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Dance Pathway
This pathway assumes:
- You will be a full-time student.
- You will start in the fall.
- You are ready to take 100- and 200-level classes.
If not, you can still complete the pathway! You will just need to make adjustments. Talk with your advisor to customize your plan.
| Description | Designed for students new to the college environment. Introduction to college services; study skills and time management; educational planning and career exploration; and skills necessary to become a successful student. Lectures, small group discussion, and experiential exercises. (UE) |
| Enrollment Requirements | None |
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| Description | The study of basic principles of movement: space, time and effort. Emphasis on alignment and range of motion, creative movement and an appreciation of dance as an art form. No experience required. (LE) |
| Enrollment Requirements | None |
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| Description | This course helps students become more effective writers in academic and professional settings. Students learn to enter ongoing academic conversations, analyze and use secondary sources to formulate, develop, revise, and communicate ideas in writing, and shape their message to different purposes, audiences, and media. (CC) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Completion of ENGL 95 or placement in ENGL& 101. |
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| Description | Fundamental course in communication theory. Students will apply knowledge in variety of settings including interpersonal, public speaking, and small group communication. Recommended preparation: placement in ENGL& 101. (OC) |
| Enrollment Requirements | None |
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Total credits this quarter: 13-15
Course note: EDPL 100 is optional, but it can be really helpful if you don't have much college experience.
Career exploration: Find your people! Attend area-of-study activities and connect with clubs related to your career goals.
Career exploration: If you find ballet instruction in the community, we encourage you to take advantage of it.
Action item: Meet with your advisor to build your degree plan.
Action item: Have your transfer-in credits officially evaluated.
| Description | The continued study of the principles of movement: space, time and effort. Emphasis on alignment and range of motion, creative movement and an appreciation of dance as an art form. (LE) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Completion of DANCE 101 |
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| Description | Formerly MATH 125. Exploration of mathematical concepts with emphasis on observing closely, developing critical thinking, analyzing and synthesizing techniques, improving problem solving skills, and applying concepts to new situations. Core topics are probability and statistics. Additional topics may be chosen from a variety of math areas useful inour society. Graphing calculator required. (QSR,MS) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Completion of MATH 088 or MATH 099 with a minimum grade of C. |
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| Description | Interdisciplinary introduction to global humanities (literature, philosophy, architecture/design, visual and performing arts, etc.), emphasizing experience and participation. Individual instructors determinea central theme or issue to establish focus and comparative structure. Seventh credit may be earned by enrolling in HUM 106 concurrently. Fulfills two Humanities distribution subject areas. (Hwdg) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Placement in ENGL& 101 |
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| Description | Enrollment can only be concurrent and in conjunction with HUM& 101. This additional credit option requires students to attend or experience events in the arts and generate written critical responses, extending and applying HUM& 101 curriculum. (Hwdg) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Concurrent enrollment in HUM& 101 and placement in ENGL& 101 |
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Total credits this quarter: 14-15
Course note: HUM 106 is optional. You could earn your credit in this supplement to HUM& 101 by attending live dance, theatre or music performances.
Career exploration: Compare the different dance and performing arts majors at universities you're interested in.
| Description | Introduction to theatrical performance in a workshop environment utilizing games, improvisations, movement, composition, and scene study. Students move from the creation and performance of short movement based improvisations, to character and textual analysis, and the performance of realistic scenes. (Hp) |
| Enrollment Requirements | None |
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| Description | Includes the study of social justice movement, ideas and philosophies as they are present in significant works of global dramatic literature and modes of theatrical performance. Among the topics of social justice covered are the rise of the women's movement, the Civil Rights movement, race relations in America, cultural insensitivity, totalitarianism, and political satire. These movements and ideas are explored through dramatic literature and theatrical performance spanning Greek tragedies to contemporary avant-garde, and includes Beijing Opera, classical Japanese forms, classical theater, realism, musicals, and vaudeville. (Hdg) |
| Enrollment Requirements | None |
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| Description | Formerly GEOL 120. A study of the nature, causes, impacts, and methods of coping with natural disasters, including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, floods, tsunami, tornadoes, hurricanes, drought, blizzards, fires, and other topics. Lab work and field trips included. (MSgsl) |
| Enrollment Requirements | None |
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| Description | Introductory non-laboratory course in biology emphasizing the environment and its living organisms. Includes discussion of early evolution, energy, ecosystems, and populations, and the balance between man and his environment. Either ENVS& 100 or ENVS& 101 may be taken for credit, not both. (MSws) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Placement in ENGL& 101 |
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Total credits this quarter: 15
Career exploration: Watch live and recorded performances.
Career exploration: Look for a summer job or internship related to your career goals.
Action item: Check the GPA and other entry requirements for your future major. Are you on track?
HUMANITIES click for list (5 credits)
SOCIAL SCIENCE click for list (5 credits)
ELECTIVE click for list (5 credits)
Total credits this quarter: 15
Course note: for your humanities course, consider music, drama or film.
Career exploration: Make an audition video.
Action item: Meet with your advisor about applying to universities. Start your transfer applications.
Action item: Apply for next year's financial aid.
| Description | The continued study of basic principles of movement: space, time and effort. Emphasis on alignment and range of motion, creative movement and an appreciation of dance as an art form. (LE) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Completion of DANCE 102 |
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| Description | Students are involved in mounting a major theatrical production. Actors by audition. Assistant director, stage manager, construction, technical and artistic support by interview, interest and need. Credits determined by level of involvement. May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits maximum. (LE) |
| Enrollment Requirements | None |
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| Description | Formerly DRMA 201. Intensive study of theatrical realism utilizing a workshop approach. Students will become familiar with the terminology and processes used in the rehearsal and performance of psychological realism, and perform numerous scenes and monologues drawn from the diversity of realistic dramatic texts. (LE) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Completion of DRMA 110 or DRMA 125 or permission of instructor. |
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| Description | An introductory exploration of the human body stressing structure and function of body systems along with unifying principles of homeostasis, nutrition, genetics, and disease. This course may be helpful as an exploratory course for students who are considering a career in the health sciences. Lab work included. (MSl) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Placement in ENGL& 101 |
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| Description | This course helps students become more effective communicators through the production of various forms and mediums of writing. Students develop effective rhetorical strategies through analysis of texts and contexts, as well as engaging in independent research as part of meaningful and ethical scholarship. (CC) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Completion of ENGL& 101 with a minimum grade of C-. |
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| Description | This course helps students develop skills in reading and writing about literature. Students analyze literature based on elements of genres, including fiction, poetry, and/or drama, and develop essays using strategies of literary analysis. (CC) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Completion of ENGL& 101 with a minimum grade of C-. |
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| Description | This course helps students develop effective methods of research, organization and presentation of findings typical of professional, technical, and scientific writing. Students develop problem-solving and researching skills, including data collection, the critical analysis of sources, documentation, and document design. (CC) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Completion of ENGL& 101 with a minimum grade of C-. |
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Total credits this quarter: 13-18
Course note: You may or may not need this quarter's elective. Check your total 100- and 200-level credits. You'll need 90 total credits by the end of Quarter 6.
Action item: Meet with the learning contracts coordinator about independent study with a faculty mentor.
Action item: Apply to graduate by week 3 of this quarter.
SOCIAL SCIENCE click for list (5 credits)
MATH/SCIENCE click for list (5 credits)
ELECTIVE click for list ( 5 credits)
LEARNING CONTRACT (3-5 credits)
or ELECTIVE click for list (3-5 credits)
Total credits this quarter: 15-20
Course note: The final learning contract or elective is optional. You don't need it if you'll have 90 100- and 200-level credits without it.
Action item: Attend the spring job fair.