~EGULAR SESSION - University of Oregon

312 PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
Introduction to Dance (PE 251) .
Fundamentals of Rhythm (PE 252) .
Rhythms for the Elementary School (PE 222) .
Professional activities .. __ _ .. __.._ _.
Electives in supporting fields _.. __ .
Term Hours
Upper Division
History of Philosophy (Phi 301, 302, 303)................................................................ 9
Peoples of the World (Anth 314, 315, 316)........................................................ 9
Elementary Dance Composition (PE 351) 3
Advanced Dance Composition (PE 352).................................................................... 3
Dance Accompaniment (PE 353) 3
Dance & P.E. Lab. (PE 354, 355, 356)........................................... 6
Aesthetics (Phi 441, 442, 443).................................................................................... 9
Techniques of Teaching Contemporary Dance (PE 494) 2
Dance Programs and Production (PE 451)................................................................ 3
History of Dance to 1900 (PE 452)............................................................................ 3
History of Dance since 1900 (PE 453).................................................................. 3
Human Anatomy (Bi 391, 392), Kinesiology (PE 472), or year sequence in art,
music, or literature __ __ _.............. 9
Dance & P.E. Lab. (PE 454, 455, 456)........................................ 6
Electives in supporting fields............................................................. 31
LOWER-DIVISION COURSES
PE 222. Rhythms for the Elementary School. 1 hour spring.
The dance program for children in the elementary school, grades one through
six. Locomotor and nonlocomotor movement; dramatization and creative
dance studies; singing games; traditional dance skills and folk dances for
children of the intermediate grades. Offered alternate years. Munson.
PE 251. Introduction to the Dance. 2 hours fall.
An overview of the dance. Introduction to dance history and to the significance
of dance as an art form. Dougherty.
PE 252. Fundamentals of Rhythm. 2 hours spring.
Rhythm as a basic factor for movement. Rhythmic devices used in the dance.
Notation and rhythmic analysis. OffeI'ed alternate years.
PE 254, 255, 256. Dance and Physical Education Laboratories. 2 hours each
term.
Instruction and practice. Fall: contemporary dance; winter: folk and square
dance; spring: contemporary dance, swimming.
UPPER-DIVISION COURSES
PE 351. Elementary Dance Composition. 3 hours fall.
Analysis of the dance medium, and the relationship of the aspects of time,
space, and force to that medium. Principles of form basic to dance composition.
PE 352. Advanced Dance Composition. 3 hours winter.
Compositional forms and styles in dance. Prec1assic and modern dance forms.
Prerequisite: PE 351.
PE 353. Dance Accompaniment. 3 hours spring.
Function of accompaniment for dance skills and composition. Types of accompaniment-instrumental,
percussion, voice. Prerequisite: PE 351. Dougherty.
PE 354, 355, 356. Dance and Physical-Education Laboratories. 2 hours each
term.
Advanced instruction and practice. Fall and winter: dance, composition;
spring: ballroom dance, swimming.
PE 403. Thesis. Hours to be arranged.
PE 406. Special Problems. Hours to be arranged.
PE 451. Dance Programs and Production. 3 hours winter.
Production problems of staging, lighting, and costuming for the dance; dance
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