CCOG for PE 186E archive revision 201804
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- Effective Term:
- Fall 2018 through Summer 2021
- Course Number:
- PE 186E
- Course Title:
- Ballroom II
- Credit Hours:
- 1
- Lecture Hours:
- 0
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 30
Course Description
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon completion of the course students should be able to:
1. Use increased spatial awareness, partnering skills, and coordination in order to build social connections and help make social choices.
2. Use social skills to acknowledge diversity and develop tolerance, support, and attentiveness towards other human beings.
3. Appreciate ballroom dance as an art form and understand how it fits in with other areas of dance.
4. Use developed skills in improvisation to promote creative problem solving.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
1. Participation
2. Creative Projects
3. Practical Evaluation
Other assessment strategies may include:
1. Group or individual choreography
2. Written exam to test knowledge or terminology and/or history
3. Research paper
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Structure:
Skill introduction and review
New pattern presentation
Practice with rotating partners
Improvisational dance and practice time
Movement:
Footwork and floor craft specific to each dance
Appropriate styling and musicality
Improvised sequences
Skill development and variations
Theory:
Familiarity with origins, history, and styling of each dance
Recognition of music used to accompany individual dances
Ability to dance written patterns