2023-2024 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog

Dance Education with Specialization in Entrepreneurship BS

Students in the CCSU Dance Education Entrepreneurship program develop the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to pursue a business-based dance career. Graduates will be prepared to teach dance at the highest level and have the knowledge and skills to handle the marketing and managerial side of running a successful business. Students will show evidence of possessing a strong, well-rounded background in dance pedagogy, history, research, learning theory and practicum to become “highly qualified” as a Teaching Artist.

A minor is not required with this major.

Core Requirements

This 75-credit program consists of 41 credits in core lecture and skills classes, and 34 credits in the entrepreneurship dance specialization.

           

Core Courses (41 credits)

DAN 110Introduction to Dance Education

2

EXS 207Anatomy and Physiology in Exercise Science I

3

EXS 216Biomechanics

3

DAN 151Beginning Modern Dance

2

DAN 152Beginning Ballet

2

DAN 157Beginning Jazz Dance

1

DAN 200Dance Practicum

1

DAN 200Dance Practicum

1

DAN 230Afro-Caribbean Dance and Culture

2

DAN 252Intermediate Ballet

2

DAN 257Intermediate Jazz Dance

1

DAN 299Dance History

3

DAN 377Modern Dance and Theory

2

DAN 234Ballroom Dance

1

DAN 235Movement for Performers

2

DAN 236Principles of Choreography

2

DAN 272Creative Dance in Education

2

DAN 398Contemporary Dance Technique

2

DAN 477Secondary Methods in Dance Education

3

DAN 480Project: Dance

1

PE 416Program Development in Physical Education, Dance Education and Health Education

3

Note: DAN 200 is taken twice for a total of 2 credits

Specialization in Entrepreneurship in Dance (34 credits)

Specialization includes 11 credits of required courses, plus 6 credits of business electives, and 17 credits of electives approved by a faculty advisor. 

 

 

Required Courses

Note: DAN 200 is taken twice in the Core above and twice in this specialization for a total of 4 times.
ENT 296Main Street Business Ownership and Management

3

ENT 350/MGT 350Financing Entrepreneurial Ventures

3

MKT 295Fundamentals of Marketing

3

DAN 200Dance Practicum

1

DAN 200Dance Practicum

1

Business Electives (6 credits)

Business electives must be chosen from the list.
ENT 330/MGT 330Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation

3

ENT 355/MGT 355Managing a Growing Business

3

MKT 301Creativity in Marketing

3

MKT 306Advertising and Promotion

3

MKT 350Social Media Marketing

3

MKT 359Special Events Marketing

3

An additional 17 credits of specialization electives are required and selected in consultation with a faculty advisor.

Required General Education courses

MUS 109Fundamentals of Music

3

HIST 161American History to 1877

3

or

HIST 162American History from 1877 to Present

3

ANTH 170Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

3

PSY 136Life-Span Development

3

PHYS 111Introductory Physics I

3

COMM 115Fundamentals of Communication

3

or

COMM 140Public Speaking

3

STAT 104Elementary Statistics

3

or

STAT 200Business Statistics

3

or

STAT 215Statistics for Behavioral Sciences I

3

BIO 111Introductory Biology

3

or

BMS 102Introduction to Biomolecular Science

3

or

BIO 121General Biology I

4

WRT 110Introduction to College Writing

3

or

WRT 105Enhanced Introduction to College Writing

3

and

WRT 105PEnhanced Introduction to College Writing Workshop

2

Total Credit Hours: 120

 

Note:  For more information on admission to the professional program see the page linked here.