Program Requirements
General Program Requirements:
Number of Credits Required Beyond the Baccalaureate: 60
Required Courses:
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| DANC 8806 | The Creative Process and the Dance Symbol | 3 |
| DANC 8808 | Corporeal Improvisation | 2 |
| DANC 8812 | Performance Environments I: Dance Production | 2 |
| DANC 8861 | Dancing Self in Community | 3 |
| DANC 8868 | Graduate Seminar | 3 |
| DANC 8872 | Dance as a Way of Knowing | 3 |
| DANC 9801 | Research Methods in Dance | 3 |
| Graduate Dance Technique Courses 1 | 6 | |
| Critical Studies | 6 | |
| Select a combination of critical studies courses in consultation with the dance graduate advisor. Options include but are not limited to: | ||
DANC 8859 | Dancing the City | |
DANC 8867 | Educational Inquiry in Dance | |
DANC 8873 | Concepts of Culture | |
DANC 9852 | Dancing the Popular | |
| Performance/Creative Studies | 17 | |
| Select a combination of performance and creative practice courses in consultation with the dance graduate advisor. Options include but are not limited to: | ||
DANC 8847 | Choreographing Philadelphia | |
DANC 8848 | Modal Practice, Structure and Performance | |
DANC 8849 | Studio Research | |
DANC 8862 | Embodied Craft | |
DANC 8866 | The Body Politic | |
| Electives | 6 | |
| Outside of Dance department | ||
| Master’s Concert | ||
| DANC 9984 | Master's Concert in Dance | 6 |
| Total Credit Hours | 60 | |
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Select from techniques courses including but not limited to: DANC 8801, DANC 8821, DANC 8822, DANC 8823, DANC 8824, DANC 8825, DANC 8826, DANC 8827, DANC 8828, DANC 8829, DANC 8832, DANC 8833, DANC 8834 DANC 8836, DANC 8837, and DANC 8838. See the dance graduate director for more information.
Culminating Events:
Master's Thesis Concert:
The Master's Concert is a seven-credit exercise developed over three terms, and culminating in a publicly produced presentation of choreographic work. The Master's Concert generally consists of one major choreographic work designed to demonstrate the candidate's highest achievement of artistry, craft and thinking.
During the Spring term of the second year of full-time study, students identify a thesis advisor, conduct preliminary research, and prepare the thesis concert proposal. The proposal articulates the artistic and intellectual focus of the project, setting out the questions and challenges of the work that will be developed further in the final paper. After the culminating performance, the student submits a written thesis of 8,000 words that documents the choreographic research process and final product, but more crucially also explores the interaction of theory and practice that informs the work, presenting in-depth reflection on strengths, challenges, meanings and projections for future work.