INTRODUCTION TO DANCE/MOVEMENT THERAPY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Gain factual knowledge of the history of dance/movement therapy and the requirements for practicing in the field. This Includes learning about the American Dance Therapy Association Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand how DMT is used with a variety of issues, e.g. autism, learning disabilities, abuse, woman's issues, etc. & within a number of structures such as individuals, groups, families, classrooms. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Understand movement connections between body, mind, and spirit. Gain a sense of what DMT has to offer without actually doing therapy in class. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Develop awareness of the various applications of basic dance therapy theory & concepts to other related fields such as counseling, teaching, occupational and physical therapy, violence prevention, etc. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Apply concepts and skills from the Violence Prevention through Movement Curriculum to therapy and education. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Develop knowledge of different cultural approaches to child development. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Understand connections between theories that use creativity to explore feelings and create change in other creative art therapies such as music, art, and drama therapy. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Gain factual knowledge of the history of dance/movement therapy and the requirements for practicing in the field. This Includes learning about the American Dance Therapy Association Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand how DMT is used with a variety of issues, e.g. autism, learning disabilities, abuse, woman's issues, etc. & within a number of structures such as individuals, groups, families, classrooms. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Understand movement connections between body, mind, and spirit. Gain a sense of what DMT has to offer without actually doing therapy in class. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Develop awareness of the various applications of basic dance therapy theory & concepts to other related fields such as counseling, teaching, occupational and physical therapy, violence prevention, etc. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Apply concepts and skills from the Violence Prevention through Movement Curriculum to therapy and education. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Develop knowledge of different cultural approaches to child development. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Understand connections between theories that use creativity to explore feelings and create change in other creative art therapies such as music, art, and drama therapy. Audience: Undergraduate