Associate of Arts in Dance
Laney College
Key Information
Campus location
Oakland, USA
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
2 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
USD 7,120 / per semester *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Aug 2024
* this is for a standard 15 credit semester including fees / price may vary depending on how many credits are taken
Introduction
The Department of Dance offers an Associate Arts Degree in Dance that provides an extensive curriculum in dance theory and hands-on technical and experiential practice in the context of a broader education within the Liberal Arts. Our dance courses meet CSU/UC transfer requirements.
Dance helps you to develop intercultural communication skills which may be the most valuable of all competencies for employers due to their cross cultural and cross curricular applications. The study of dance provides you with 21st century global education and intercultural competencies that extend way beyond the classroom.
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Curriculum
The Department of Dance offers an Associate Arts Degree in dance that provides an extensive curriculum in dance theory and practice which meets most CSU/UC transfer requirements. The A.A. program gives an interdisciplinary concentration to students through dance in the context of a broader education within the Liberal Arts. Students have opportunities in dance composition; performance; production; historical and cultural perspectives; global exchange; multimedia forms of expression and other integrating technologies. of the A.A. program prepares students to pursue various careers in the performing arts and, with additional courses, transfer into higher education. For the Associate Arts Dance Degree, students must complete the General Education pattern and the degree major course work for a total of 60 units. Students wishing to continue to transfer to the CSU or UC system should meet with a counselor to develop a transfer plan which addresses all general education and lower-division transfer requirements.
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Program Outcome
When you complete the AA Dance Degree requirements, at Laney College, you have fulfilled all of your basic 60 unit GE pattern for transfer. Of those 60 units, 19 units are the Dance Degree portion which are CSU and UC transferable. Students wishing to transfer to the CSU or UC system or other private college should meet with an academic counselor to develop a transfer plan which addresses all general education and lower-division transfer requirements. (Yvonne (L) used her AA Dance degree to pursue professional mixed martial arts and Samantha (R) used her AA Dance degree to transfer to Long Beach State to earn her BA and is now at NYU pursuing her master’s degree in Public Health.
Career Opportunities
- Dance Education: Pre-K – 12 teachers or teach in colleges and universities
- Professional Dance: Choreographers, Performers, Studio Teachers
- Arts Administration: Artistic Directors, Executive Directors, Fund Developers; Festival Directors
- Fitness Studios: Dance and fitness studio owners and managers
- Health & Wellness: Personal Trainers, Mindful Body Conditioning
- Arts Advocacy: Public Policy in the Arts; Grantmaking; Grant Writing
- Therapeutic Practice: Dance Therapy, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy
- Stage: Broadway, Lighting Design, Film & Television, Stage Managers
- Recreation: Youth Instructors; Camp Counselors; Program Coordinators & Directors
- Journalism: Dance critics; Arts editors; Column writers for newspapers