Course Title: Jazz Dance
Title Abbreviation: JAZZ DANCE
Department: PE
Course #: 146
Credits: 1
Variable: No
IUs: 1.5
CIP: n/a
EPC: n/a
REV: 2018
Course Description
Basic and intermediate jazz dance including vocabulary, steps, body positions, general body coordination and fitness.
Prerequisite
None
Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)
Lecture: 0
Lab: 22
Other: 0
Systems: 0
Clinical: 0
Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:
Academic Elective
Equivalencies At Other Institutions
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
General Education Learning Values & Outcomes
Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.
2. Critical Thinking
Definition: The ability to think critically about the nature of knowledge within a discipline and about the ways in which that knowledge is constructed and validated and to be sensitive to the ways these processes often vary among disciplines.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 2.2 Analyze issues and develop questions within a discipline.
3. Communication
Definition: Understanding and producing effective written, spoken, visual, and non-verbal communication.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 3.3 Demonstrate effective listening skills.
4. Community & Cultural Diversity
Definition: Recognizing the value of human communities and cultures from multiple perspectives through a critical understanding of their similarities and differences.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 4.2 Understand, value and respect human differences and commonalities as they relate to issues of race, social class, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities and culture.
6. Individual Awareness & Responsibility
Definition: Understanding, managing, and taking responsibility for one’s learning and behavior in varied and changing environments.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 6.1 Identify ethical and healthy choices and apply these personally, socially, academically, and professionally.
Course Contents
