School of Education

Certificate in Introductory Studies in Dance/Movement Therapy

Certificate Requirements, 22 credits

To quality for the Certificate in Introductory Studies in Dance/Movement Therapy, a student must take two semesters of Dance courses—Practice and apply for admission to the certificate program at the end of the second semester of the second dance/movement therapy courses (232).

• Dance Courses—Practice
• Either 011 and 012 Modern Dance or 111 Modern Dance Technique I, 4 cr
• Credits from two other dance forms such as Ballet, Jazz, Modern Dance Technique or World Dance forms with no more than two courses in one form, 2-3 cr
• 151 Movement as Material through Improvisation, 2 cr
• 161 Somatic Theory and Practices, 2 cr
• 167 Introduction to Movement Analysis, 2 cr
• 231 Introduction to Dance/Movement Therapy, 2 cr
• 232 Introduction to Dynamics of Dance Therapy, 2 cr
• 331 Dynamics of Dance Therapy, 3 cr
• 439 Dance Therapy Practicum, 3 cr