2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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CPSC 406 - Algorithm Analysis
Prerequisite, CPSC 350 . Students study ideas and techniques useful for designing and analyzing data structures and algorithms. In particular, the analytic tools needed for analyzing upper bounds for algorithms and lower bounds for problems will be covered. Problem areas include sorting, graph-based problems, dynamic programming, combinatorial algorithms, computational geometry, encryption, parallel and distributed models, and NP-completeness. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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CPSC 408 - Database Management
Prerequisite, CPSC 350 . Students learn data management concepts and the representation and structure of data in the context of applications and system software. The emphasis is on design of databases and developing applications in a client-server environment using SQL as the query language. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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CPSC 430 - Computational Economics
Prerequisites, MATH 110 and CPSC 230 or CPSC 236 or consent of instructor. This course will introduce students to the computational tools required to understand electronic exchange systems and implement economic experiments. Students will be required to become familiar with numerical analysis, computer simulation and programming of experiments. Letter grade. (Offered as needed.) 4 credits
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CPSC 435 - BioMedical Informatics
Prerequisite, CPSC 230 . Students are introduced to contemporary research topics in medical informatics, including computational techniques for the collection, management, retrieval, and analysis of biomedical data. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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CPSC 440 - Collaborative Game Development
Prerequisite, CPSC 340 . This is a capstone project course in which students design and develop games in collaborative projects. Working with faculty and visiting industry experts, students propose a concept for a computer game or applied interactive simulation, developing that concept over the course of the semester through several stages of specification and prototyping. Final prototypes are entered in a competition at the end of the course whose jury may include representatives from game and simulation development companies. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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CPSC 445 - High Performance Computing
Prerequisite, CPSC 350 , or consent of instructor. The course introduces students to parallel computing architectures and programming models. Students learn and practice parallel programming techniques using shared memory and message passing. Course topics include parallel computing fundamentals, Unix and C, shared memory parallel computing (with OpenMP), message passing parallel computing (with MPI), parallel performance evaluation, and multilevel parallel computing (with OpenMP and MPI combined). (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits
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CPSC 453 - Network Implementation and Security
Prerequisite, CPSC 353 . Students explore the principles and techniques for implementing TCP/IP based networks using Microsoft Windows and Linux servers and clients, including the skills to configure, customize, optimize, troubleshoot, and integrate networks. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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CPSC 454 - Fundamentals of Cybersecurity
Prerequisite, CPSC 350 . Students are exposed to the world of cybersecurity. Emphasis is placed on understanding, recognizing, and patching security exploits. Students will use standard industry tools and techniques to gain hands-on experience in this rapidly-growing field. Note that students majoring in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, or data analytics may not use CPSC 454 as an elective in the major if they are also minoring in cybersecurity. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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CPSC 458 - Web Engineering
Prerequisites, CPSC 350 , CPSC 408 . Students explore the principles and techniques for developing and managing web applications using HTML5, CSS and JavaScript, as well as other web development frameworks such as Ruby on Rails. Students will acquire skills to develop, install, configure, customize, optimize, and troubleshoot web applications. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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CPSC 465 - Integrated Circuit Design I
Prerequisite, CPSC 366 . This course introduces the students to the analysis and design of digital integrated circuits including Combinational (static and dynamic) and Sequential logic integrated circuits using CMOS technology. Students will learn transistor structure, circuit schematic, and physical layout design, layout design rule check, layout vs. schematic check, circuit extraction, and simulation using CAD tools. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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CPSC 466 - Integrated Circuit Design II
Prerequisites, CPSC 330 , CPSC 465 . Recommended, PHYS 102 . The course integrates theoretical and functional ideas from Digital Logic II with the physical electronics covered in Integrated Circuit Design I toward the design of realworld integrated circuits. The course also introduces the student to VLSI CAD tools for physical design. (Offered as a reading and conference only.) 3 credits
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CPSC 490 - Independent Internship
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. P/NP. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) ½-6 credits
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CPSC 491 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Students engage in independent, faculty-mentored scholarly research/creative activity in their discipline which develops fundamentally novel knowledge, content, and/or data. Topics or projects are chosen after discussions between student and instructor who agree upon objective and scope. P/NP or letter grade option with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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CPSC 499 - Individual Study
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 1-6 credits
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Creative and Cultural Industries |
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CCI 100 - Introduction to Creative and Cultural Industries
This introductory course outlines the core debates in 21st century related to culture, media and creative industries as they inform our ideas and relationships regarding identity and technology. Students are introduced to the foundational methods of media and cultural analysis and critical inquiry. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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CCI 202 - Popular Culture
This course introduces the major theories of popular culture, including various artistic practices in contemporary media culture. Topics include postmodernism, sexuality, transgression, visual culture, net activism and new technologies. Students explore theories that examine the basic issues of popular culture - surveillance, censorship, violence, taste and pleasure. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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CCI 203 - Contemporary Issues in Creative and Cultural Industries
This course will take up key ideas and topics in Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI). Specific topics will vary, but the course will engage in recent debates and developments. Examples of this include: new developments in media (VR, digitalization of texts, visual cultures, podcasting, gaming) and their cultural implications; new cultural forms and developments (for example, the rise of ‘disaster tourism’); developments within specific CCI (for example, music, publishing, performance, fashion); controversies and challenges in and through CCI (for example, the arts and the environment, protest and rebellion as cultural movements, creative spaces). Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. May be repeated for credit. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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CCI 204 - Introduction to Museum Studies
(Same as AH 204 .) Through contact with the university’s art collections, field-trips to area museums, and exposure to current theory and debate, this course offers an introduction to the dynamic field of Museum Studies. Topics include collections management, curatorial practice, exhibition planning, museum education and new technologies. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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CCI 291 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Students engage in independent, faculty-mentored scholarly research/creative activity in their discipline which develops fundamentally novel knowledge, content, and/or data. Topics or projects are chosen after discussions between student and instructor who agree upon objective and scope. P/NP or letter grade option with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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CCI 299 - Individual Study
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Designed to meet specific needs of superior students, providing them with in-depth study of a specific area. Course content is chosen in conference between the instructor and student. Letter grade. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 1-3 credits
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CCI 301 - Studies in Cultural Institutions
This course will look at a range of cultural institutions and how they work as creative forces, how they have adapted and altered, and how they define themselves and their cultural contexts. Examples of such institutions include film and media studios, museums and art galleries, national parks, publishing houses, games studios, historic buildings, fashion houses. Students will gain an in-depth understanding of specific institutions as well as a broader grasp of how cultural and creative industries operate. The course is designed to help students gain knowledge of specific institutions that they might wish to work in on graduation. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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CCI 302 - Cultural Memories in the Digital Age
This course questions the consequences of unlimited storage in terms of cultural memories, their production in a world where it is impossible to forget. This course looks at the relationships between images, the globalization of media, cultural experience and the purpose of archives in contemporary life. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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CCI 303 - Cultural Organization Management
This course will examine the key issues, concepts and practices associated with the management and operation of cultural organizations. Taught by faculty and industry-leading guest speakers, covering domestic and international perspectives, the course will equip students with the theoretical and practical skills needed for working in the Creative and Cultural Industries. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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CCI 304 - Creative and Cultural Industries in Practice
A key aspect of the Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI) is the relationship between theory and practice - of the ‘doing’ and ‘thinking’ about creative and cultural texts. This course will explore this relationship, providing students the opportunity to develop skills in making CCI as well as studying it. Depending on the emphasis, this might include: creating a podcast on a creative or social theme; exploring how photographs can act as agents of social change; the power of digital diaries in social and cultural issues; the changing shape of fashion; publishing in the digital age; music and cultural identity. The course will look at the changing shape of CCI and the role of its outputs in these changes. Students will be encouraged to develop their own ‘voice’ through creative practice. This course will allow students, with no previous technical ability, the opportunity to gain ‘hands-on’ experience in making CCI texts as well as gaining a better understanding of how they operate in the world. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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CCI 305 - Cultural Studies
This course engages with the major ideas and concepts of cultural studies. It will introduce the emergence of cultural studies as a discipline, looking at its origins in film and media studies, anthropology, feminism, English, Art, political science, sociology, and gender studies. The course will explore how cultural studies developed ideas for examining cultural texts and products and their relationship to meaning and identity. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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CCI 329 - Experimental Course
Creative and Cultural Industries experimental courses are designed to offer additional opportunities to explore areas and subjects of special interest. Course titles, prerequisites, and credits may vary. Some courses require student lab fees. Specific course details will be listed in the course schedule. May be repeated for credit if the topic is different. Fee: TBD. (Offered as needed.) ½-3 credits
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CCI 333 - CCI and International Contexts
Consent of instructor. Students will visit an international city exploring the multiple intersections of culture, creativity, and industry within specific context of the visited city. Activities may include tours of heritage and historic sites, visits to cultural institutions such as fashion houses, sports stadiums, media companies and tourist sites. The class will emphasize the relationship between the visual and cultural aspects of a city’s identity, encouraging students to explore their specific CCI interests. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. Fee: TBD. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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CCI 399 - Individual Study
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Designed to meet specific needs of superior students, providing them with in-depth study of a specific area. Course content is chosen in conference between the instructor and student. Letter grade. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 1-3 credits
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CCI 444 - Media, Culture and Emotion
(Same as FS 444R .) Prerequisites, CCI minor, film studies major, junior standing. This course examines the intersections of media, culture and emotion from a psychosocial perspective by considering the ways in which people use a range of media objects. Examples are drawn from film to television, podcasts, animation, video games, journalism/news and social media. Letter grade. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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CCI 490 - Independent Internship
Prerequisite, creative and cultural industries minor, consent of instructor. Supervised independent experience in an approved setting. P/NP. May be repeated for credit with different topic. (Offered as needed.) 1-3 credits
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CCI 491 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Students engage in independent, faculty-mentored scholarly research/creative activity in their discipline which develops fundamentally novel knowledge, content, and/or data. Topics or projects are chosen after discussions between student and instructor who agree upon objective and scope. P/NP or letter grade option with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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CCI 498 - Capstone Course in Creative and Cultural Industries
Prerequisites, consent of instructor, senior standing. This course is a capstone course for creative and cultural Industries minors. The course requires students to engage in independent research, building on coursework from the CCI minor. Through discussions, readings, presentations, and case studies the students prepare to utilize concepts, practices, and research from CCI toward their final project, which can include a thesis research paper, a portfolio of creative work, or a combination of the two. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. This course may be repeated for credit. (Offered as a reading and conference only.) 1-3 credits
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CCI 499 - Individual Study
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Designed to meet specific needs of superior students, providing them with in-depth study of a specific area. Course content is chosen in conference between the instructor and student. Letter grade. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 1-3 credits
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CRPR 110 - Filmmaking Fundamentals for Producers
Prerequisite or corequisite, FTV 130A , creative producing major. Students will gain insight into the spectrum of motion picture production and post production crafts and technologies through weekly lectures and demonstrations. The course also introduces students to the roles and responsibilities of key artists and technicians, emphasizing the professional protocols observed in each area of specialization. Fee: $75. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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CRPR 234 - Introduction to Production and Set Management
Prerequisites, FTV 130 or FTV 130A or FTV 130B or FTV 130C or FTV 130D or FTV 130E or FTV 130F or FTV 130G and sophomore standing and creative producing or film and television production or film production or television writing and production major or television minor. Additional prerequisite for creative producing majors, CRPR 110 . Analysis of procedures and problems in preparing a script for film or television production. Emphasis on the role of the production manager in breaking down scripts, setting up shooting schedules, preparing budgets, and planning post-production. Creative producing majors must pass CRPR 234 with a grade of B- or better, or must repeat the course before continuing on with CRPR 334 . Letter grade. Fee: $300. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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CRPR 291 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Students engage in independent, faculty-mentored scholarly research/creative activity in their discipline which develops fundamentally novel knowledge, content, and/or data. Topics or projects are chosen after discussions between student and instructor who agree upon objective and scope. P/NP or letter grade option with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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CRPR 299 - Individual Study
Prerequisites, freshman or sophomore standing only and consent of instructor. Individual research and projects. Students may only count 6 credits of individual study credit towards any degree in Dodge College. This includes any combination of CRPR 299, CRPR 399 , or CRPR 499 . May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 1-3 credits
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CRPR 307 - Overview of Producing
Prerequisites, FTV 130A , creative producing major, sophomore standing. Presents a comprehensive introduction to producing for contemporary moving image formats. Examines various entertainment companies including large corporations, independent production companies, television companies, computer companies, and startup ventures. Methods of production, marketing, distribution, and exhibition are examined in a variety of platforms including motion pictures, network television, cable, interactive communication, video, pay-per-view, and home entertainment. Fee: $75. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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CRPR 312 - Entertainment Law
Prerequisites, CRPR 234 , creative producing major. Examines the legal and ethical issues involved in entertainment law. Topics covered include right of privacy, right of publicity, literary option and purchase contracts, life story rights agreements, intellectual property, copyright, chain of title, music licensing, principles of negotiation, etc. Letter grade. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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CRPR 317 - Creative Producing and Development
Prerequisites, CRPR 307 , CRPR 312 , creative producing major. An introduction to the creative process of finding and developing material for film and television. The course will examine evaluating and developing existing literary material; developing news stories/current events and developing fictional material. Students will learn about the role of the producer in working with writers, agents and studio/network executives during the development process. Letter grade. Fee: $75. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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CRPR 334 - Advanced Production and Post Production Management
Prerequisites, CRPR 234 with a grade of B- or better, creative producing major. An intensive course in motion picture industry roles, practices and procedures for production and post-production. Students will apply what they learn as the key producer or co-producer on an Advanced Production film project, completely managing the process from pre-production through post-production. Creative producing majors must pass CRPR 334 with a grade of B- or better, or must repeat the course before continuing on with CRPR 497 . Fee: $300. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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CRPR 365 - Optioning Books for Film and TV
Prerequisite, DCFMA major. This course is designed to help students gain insight into the industry, through working with experienced professionals in finding, optioning, pitching and selling screenplay ideas and existing screenplays. Fee: $75. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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CRPR 399 - Individual Study
Prerequisites, junior standing, consent of instructor. Individual research and projects. Students may only count 6 credits of individual study credit towards any degree in Dodge College. This includes any combination of CRPR 299 , 399, or CRPR 499 . May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 1-3 credits
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CRPR 425 - Producing the Independent Film
Prerequisites, CRPR 317 , CRPR 334 . Designed to help creative producers understand the particular exigencies of independent productions, this course will provide an in-depth case study of an independent film. Students will develop an appreciation for creative alternatives to financing, location selection, production design, publicity, and marketing, including the value of Internet promotions. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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CRPR 430 - Entertainment Marketing And Distribution For Producers
Prerequisites, CRPR 307 , creative producing major, and junior or senior standing. An overview of the role of marketing in film, television and digital entertainment focusing on the capabilities of the major studios and independent production and distribution companies. Students will investigate both domestic and international marketing and learn how positioning, demographics, public relations, traditional and digital media, creative advertising, social media, distribution platforms and cultural differentiation all interact to create the most impactful campaigns. students will further understand how integral marketing is to their producing courses in content development, business finance, and production. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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CRPR 467 - Production Financing
Prerequisites, CRPR 451 , creative producing major and junior or senior standing. An overview of the various financing structures used in film and television production. Students will learn about bank financing, studio financing, network financing, IPO’s, limited and international co-production partnerships, debt swap financing, negative pickup deals, foreign and domestic presales. Letter grade. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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CRPR 491 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Students engage in independent, faculty-mentored scholarly research/creative activity in their discipline which develops fundamentally novel knowledge, content, and/or data. Topics or projects are chosen after discussions between student and instructor who agree upon objective and scope. P/NP or letter grade option with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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CRPR 494 - Senior Project: Creative Development Portfolio
Prerequisites, senior standing, creative producing major, CRPR 317 and prerequisite or corequisite CRPR 497 . Students will draw upon course work in creative development, production, marketing, and finance, along with their understanding of current international markets, to develop an original creative property and accompanying business plan for a specific global region. Letter grade. Fee: $75. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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CRPR 497 - Creative Producing Senior Thesis Workshop I
Prerequisites, CRPR 317 , CRPR 334 with a B- or better, senior standing, creative producing major, consent of instructor. The first semester of an advanced two-semester course in which each student performs in a key creative crew position in the completion of a finished motion picture project. This course includes a laboratory component held at a different time. Fee: $1,000. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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CRPR 498 - Creative Producing Senior Thesis Workshop II
Prerequisites, CRPR 497 with a B or better, senior standing, creative producing major, consent of instructor. The second semester of an advanced two-semester course in which each student performs in a key creative crew position in the completion of a finished motion picture project. The second semester includes completing a professional caliber motion picture project and premiering the completed work in a public screening. This course includes a laboratory component held at a different time. Fee: $1,000. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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CRPR 499 - Individual Study
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Individual research and projects. Students must have an overall grade point average of at least 3.0 to enroll. Designed to meet specific interests which are not provided for by regular curriculum offerings. May be repeated for credit. Fee: TBD. (Offered as needed.) ½-3 credits
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DANC 100 - Musical Theatre Dance Technique
Enrollment priority given to musical theatre minors. Dance majors may not enroll. This is a preparatory dance activity course that will introduce students to movement concepts, vocabulary, and styles specific to both ballet and jazz dance as foundational techniques for musical theatre movement training. Letter grade. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 1 credit
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DANC 113 - Dance Performance
Prerequisite, audition, or consent of instructor. This course is designed for those students who have been given performance responsibilities in dance productions. P/NP. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1 credit
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DANC 130 - Hip-Hop
This dance activity course is designed to teach participants basic hip-hop dance vocabulary and style. (Offered every semester.) ½ credit
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DANC 132 - Modern Dance
Prerequisite, non-majors, or minors only. This dance activity course is designed for non-majors and dance minors with previous dance experience and will introduce students to movement concepts, vocabulary, and style specific to modern dance. This course may be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1 credit
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DANC 134 - Jazz
Prerequisite, non-majors, or minors only. This dance activity course is designed for non-majors and dance minors with previous dance experience and will introduce students to movement concepts, vocabulary, and style specific to jazz dance. This course may be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1 credit
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DANC 136 - Ballet
Prerequisite, non-majors, or minors only. This dance activity course is designed for non-majors and dance minors with previous dance experience and will introduce students to movement concepts, vocabulary, and style specific to ballet. This course may be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1 credit
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DANC 138 - Tap Dance
Prerequisite, prior experience in tap dance, or consent of instructor. This dance activity course is designed as a progressive development of beginning to low intermediate movement concepts, skills, vocabulary, and style specific to tap dance. This course may be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1 credit
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DANC 139 - Ballroom Dance
This dance activity course is an introduction to social dancing with an emphasis on American ballroom dances: fox trot, waltz, swing, and Latin ballroom dances: cha cha, mambo, and tango. (Offered every semester.) ½ credit
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DANC 141 - Introduction to Dance Studies
Prerequisite, dance major, or dance minor. Through discussion, lecture, critical analysis, readings, and other assignments, this course will present an introduction to dance history and philosophy, professional ethics, dance production issues and practice, and dance as an art form and popular entertainment. Self-analysis, goal setting, and career options will also be explored. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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DANC 172 - Modern Dance
Prerequisites, freshman only, dance major, or consent of chair. This dance technique course is designed for dance majors and includes the fundamental concepts, skills, movement vocabulary, and artistic expression specific to modern dance. This course may be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1 credit
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DANC 174 - Jazz
Prerequisites, freshman only, dance major, or consent of chair. This dance technique course is designed for dance majors and includes the fundamental concepts, skills, movement vocabulary, and artistic expression specific to jazz dance. This course may be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1 credit
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DANC 176 - Ballet
Prerequisites, freshman only, dance major, or consent of chair. This dance technique course is designed for dance majors and includes fundamental concepts, skills, movement vocabulary, and artistic expression specific to ballet. This course may be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1 credit
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DANC 220 - Special Studies in Dance Technique
Prerequisites, DANC 172 , DANC 174 , DANC 176 , consent of chair, and dance, or dance performance major. This course is designed to provide greater depth and breadth of instruction and exploration of dance topics and techniques. Topics will include study with artists in modern dance, jazz, ballet, partnering, movement analysis systems, ethnic dance forms or improvisation. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 1 credit
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DANC 229 - Experimental Course
Prerequisites, dance, or dance performance major, or consent of chair. This course is designed to provide additional opportunities to explore experimental areas and subjects of special interest. Credits will depend on the subject matter and course demands. May be repeated for credit provided the course content is different. (Offered as needed.) ½-3 credits
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DANC 238 - Intermediate Tap Dance
Prerequisite, DANC 138 , or consent of instructor. This dance technique course is designed as a progressive development of intermediate movement concepts, skills, vocabulary, and artistic expression specific to tap dance. Some sections of this course may be offered with DANC 338 . This course May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1 credit
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DANC 239 - Intermediate Ballroom Dance
Prerequisite, DANC 139 , or consent of instructor. This dance activity course will prepare students to execute and perform intermediate ballroom technique. The course content will include skills and competencies applicable to compete in Dance Sport competitions as a Newcomer, Pre-Bronze, Bronze I or full Bronze level, contingent upon each student’s understanding of the presented material. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) ½ credit
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DANC 250 - Dance Repertory
Prerequisites, DANC 172 , DANC 174 , DANC 176 , or consent of instructor. For interested dance students, this course is designed to provide greater depth and breadth of instruction and exploration of dance topics and techniques. Topics may include study with artists in modern dance, jazz, ballet, partnering, movement analysis systems and improvisation. This course may be repeated for credit provided course content is different. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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DANC 260 - Yoga for Dancers
This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of yogic philosophy. Included in the training will be breathing and meditation techniques, anatomical awareness, and the use of imagery in order to integrate the students’ functional and creative potential. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 1 credit
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DANC 261 - Somatics: An Exploration of the Mind and Body Experience
Prerequisite, dance, or dance performance major, or minor, or consent of instructor. This course is designed to provide movement integration for the dance student, in order to develop anatomically correct function in the body and awareness of expressive intention. Included in the training will be developmental movement patterning, yogic principles, applied kinesiology, Bartenieff Fundamentals and Laban Movement Analysis. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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DANC 267 - Conditioning for Dance
This course is designed to provide supplemental training for dancers. Included in the training will be Pilates principles, injury prevention, and kinesiological awareness designed to improve the students’ level of dance performance and technique. This course may be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) ½ credit
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DANC 272 - Modern Dance
Prerequisites, sophomore standing, and dance, or dance performance major, and DANC 172 twice, or consent of chair. This dance technique course is designed for dance majors and includes concepts, skills, movement vocabulary, and artistic expression specific to modern dance. This course may be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1 credit
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DANC 274 - Jazz
Prerequisites, sophomore standing, and dance, or dance performance major, and DANC 174 twice, or consent of chair. This dance technique course is designed for dance majors and includes concepts, skills, movement vocabulary, and artistic expression specific to jazz dance. This course may be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1 credit
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DANC 276 - Ballet
Prerequisites, sophomore standing, and dance, or dance performance major, and DANC 176 twice, or consent of chair. This dance technique course is designed for dance majors and includes concepts, skills, movement vocabulary, and artistic expression specific to ballet. This course may be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1 credit
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DANC 280 - Dance Improvisation
Prerequisite, DANC 172 . This course focuses on creating and developing movement through dance improvisation in solos, duets, and groups. Contact improvisation and partnering, the uses of improvisation in choreography and performance, and the creative process will be explored. Students will be guided toward finding their own artistic voice through movement, discussion, and writing. P/NP. (Offered spring semester.) 2 credits
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DANC 281 - Choreography I
Prerequisites, DANC 141 , DANC 280 . This course is an exploration of movement and analytical study of the art of making dances. The course will concentrate on the four basic elements of composition: space, shape, time, and energy, and will include discussions and readings about the creative process. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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DANC 290 - Independent Internship
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. P/NP. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) ½-3 credits
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DANC 291 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Students engage in independent, faculty-mentored scholarly research/creative activity in their discipline which develops fundamentally novel knowledge, content, and/or data. Topics or projects are chosen after discussions between student and instructor who agree upon objective and scope. P/NP or letter grade option with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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DANC 299 - Individual Study
Prerequisite, freshman or sophomore standing only and consent of instructor. For students who wish to pursue a special area of study not included in the curriculum. To enroll in individual study and research, students must complete the individual study and research form (available from the Office of the University Registrar) and obtain the signatures of the department chair of the course and course instructor. Students should spend 40 to 50 hours in instruction and research for each credit of individual study.
May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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DANC 310 - Dance Ensemble
Prerequisites, audition, and dance, or dance performance major. This course is designed to prepare the student for a performance tour. Through rehearsal, performance, and discussion, students will gain proficiency in dance by learning choreography for performance in various dance styles. Choreography will subsequently be presented in various education settings in surrounding areas. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 1 credit
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DANC 311 - Dance Performance and Study Tour
Prerequisite, DANC 310 . This course is a combined field experience in dance performance and study in selected regions or countries, one being selected for each course. (Offered interterm, alternate years.) 2 credits
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DANC 313 - Dance Performance
Prerequisite, audition, or consent of instructor. Designed for those students who have been given performance responsibilities in dance productions. P/NP. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1 credit
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DANC 329 - Experimental Course
This course is designed to provide additional opportunities to explore experimental areas and subjects of special interest. It may be repeated for credit provided the course content is different. (Offered as needed.) 1-3 credits
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DANC 338 - Advanced Tap Dance
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. This dance technique course is designed as a progressive development of advanced movement concepts, skills, vocabulary, and artistic expression specific to tap dance. Some sections of DANC 238 and DANC 338 are held together. This course may be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 1 credit
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DANC 340 - Principles of Dance Production
Prerequisites, DANC 141 , DANC 281 , or consent of instructor, and dance, or dance performance majors, or dance minors. This course is designed to introduce students to the elements of technical theater specific to a dance production and to prepare students to organize a production in a variety of media. The course covers the fundamentals of lighting and costume design; sound/music/video recording and other multi-media devices; and basic elements of production management such as contracts, labor issues, budgets, facility rentals, marketing and fundraising. Lab experience in technical theatre is included. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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DANC 342 - Dance in Film
Prerequisite, DANC 281 , or consent of chair. Dance in Film will provide an overview of dance produced for the camera. Students will view, analyze, critique, and research dance produced for the mediums of television, video and film. This course will examine the unique differences of dance created for the camera versus dance solely produced for live performance. In addition, students will be introduced to the practical applications of creating dance for the camera. Students will direct, shoot and edit a dance in film project as a final assignment. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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DANC 344 - Dance Education and Outreach
Prerequisite, dance, or dance performance major, or minor. This course is designed to provide an overview of current trends and methodologies used in teaching dance to various diverse populations. It encompasses aesthetic education and the role of the teaching artist in schools and communities. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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DANC 345 - Dancing Through the Decades
Most choreography seen on the “Great White Way” has been influenced by social dances ranging from the Cakewalk to the Moonwalk, and others. This embodied history course is designed to explore how American social dances influenced the choreographers of the Broadway stage for each decade beginning in the 1900s. Letter grade. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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DANC 347 - Music for Dancers
Prerequisite, dance, or dance performance major, or minor, or consent of chair. This course is a study of selected music fundamentals emphasizing rhythmic skills, and basic music vocabulary applicable to dance, and uses of music in choreography. Additional activities include an introduction to historical trends and styles in music, the study of musical forms, and skills for working with musicians. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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DANC 350 - Dance in the Big Apple
Prerequisite, completion of two semesters at Chapman. This course explores the dance training, performance, and research opportunities in New York City. Through the lens of seminal works and artists, students will learn to describe, analyze, interpret, and evaluate dance performance within historic and cultural contexts. Genres will include ballet, Modern dance and jazz dance forms. Students will research historic influences and trace those to current trends in dance through performance, auditions, venues, training, institutional support, and artistic philosophies. Finally, the course will deepen the student’s understanding of the lasting influences of New York’s dance scene throughout its history and how it maintains its presence in the global world of dance. Letter grade. May be repeated for credit. Fee: TBD. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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DANC 351 - Contemporary Dance in Israel
Prerequisites, dance major, consent of instructor. This course provides the opportunity to deepen knowledge of contemporary modern and ballet techniques in Israel and create international professional networks through master classes, workshops, and residencies with renowned Israeli artists and companies such as Batsheva dance, Kibutz Dance Company, the Israeli Ballet, and Vertigo Dance Company. Students will learn about the unique historic dialogue between the United States and Israel where both country’s modern dance languages have, and are, profoundly influencing each other. Students will take classes with faculty teaching the course as well as Israeli master teachers, exchange ideas on choreography with their international peers, share work and possibly performances with international colleagues, and read, view films, and participate in lectures designed to deepen their ability to embody, interpret and evaluate dance through historic and cultural contexts. May be repeated for credit. Fee: TBD. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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DANC 353 - Dance in World Cultures
This course is a study of dance as a performing art, expression of religious faith, vehicle for social interaction, and popular entertainment. The role of dance in world cultures, emergence of social dance, and historical development of performance are explored through reading, videos, discussion, and attendance of live performances. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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DANC 360 - Movement Anatomy and Exercise Physiology
This course is designed to introduce students to human anatomy and exercise physiology. Students will learn the terminology and processes of the human body with significant emphasis placed on the response of the human body to movement and exercise as well as to rest and disease. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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DANC 361 - Dance Kinesiology and Injury Prevention
Prerequisite, DANC 360 . Anatomical and mechanical principles which relate to human movement are reviewed, as well as the analysis, management, and prevention of dance injuries and analysis of body types and technical ability and the means by which to improve dance ability. Aspects of teaching safe technique classes and alternative methods will also be explored. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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DANC 367 - Pilates Theory and Methods
This course is designed to reach an advanced understanding and application of the exercise principles, theory, and history of the Pilates Method. Students receive a certificate of completion at the end of the course and are prepared to apply to Balanced Body to take the exam to become a certified Balanced Body Mat Instructor. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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DANC 372 - Modern Dance
Prerequisites, dance, or dance performance major, and junior standing, DANC 272 twice. Students enrolling in DANC 372 must have taken DANC 272 , or DANCE 372 in the preceding semester. This dance technique course is designed as a progressive development of complex movement concepts, skills, vocabulary, and artistic expression specific to modern dance. This course may be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1 credit
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DANC 374 - Jazz
Prerequisites, dance, or dance performance major, and junior standing, DANC 274 twice. Students enrolling in DANC 374 must have taken DANC 274 , or DANC 374 in the preceding semester. This dance technique course is designed as a progressive development of complex movement concepts, skills, vocabulary, and artistic expression specific to jazz. This course may be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1 credit
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DANC 376 - Ballet
Prerequisites, dance, or dance performance major, and junior standing, DANC 276 twice. Students enrolling in DANC 376 must have taken DANC 276 , or DANC 376 in the preceding semester. This dance technique course is designed as a progressive development of complex movement concepts, skills, vocabulary, and artistic expression specific to ballet. This course may be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1 credit
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DANC 377 - BFA Dance Techniques
Prerequisite, BFA major. This dance technique course is designed for dance majors and includes concepts, skills, movement vocabulary, and artistic expression in a variety of dance styles. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) ½ credit
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DANC 381 - Choreography II
Prerequisites, DANC 281 , junior standing. This course builds on the skills in DANC 281 and includes choreographic forms and composition for groups. Critical evaluation and analysis is emphasized. An exploration of creative resources for choreography will be investigated through reading, discussion, and improvisation. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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