INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORIES OF DANCE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand dance as a form of human expression and communication. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Investigate dances in relation to their larger social, cultural, and political contexts. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Investigate the differences and similarities of dance in various cultures and historical periods Audience: Undergraduate 4. Appreciate the infinite variety of human movement that can be called dance. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Understand critical issues in dance and culture historically and at present Audience: Undergraduate 6. Apply criteria and methods for observing, interpreting, and explaining dance in historical contexts to written critique. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand dance as a form of human expression and communication. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Investigate dances in relation to their larger social, cultural, and political contexts. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Investigate the differences and similarities of dance in various cultures and historical periods Audience: Undergraduate 4. Appreciate the infinite variety of human movement that can be called dance. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Understand critical issues in dance and culture historically and at present Audience: Undergraduate 6. Apply criteria and methods for observing, interpreting, and explaining dance in historical contexts to written critique. Audience: Undergraduate