2003-04 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705
 

Website: www.iup.edu/theater

The Department of Theater and Dance is dedicated to both theater and dance as collaborative and highly disciplined fields offering an extended view of the world as a part of a liberal and humanistic education. Successful students develop an artistic sensibility and a disciplined work ethic, skills necessary in most endeavors. The department is committed to:

1.     providing comprehensive coursework from introductory through advanced levels of study, in all major areas of theater and dance

2.     providing diverse production opportunities at all levels to challenge students as artists by developing proficiency in one or more of the areas of playwriting, research, performance, and production while stimulating the intellectual growth of both students and faculty

3.     augmenting and complementing the aesthetic offerings of the university community

4.     establishing a work ethic of collaboration, personal discipline, and respect

The Department of Theater and Dance offers a Bachelor of Arts degree, a dance minor, and a theater minor. The B.A. in Theater provides for the study of theater within a broad liberal arts education. The minor in dance totals 18 controlled credits, while a minor in theater consists of 15 credits in Theater coursework approved by the chairperson of the department. Theater and dance courses are also an option in the Interdisciplinary Fine Arts degree offered by the College of Fine Arts.

As a practical extension of the academic program, the Department of Theater and Dance offers a variety of production opportunities in the Theater-by-the-Grove Mainstage and Studio theaters. The IUP Dance Theater performs twice annually.

Admission to the Theater program requires satisfactory completion of an audition or interview, in addition to the university’s general admission requirements. Detailed information will be sent to applicants upon request.

The Department of Theater and Dance is a fully accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Theater (NAST).

Bachelor of Arts–Theater

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Dance Minor

The Dance Minor program provides a foundation for those interested in teaching dance, working with a dance company, managing a private dance studio, working with theater productions, or desiring a broad-based education within the dance discipline.

The Dance Minor is an 18-credit program with 9 required credits and 9 elective credits. The required credits include the pertinent foundation courses and higher-level theory courses. The required courses also provide design elements of production, fundamental and historical theories of dance, and dance choreographic and teaching theories that cannot be obtained in any of the elective courses. The elective credits include the technique courses.

The Dance Minor is based on the National Standards for Arts Education dance requirements. Using this basis for the program ensures fundamental preparation for a number of student needs, for example, the dance teacher, the performer, and/or the dance studio owner.

The program is also designed to fulfill the needs of a Liberal Arts minor in dance. Through advisement, the minor program can serve the individual student’s needs. The program would be of interest to secondary and elementary education majors, small business majors, recreation and physical education majors, and anyone else that has an interest in dance and wants to broaden his or her Liberal Arts education.

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