dance focusing on origins, historical development and cultural characteristics of various styles of dance. (DAH100) 3. Describe and apply a methodology used in the critical analysis and evaluation of dance in film and video. (DAH110) 4. Demonstrate movement quality and performance skills at the beginning-level of ballet. (DAN131, DAN134) 5. Demonstrate movement quality and performance skills at the intermediate level of ballet. (DAN231AA, DAN234AA) 6. Demonstrate movement quality and performance skills at the beginning level of modern dance. (DAN132, DAN135) 7. Demonstrate movement quality and performance skills at the intermediate level of modern dance. (DAN232, DAN235, DAN232AA, DAN235AA) 8. Use the elements of light, sound and scenery as they relate to dance. (DAN210) 9. Read and write music notation and perform movements that correlate with notations. (DAN221) 10. Demonstrate choreographic theories and techniques in the construction of solo and group studies and complete dances. (DAN264) 11. Explain the role of the computers, cameras, sound equipment in dance technology and use the computer as a tool to create, edit, plan for, and distribute dance film projects. (DAN272) 12. Demonstrate a visible exchange between choreography, the camera, electronic music, editing techniques, performance and production elements in a short choreographic work for the camera. (DAN275) 13. Integrate choreography, notation, rhythmic theory, dance technology, performance and production elements in a professional-level dance event. (DAN280) 14. Use computers, printers, synthesizers, and other compatible Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) instruments to produce music for dance choreography and performance. (MTC191)
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites. ++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected. MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: May 27, 2014

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