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Apr 25, 2024
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DANC 6960 - Community Dance Capstone Project
This course offers students an opportunity to put their prior studies of dance artistry, civic engagement, dance content knowledge, and pedagogical theory into practice by implementing a community dance project, performance, and/or research project. Students gain a deeper, experiential understanding of how particular topics or problems within community dance settings and practices are organized and adapted to the interests and abilities of participants. Students hone their communication and advocacy skills through the implementation and presentation of a final capstone project.
Requisites: DANC 6260, 6405, 6460, and 6620
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 6.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 thesis/dissertation
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to formulate a researchable question or identify an organizational problem, identify relevant stakeholders, and design a study or project using appropriate methodologies.
- Students will be able to write a review of the literature that is relevant to their research question or problem.
- Students will be able to implement effective pedagogical, artistic, and practical strategies that are informed by current theories of community dance, including meeting the needs of diverse participants.
- Students will be able to explain the history and ethical principles that guide human research.
- Students will be able to explain the principle of informed consent in community dance research and practice.
- Students will be able to write a final project summary and/or research paper, and draw conclusions for further study and practice.
- Students will be able to present and defend their research and conclusions in an oral presentation.
- Students will be able to demonstrate effective communication and advocacy skills in both written and oral expression.
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