Dance Teaching Licensure

Program Description

In addition to general education and theatre and dance requirements, students desiring PreK-12 teaching licensure in dance must complete 19 credits of additional course work in education, psychology, and dance and 12 credits of student teaching. It is necessary to be admitted to the teacher education program prior to enrolling in professional education courses. For a complete description of admission and retention policies and procedures for teacher education, refer to the College of Education.

Licensure Requirements

Students seeking licensure are encouraged to consult regularly with the program coordinator of dance education. The undergraduate degree leading to licensure must include the following minimum requirements in dance:

• Course work in each area: ballet, folk¹, jazz and modern dance. Typically completed as part of the dance major, but may require additional course(s) to fulfill.
• Course work in one area of concentration in ballet, folk, jazz or modern dance beyond entry level.
• Course work in composition, improvisation, and dance arts production.
• Course work in scientific foundations, including human anatomy, kinesiology, and injury prevention and care for dance arts.
• Course work in cultural understanding, including cultural context and dance history.

¹

DANC 143 or DANC 303 (topic: folk dance) fulfill the folk dance requirement.

The following is a list of the required courses leading to PreK-12 dance licensure and a suggested sequence of when each may be taken.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Required Courses
STAD 322	Equity, Inclusion and Access in Education and Performance (junior)	3
DANC 315	Injury Prevention and Conditioning	3
DANC 380	Dance Teaching Practicum (prior to student teaching)	3
Subtotal		9
Required Education and Psychology Courses
EDUC 200	Foundations of Education in the United States (spring, sophomore) 1	3
PSYC 160	Life Span Human Development [C5SD] (may double count for General Education) 1	3
LED 420	Content Area Literacy, K-12 (fall, senior)	2
DANC 480	Student Teaching (must be taken for 12 Credit Hours)	12
Subtotal		20
Required Jazz Dance Course
DANC 146	Jazz Dance (0, 4)	2
Subtotal		2
Total Credits		31

¹

Minimum grade of "C" required in EDUC 200, PSYC 160 and WRTC 103.