Course Descriptions

CMGT 298 - Special Topics

CMGT 299 - Seminar

CMGT 320 - Electrical Systems

• Obtain a fundamental understanding of electricity as applied to construction. Students will understand basic circuitry, electrical design considerations and electrical construction terminology.
• Draw and analyze simple electrical circuits, calculate voltage, resistance and amperages across various parallel and or series circuits through the application of Ohm’s law.
• Quantitatively and qualitatively be able to describe the 3-phase power, electrical equipment, protective devices and power factor as applied to residential, commercial and heavy/civil projects.
• Express themselves on the technical subject related to electrical construction.

CMGT 343 - Construction Estimating I

• Define project activities (tasks) and work breakdown structure (WBS) for a residential and commercial building by considering equipment, subcontracts, material requirements and event sequencing.
• Define sequential logic on a network diagram, including start to start, finish to start, start to finish and finish to finish logic, with lag and lead times identified.
• Manually perform a forward and backward pass on both an activity on node and activity on arrow network, identify the critical path, early and late starts and finishes and float times for each activity.
• Demonstrate an understanding of network scheduling as it relates to contract provisions, delay claims and dispute resolution for a project.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of resource considerations, including resource histograms, allocation resource leveling, cash flow and earned value for a project.
• Properly utilize a variety of specialized scheduling techniques, including PERT, linear scheduling and short interval scheduling.
• Accurately and quickly perform each of the items identified above on Microsoft Project 98 scheduling software, including proper use of reports and graphics.

CMGT 343LAB - Construction Estimating I Laboratory

• Develop and utilize spreadsheets for quantity takeoff.
• Develop and utilize spreadsheets for construction labor estimates.
• Accurately develop and utilize spreadsheets to prepare a parametric estimate.
• Create and utilize an estimating spreadsheet to compile and summarize the estimate for a small building project.

CMGT 344 - Construction Estimating II

• Able to identify the resource requirements required (materials, labor, equipment, time and money) to build construction projects.
• Able to reference safety items, understand how safety concerns is addressed at the job site, and how it must be planned for during an estimate.
• Understand how to determine and develop costs associated with the required resources to build construction projects.
• Demonstrate the ability to work in teams and estimate an entire commercial project.

CMGT 344LAB - Construction Estimating II Laboratory

CMGT 345 - Heavy Civil Estimating II

• Understand resource requirements required (materials, labor, equipment, cost, and schedule) to build heavy civil projects.
• Identify and reference safety items, understand how safety concerns are addressed at the job site, and how they must be planned for during the estimate.
• Develop a basic understanding on general heavy civil and highway construction techniques, means, and methods.
• Work in teams and estimate and present to a bid review panel an entire heavy civil project.
• Obtain general knowledge in a version of heavy civil estimating software package.
• Have general knowledge of ethical standards and issues related to heavy civil estimating.

CMGT 345LAB - Heavy Civil Estimating II Laboratory

• Identify the resource requirements required (materials, labor, equipment, time and money) to build heavy civil projects.
• Identify and reference safety items, understand how safety concerns are addressed at the job site, and how it must be planned for during an estimate.
• Develop basic general heavy they impact the finished project.
• Work in teams and estimate an entire heavy civil project.
• Obtain proficiency in Heavy Bid, a version of heavy civil Estimating Software.

CMGT 346 - Construction Methods and Materials

CMGT 347 - Heavy Civil Methods and Materials

• Apply the basics of asphalt paving materials and equipment and the basic engineering properties of soil, including moisture content, densities and compaction to a construction site.
• Apply the basics of concrete materials and equipment used in heavy civil, marine and highway construction to a construction site.
• Identify typical building construction materials used including their properties, advantages, disadvantages and installation.
• Accurately research a selected topic and write a five to seven page research paper on this topic, including a bibliography.
• Efficiently research, prepare and deliver a 20 minute oral presentation on an assigned topic, including proper use of visual aids, to a group of peers.

CMGT 396 - Individual Study

CMGT 397 - Honors

CMGT 398 - Special Topics

CMGT 399 - Seminar

CMGT 440 - Temporary Structures

• Demonstrate an ability to design vertical and horizontal formwork and shoring.
• Identify different types of scaffolding. They will be able to develop a project scaffolding layout including a safety plan.
• Demonstrate an ability to calculate the various forces required to construct cofferdams and earth retaining structures.
• Define site dewatering methods.
• Identify the various materials and techniques available to construct temporary structures.

CMGT 441 - Wood and Steel Construction

CMGT 442 - Building Mechanical Systems

• Properly identify items and terms related to building mechanical systems, including HVAC components, plumbing systems and site drainage systems. (ACCE SLO 8, 10, 20 DA)
• Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of heat loss and gain in a building and properly calculate these values.
• Demonstrate an understanding of design criteria for modern HVAC systems and an ability to create a schematic of an HVAC and refrigeration system. (ACCE SLO 8, 10, 20 DA)
• Demonstrate an understanding of a building supply system and a building drainage system. (ACCE SLO 20, DA)
• Demonstrate an understanding of the mechanical contracting industry and how this industry interacts with others on a construction project. (ACCE SLO 12, I)
• Demonstrate the ability to work on mechanical systems projects as a team player.
• Develop a basic understanding of the code requirements for mechanical systems.

CMGT 443 - Heavy Civil Utilities

• Identify the items and terminology of utility systems and the techniques required to construct them.
• Identify the major materials used in constructing underground utilities. Be able to select the required equipment to install these materials.
• Identify appropriate safety measures during the construction of underground utilities.
• Demonstrate the basics of trenchless construction techniques.
• Identify the major components of water/sewer treatment and central utility plants.
• Analyze a set of utility construction plans and provide a plan on type of equipment to be used, tasks and crew sizes required.
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the code requirements for underground utilities.

CMGT 444 - Codes, Contracts, and Specifications

CMGT 445 - Heavy Civil Contract Law

• Apply critical thinking and express a contract position based on principles of construction contract law, both orally and in writing.
• Distinguish between different types of contracting vehicles and payment types and understand the advantages and disadvantages of the various options.
• Understand the importance of maintaining extensive documentation.
• Understand, work with and apply some of the most important construction contract clauses of, “changes”, “differing site conditions”, matters of time, construction safety, and environment compliance.
• Understand magnitude, duties, and responsibilities associated with the changes and differing site condition clauses. Able to apply safety and environmental clauses effectively.
• Distinguish what constitutes a claim, how to quantify it in terms of time and money by applying tools of cost accounting and cost engineering.
• Distinguish between ethical and non-ethical behavior as applied to construction situations.
• Determine the need for Bid, Payment, and Performance bonds. Know the reasons behind and responsibilities for liens, the Miller act and use of sureties.
• Obtain a basic working knowledge of how to use the WSDOT standard construction specifications.

CMGT 447 - Construction Planning, Scheduling, and Control

• Define project activities & work breakdown structure (WBS) for a commercial building or heavy civil project by considering equipment, subcontracts, material requirements and event sequencing.
• Define sequential logic on a network diagram, including finish to start, start to start, and finish to finish logic, with lag and lead times identified.
• Manually perform forward and backward passes on activity on node diagrams, identify critical path, early/late starts/finishes, and total & free float for activities.
• Demonstrate an understanding of network scheduling as it relates to contract provisions, delay claims and dispute resolution for a project.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of resource considerations, including resource histograms and resource leveling, cash flow and earned value for a project.
• Properly utilize project cost reports and predictive models including earned value management.
• Accurately and quickly perform several of the items identified above on Primavera P6 scheduling software, including proper use of reports and graphics.

CMGT 450 - Soils and Foundations

• Identify and describe sources of soils, how these soils are deposited and their physical engineering properties as they relate to the Unified Classification System.
• Properly calculate engineering properties of soils, including water flow through soil using Darcy’s equation, moisture content, densities and void ratio, based on information obtained from reading a soil boring log.
• Demonstrate an understanding of soil compaction and the relationship of soil density to moisture content.
• Properly calculate stress distribution in soils beneath both a point and distributed foundation load using influence coefficients, the Boussinesq Equation and chart and a Newmark chart.
• Properly calculate consolidation and settlement of a foundation over a clay stratum, as a function of time, using an “e log p curve”.
• Demonstrate an understanding of soil strength due to cohesion and internal friction, the tests used to determine this strength and how this relates to the ability of the soils to support a variety of structures.
• Properly analyze and design both shallow and deep foundations, including spread footings, piling and piers. Also, properly determine at rest, active and passive lateral soil stress on earth retaining structures.

CMGT 452 - LEED in Sustainable Construction

• Identify and apply LEED terminology.
• Identify and apply the LEED rating system criteria.
• Identify and discuss prerequisites, credits  and points for each credit category.
• Evaluate a project to calculate the total LEED points possible and identify the most probable certification level for the project.

CMGT 455 - Principles of Construction Management

• Able to systematically plan, organize, manage, control, and document construction job site activities.
• Able to develop the following type of documentation: RFI’s, shop drawings, cost control, jobsite layout plan, meeting minutes, safety plans, quality plan, change orders, and. payment schedule.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the jargon and rational behind project management.
• Demonstrate the ability to review an actual project and identify good and bad project management techniques.

CMGT 456 - Principles of Heavy Civil Construction Management

• Systematically plan, organize, manage, control, and document heavy civil construction job site activities.
• Develop the following types of documentation: RFI’ s, shop drawings, cost control, jobsite layout plan, meeting minutes, traffic plans, safety plans, quality plan, change orders, and payment schedule.
• Use project management terminology and rationale behind project management.
• Review an actual project and identify good and bad project management techniques.
• Review and critic new technologies that are applicable to the construction industry.

CMGT 460 - Concrete Construction

• Describe the components of portland cement concrete, including the five types of portland cement and their chemical components, their proportions and their purpose.
• Demonstrate an understanding of liquid and mineral admixtures, their function, advantages and disadvantages.
• Explain in detail how concrete is batched, mixed, transported, properly placed, consolidated and cured and the problems that can develop if proper procedures are not followed.
• Accurately design a concrete mix for a particular application using the volume method, including proper moisture adjustments for aggregates.
• Accurately calculate anticipated shrinkage crack spacing in an Un-reinforced concrete slab on grade and accurately calculate the required reinforcing steel to prevent such cracking.
• Accurately calculate lateral pressures of concrete priced in column and wall forms and design these forms.
• Demonstrate the ability to physically perform a laboratory slump test, complete a laboratory report on a slump test and properly prepare a concrete compression test cylinder. Also cap a test cylinder and properly conduct a compression test of the concrete cylinder.

CMGT 461 - Pavement Design and Construction

• Describe different pavement types and be able to explain the circumstances for which they are best suited.
• Apply pavement design basics to an actual construction situation.
• Identify the physical properties of pavement materials and how they impact performance and construction.
• Identify pavement construction techniques for various pavement types.
• Examine and analyze highway pavement maintenance and rehabilitation techniques.

CMGT 481 - Construction Management Capstone

• Plan, schedule, and estimate an appropriately sized commercial building or heavy civil project using a complete set of construction contract documents.
• Prepare and present, using a team format, a construction project proposal to a panel of industry experts.  The presentation will summarize the construction estimate, planned work schedule, construction sequence, safety plan, risk management analysis, and site mobilization plan for the project.
• Develop the ability to define team responsibilities and execute a work plan in a team environment.

CMGT 485 - Construction Accounting, Finance, and Contemporary Topics

• Systematically plan, organize, manage, control, and document construction accounting and cash flow activities.
• Understand and be able to develop the following types of documentation:  Schedule of Values, periodic payment requests, S-curves, cost control reports, and cash flow projections.
• Understand the concepts, terminology, and rationale behind earned value; cost and schedule management; labor burden, general overhead, and profit determination; and accounting applications related to construction.
• Evaluate the validity of management techniques, perspectives, and experiences presented by a variety of guest speakers and/or video resources.
• Demonstrate the ability to identify and learn about new technologies that are applicable to the construction industry.

CMGT 488 - Professional Certification

• Properly identify working drawing symbols and techniques and common construction materials and their usage.
• Demonstrate how to properly set up a set of differential and profile leveling notes, how to make surveying taping corrections and how to properly make bearing calculations for a traverse.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of the principles of statics and strength of materials, including construction of free body diagrams, shear and moment diagrams and the calculation of shear and normal stresses.
• Complete a quantity takeoff and pricing for materials, equipment and labor for a commercial project, including evaluation of subcontractor bids.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the construction legal contract system and the relevant documents, including AIA A201 and the common on-site documents utilized to manage a construction project.
• Identify and describe basic electrical and mechanical systems and components.
• Create a network schedule and properly analyze this schedule, including the critical path and float times.

CMGT 495 - Construction Management Competition Preparation

• Identify an effective team structure. Prepare for a construction management competition.
• Apply critical thinking and express a construction contract proposal based on the principles of construction estimating, scheduling, planning and project management.

CMGT 495A - Construction Management Competition Preparation - Fall

• Plan, schedule and estimate a small commercial project given a set of construction drawings and contract documents.
• Prepare and present a group presentation to a panel of industry experts.  The presentation shall summarize the construction estimate, schedule, construction sequence and costs of the project.
• Define team responsibilities and work in a team environment.
• Summarize, record and evaluate information pertaining to a competition and present it in a format that will be useful for teams in the upcoming years.

CMGT 495B - Construction Management Competition Preparation - Winter

• Plan, schedule and estimate a small commercial project given a set of construction drawings and contract documents.
• Prepare and present a group presentation to a panel of industry experts.  The presentation shall summarize the construction estimate, schedule, construction sequence and costs of the project.
• Develop the ability to define team responsibilities and work in a team environment.
• Demonstrate the ability to summarize, record and evaluate information pertaining to a competition and present it in a format that will be useful for teams in the upcoming years.

CMGT 496 - Individual Study

CMGT 497 - Honors

CMGT 498 - Special Topics

CMGT 499 - Seminar

CRBW 298 - Special Topics

CRBW 299 - Seminar

CRBW 312 - Brewing Microbiology

• Describe the major groups of spoilage organisms and their effects on finished beer.
• Demonstrate use a light microscope and appropriate staining techniques to visualize and identify microorganisms.
• Describe how yeast contribute to compositional features, biochemistry, flavors and aromas of beer.
• Demonstrate appropriate techniques for the isolation and laboratory culture of yeasts and spoilage organisms including all appropriate safety measures.
• Use appropriate techniques to evaluate number and viability of yeasts during yeast production.
• Experiment with factors that influence the growth, reproduction and metabolism of yeasts and spoilage organisms in beer production.
• Develop and interpret spider graphs for aroma and flavor descriptors.
• Diagnose spoilage organisms that contribute to brewing faults.

CRBW 317 - Principles and Biochemistry of Brewing

• Explain the compositional features and biochemistry of the four-essential brewing raw materials: malt, hops, water and yeast and how they transformed through the brewing process and contribute to beer styles.
• Describe the history of brewing and technological changes that have occurred in the transformation of the four basic ingredients.
• Demonstrate techniques and use of equipment to analyze pH, specific gravity, and hop bitterness.
• Diagram the brewing and malting process and the use of equipment at each stage.
• Demonstrate brewing process, standard operating procedures and safe use of equipment.

CRBW 325 - Industry Strategy for Craft Brewing

• Propose a business plan for a start-up business including, financing, operating costs, distribution, and legal requirements.
• Apply theories of consumer behavior to the formulation of effective marketing strategy.
• Evaluate the ethical and legal issues in brewery operation.
• Defend business and marketing plans from criticism.

CRBW 360 - Brewing Process Technology

• Calculate parameters for brewhouse processes
• Analyze heating and cooling loads of brewing processes
• Describe common cleaning and sanitation processes used in craft brewing systems
• Identify process control parameters in the brewing process that affect product consistency 
• Identify factors in the brewery and distribution channels that affect product quality

CRBW 396 - Individual Study

CRBW 397 - Honors

CRBW 398 - Special Topics

CRBW 399 - Seminar

CRBW 420 - Hop Science

• Evaluate and distinguish among factors including agricultural practices, disease and pest management, and post harvest processing that influence the quality, quantity, and properties of hops in the commercial market. 
• Recognize hop products and what contributes to changes in hop aroma character.  Examine differences between Aroma vs Alpha vs Dual Purpose hop.
• Formulate a plan for choosing, contracting, and sourcing hops for a commercial brewery.
• Assess the factors that influence the hop industry and the hop industry’s relationships with businesses that depend on hops/hop products.

CRBW 450 - Sensory Analysis for Brewing

• Evaluate the aromas and flavors of beers for style and quality control.
• Diagnose beer faults with respect to brewing processes.
• Evaluate historical production of classic beer styles based on ingredients and brewing practices.
• Design a multiple facility quality control program for beer production using an appropriate experimental design.
• Develop and interpret spider graphs for aroma and flavor descriptors.

CRBW 470 - Current Topics in Brewing

• Synthesize current brewing and chemistry literature related to brewing and research.
• Evaluate and assess current methods and practices of a variety of contemporary brewing topics.
• Compare and contrast brewing and chemical processes related to the current topic (e.g. mashing, malting, hopping, packaging, costs, brewery design etc).
• Calculate use and costs of ingredients, materials, and labor related to the current topic.

CRBW 487 - Craft Brewing Capstone

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Demonstrate clear communication strategies and techniques in oral and/or written form.
• Demonstrate knowledge of basic brewing concepts.
• Reflect upon, integrate, and apply the knowledge and skills they gleaned from their undergraduate experience, including General Education
• Synthesize and present a response, propose a solution/answer, or showcase their own creative work.

CRBW 490 - Cooperative Education

• Apply principles learned in the classroom in a work environment.
• Demonstrate problem solving ability to tasks in a work environment.
• Demonstrate responsible, professional, and ethical behavior in a work environment.
• Communicate effectively with a range of audiences in a work environment.

CRBW 493 - Craft Brewing Practicum

• Apply classroom concepts in recipe development, brewing, fermentation, and cellaring of beers.
• Collect and interpret data of conditions during all stages of brewing, fermentation and cellaring.
• Evaluate beers produced for quality and flavor using a sensory panel and analytical methods.
• Compare and contrast produced beers to BJCP style guidelines proposing revisions to the recipe, or conditions to better match with BJCP style characteristics.

CRBW 495 - Brewing Research

• Design a research project that addresses a gap of knowledge in brewing process or technology.
• Perform appropriate experiments.
• Collect and analyze data.
• Present the research in a written or oral form.

CRBW 496 - Individual Study

CRBW 497 - Honors

CRBW 498 - Special Topics

CRBW 499 - Seminar

DNCE 101 - Modern Technique I

• Demonstrate the ability to define both orally and in written format the academic language of dance.
• Demonstrate spatial and kinesthetic awareness.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the use of dynamics and their implications for self-expression.
• Apply theoretical knowledge of correct beginning level modern technique in class.
• Define and demonstrate a basic compositional structure.

DNCE 102 - Modern Technique I

• Demonstrate the ability to define both orally and in written format the academic language of dance.
• Demonstrate spatial and kinesthetic awareness.
• Demonstrate an increased use of dynamics for originality and self-expression.
• Apply theoretical knowledge of correct intermediate/ beginning level modern technique in class.
• Define and demonstrate use of varied compositional structure.

DNCE 103 - Modern Technique I

• Demonstrate the ability to define both orally and in written format the academic language of dance.
• Demonstrate awareness of complicated rhythmic structure as it relates to use of space.
• Apply theoretical knowledge of correct advanced / beginning level modern technique in class.
• Create a group movement project incorporating varied movement dynamics.

DNCE 104 - Ballet Technique I

• Define Beginning Ballet French Terminology (verbal and written format).
• Apply the principles of correct ballet technique.
• Demonstrate good alignment and body mechanics.
• Demonstrate spatial and kinesthetic awareness.
• Perform movements with correct body placement and control.

DNCE 105 - Ballet Technique I

• Define Beginning Intermediate Ballet French Terminology (verbal and written format).
• Apply the principles of correct ballet technique.
• Demonstrate appropriate alignment and body mechanics.
• Demonstrate spatial and kinesthetic awareness.
• Perform movements with correct body placement and increased control.

DNCE 106 - Ballet Technique I

• Define Advanced Beginner Ballet French Terminology (verbal and written format).
• Apply the principles of correct ballet technique.
• Demonstrate appropriate alignment and body mechanics.
• Demonstrate spatial and kinesthetic awareness.
• Perform movements with correct body placement, clarity and increased control.

DNCE 109 - Physics of Dance

• Apply important physics principles such as position, velocity, acceleration, balance, torque and angular motion to the realm of dance and motion of the human body
• Analyze and interpret data to make meaningful connections to how the data corresponds to motions of the body
• Apply physics of movement principles in order to predict ways to increase the rate of success for turns, leaps, and other dance steps
• Compare dance/movement experiences with the physics and math that describe those movements
• Explore how the experiential feeling of dance/movement can be related to physics principles

DNCE 112 - Dance Performance

• Perform in yearly dance concert and other performing opportunities in the community.
• Apply feedback from the rehearsal process to improve their technical and performance skills.
• Apply correct body mechanics while dancing.

DNCE 116 - Beginning Folk Dance (Put on Reserve 9/1/2020)

DNCE 121 - Tap Dance I

DNCE 122 - Tap Dance II

DNCE 130 - American Style Ballroom Dance I

• Demonstrate the ability to define beginning level American style ballroom dance vocabulary
• Demonstrate beginning level American style ballroom dance steps.
• Demonstrate good partnership and social etiquette skills.
• Demonstrate leading and following skills.

DNCE 131 - American Style Ballroom Dance II

• Demonstrate the ability to define intermediate level American style ballroom dance vocabulary
• Demonstrate intermediate level American style ballroom dance steps.
• Demonstrate good partnership and social etiquette skills.
• Demonstrate leading and following skills.

DNCE 132 - American Style Ballroom Dance III (Put on Reserve 9/1/2020)

• Demonstrate the ability to define advanced level American style ballroom dance vocabulary.
• Demonstrate advanced level American style ballroom dance steps.
• Demonstrate good partnership and social etiquette skills.
• Demonstrate leading and following skills.

DNCE 133 - International Standard Ballroom Dance I

• Demonstrate the ability to define beginning level Latin style ballroom dance vocabulary.
• Demonstrate beginning level Latin style ballroom dance steps.
• Demonstrate good partnership and social etiquette skills.
• Demonstrate leading and following skills.

DNCE 134 - International Standard Ballroom Dance II

• Demonstrate the ability to define advanced level Standard style ballroom dance vocabulary.
• Demonstrate advanced level Standard style ballroom dance steps.
• Demonstrate good partnership and social etiquette skills.
• Demonstrate leading and following skills.

DNCE 135 - International Standard Ballroom Dance III (Put on Reserve 9/1/2020)

• Demonstrate the ability to define advanced level Standard style ballroom dance vocabulary
• Demonstrate advanced level Standard style ballroom dance steps
• Demonstrate good partnership and social etiquette skills
• Demonstrate leading and following skills

DNCE 136 - International Latin Ballroom Dance I

• Demonstrate the ability to define beginning level Latin style ballroom dance vocabulary
• Demonstrate beginning level Latin style ballroom dance steps
• Demonstrate good partnership and social etiquette skills
• Demonstrate leading and following skills

DNCE 137 - International Latin Ballroom Dance II

• Demonstrate the ability to define intermediate level Latin style ballroom dance vocabulary
• Demonstrate intermediate level Latin style ballroom dance steps
• Demonstrate good partnership and social etiquette skills
• Demonstrate leading and following skills

DNCE 138 - International Latin Ballroom Dance III (Put on reserve 9/16/19)

• Demonstrate the ability to define advanced level Latin style ballroom dance vocabulary.
• Demonstrate advanced level Latin style ballroom dance steps.
• Demonstrate good partnership and social etiquette skills.
• Demonstrate leading and following skills.

DNCE 141 - Jazz Dance I

DNCE 142 - Jazz Dance II

DNCE 143 - Jazz Dance III

DNCE 155 - Pointe and Variations

• Define Ballet pre-pointe and pointe technique terminology (verbal and written format).
• Apply the principles of correct technique.
• Perform movements with correct body placement and increased clarity and control.
• Identify historically significant ballet variations.

DNCE 156 - Partnering

• Perform basic dance partnering technique.
• Define basic vocabulary of dance and conceptual information.
• Apply the principles of correct placement and body mechanics.

DNCE 161 - Cultural History of Dance

• Define the characteristics and genres of dance in different time periods from primitive to contemporary.
• Describe the diverse cultural traditions and beliefs in world dance.
• Interpret a choreographic work and its social and political implications.
• Analyze how an important influence, or innovation affected the development of dance.

DNCE 198 - Special Topics

DNCE 201 - Modern Technique II

• Demonstrate the ability to define both orally and in written format the academic language of dance.
• Perform beginning/intermediate level modern technique correctly with good control of center.
• Apply compositional elements to classroom combinations to vary structure.
• Apply theoretical knowledge of correct beginning level intermediate modern technique in class.
• Define and demonstrate use of varied compositional structure.

DNCE 202 - Modern Technique II

• Demonstrate the ability to define (both orally and In written format) modern vocabulary and theory (academic language). 
• Perform intermediate/advanced technical skills correctly with good control of center and articulation of movements.
• Analyze the style of a modern dance figure head and construct a combination utilizing their style or approach to movement.
• Modify a classroom combination using movement dynamics according to instructions.

DNCE 203 - Modern Technique II

• Demonstrate the ability to define (both orally and in written format) and perform advanced modern dance technique.
• Evaluate modern works of choreography posted by faculty on Canvas.
• Perform intermediate/advanced level modern dance using expressive qualities, movement elements and technical proficiency.

DNCE 204 - Ballet Technique II

• Define Ballet French Terminology (verbal and written format).
• Apply the principles of correct ballet technique.
• Demonstrate good alignment and body mechanics.
• Demonstrate spatial and kinesthetic awareness.
• Perform movements with correct body placement and increased clarity and control.

DNCE 205 - Ballet Technique II

• Define Ballet II French terminology (both orally and in written format).
• Apply the principals of correct Ballet II technique.
• Demonstrate good body alignment and mechanics, and refine technical skills.
• Demonstrate performance quality center work.

DNCE 206 - Ballet Technique II

• Interpret Ballet French Terminology (verbal and written format).
• Identify and apply the principles of accurate ballet technique, correct alignment and body mechanics.
• Demonstrate greater spatial and kinesthetic awareness.
• Examine and appraise ballet performance(s).

DNCE 212 - Dance Performance

• Perform in yearly dance concert and other performing opportunities in the community.
• Apply feedback from the rehearsal process to improve their technical and performance skills.
• Apply correct body mechanics while dancing.

DNCE 298 - Special Topics

DNCE 299 - Seminar

DNCE 300 - Dance Composition

• Begin to employ an understanding of the choreographic /creative process and its relevance to other areas of study.
• Experiment with approaches to movement invention through the use of body, space, time and effort.
• Examine and demonstrate various choreographic structures.
• Practice creative dance-making, posing questions, and problem solving.
• Analyze aesthetic components of dance composition.

DNCE 304 - Ballet Technique III

• Interpret Beginning Advanced Ballet Terminology (verbal and written format).
• Apply and refine Beginning Advanced principles of accurate ballet technique, correct alignment and body mechanics.
• Construct sequential movement patterns with varying dynamics and phrasing.
• Examine and re-create historical and contemporary ballet performances.

DNCE 305 - Ballet Technique III (Put on Reserve 9/1/2020)

• Interpret Intermediate Advanced Ballet Terminology (verbal and written format).
• Apply and refine Intermediate Advanced principles of accurate ballet technique, correct alignment and body mechanics.
• Evaluate movement sequences and incorporate individualized musical phrasing and artistry.
• Examine and assess the various styles of Ballet training (Vaganova, Cecchetti, Bournonville, etc.)

DNCE 306 - Ballet Technique III (Put on Reserve 9/1/2020)

• Interpret Advanced Ballet Terminology (verbal and written format).
• Apply and refine Advanced principles of accurate ballet technique, correct alignment and body mechanics.
• Appraise and support choices made in regards to movement dynamics, musical phrasing and adaptability to choreographic style.
• Construct a movement combination based in a specific style of Ballet training (Vaganova, Cecchetti, Bournonville, etc.).

DNCE 309 - Teaching Methods: Recreational Dance