Minimum point requirement: 90 

Required Dance Education Courses: (17 points)

• A&HD 5040   Dance and Human Development (3 points)
• A&HD 5044   Embodied and Motor Learning for Dance (3 points)
• A&HD 5046   Historical Foundations and Contemporary Issues in Dance Education (3 points)
• A&HD 6000   Advanced Curriculum Design in Dance Education (3 points)
• A&HD 6001   Teaching and Leadership of Dance Education in Colleges, Cultural Institutions, and Communities (3 points)
• A&HD 6482   Teaching and Leadership of Dance Education in Colleges, Cultural Institutions and Communities: Internship and Seminar (1 point)
• A&HD 6999   Studio Seminar: Performance Presentation (1 point)
  
  

Required Dissertation Seminar Sequence in Dance Education: (10 points)

• A&HD 6049   Introduction to Doctoral Inquiry in Dance Education (2 points)
• A&HD 6501   Dance Education Doctoral Seminar 1 (2 points)
• A&HD 6502   Dance Education Doctoral Seminar 2 (2 points)
• A&HD 7501   Dance Education Dissertation Seminar 1 (2 points)
• A&HD 7502   Dance Education Dissertation Seminar 2 (2 points)
• A&HD 8900   Dissertation Advisement in Dance Education (0 points)*

*Note: A&HD8900: Registration for doctoral dissertation advisement is required for all doctoral students who have either been recommended for doctoral certification (advanced to candidacy) or have an approved dissertation proposal on file.  Registration is required each Autumn and Spring term unless a student is registered for a 3-point TC course.  There is no course syllabus as students are completing individualized dissertation research.       

Out of Program Courses (6 points)

• A&H 6010      Writing for Journal Publication in The Arts (3 points)
• ORLD 4051    How Adults Learn (3 points)
  
  

Research Methods Courses(12 points)

• A&H 5001      Research Methods in Arts Education (3 points)
• Three (3) additional courses in research methods chosen in consultation with the major advisor (9 points) 

Interdisciplinary Specialization (15 points)

Every student must complete one of the four specializations chosen in consultation with the major advisor.  The four options are:

(A) Teacher Education (Educating Teacher Educators)

(B) Leadership and Policy

(C) Movement Sciences

(D) Interdisciplinary (out-of-program breadth courses)

(A) Teacher Education Specialization (Educating Teacher Educators)

• C&T4051 Guided Practice (Supervision): Elementary and Secondary Teachers (3 points)
• C&T5025 Teacher Education in the US: Histories, Curricula, and Current Issues (3 points)
• C&T6525 Learning to Teach and Teacher Education (3 points)
• C&T6025Teacher Educator as Researcher: Inquiry in Teacher Learning (3 points)
• CCPJ5020 Racism and Racial Identity in Psychology and Education (3 points)

OR

• CCPJ6574 Multicultural Perspectives in Psychology and Education (3 points)

(B) Leadership and Policy Specialization

• A&HG4013     Cultural Policy (3 points)
• EDPP5045     Race, Ethnicity, and U.S. Educational Policy (3 points)
• ORLD4085     Management and Leadership Skills in Practice (3 points)
• ORLD4091     Somatics: A Mind/Body Approach to Leadership Development (3 points)
• Advised/Selected Leadership and Policy Specialization courses (3 points)

(C)  Movement Sciences Specialization

• BBSR4054Human Anatomy and Physiology (3 points)
• BBSR4060 Motor Learning (3 points)
• BBSR4095 Applied Physiology I (3 points)
• BBSR4005 Applied Anatomy and Biomechanics (3 points)
• Advised/Selected Movement Sciences Specialization courses (3 points)

(D)   Interdisciplinary Specialization (out-of-program breadth)

Possible Advised/Selective Course Topics:

• Cognitive Science
• History of Education
• Instructional Technology and Media
• Leadership and Policy
• Movement Sciences
• Neuroscience and Education
• Philosophy of Education
• Special Education
• Spirituality: Mind/Body
• Teacher Education
• Urban Education

Foundation Electives (30 points)                          

Coursework in all of the foundations areas below is required at either the undergraduate or graduate level to ensure that all students have the necessary background in dance. Graduate level courses in any of the areas below may be accepted for transfer credit to the Ed.D. program and will be determined upon admission transcript review.  Accepted students may continue study in the following areas listed below and/or other areas of interest while enrolled at Teachers College. Selection of elective courses is in consultation with the major advisor and at the approval of the College.

• Studio: Technique, Repertory and/or Somatic Practices
• Studio: Choreography, Dance Composition and/or Dance Improvisation
• Dance Production
• Music for Dance
• Dance History (performance)
• Dance in Cultural Contexts
• Laban Movement Analysis
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Biomechanics            
• Dance Pedagogy/Teaching Methods
• Assessment in the Arts
• Graduate Academic Writing
  
  

Elective credits may be completed as follows in consultation with the major advisor and at the approval of Teachers College:

• Graduate level elective credits completed at Teachers College (Ex: A&H 5002 Assessment Strategies for the Arts, A&HA 6510 Advanced Seminar in Art Education Research)
• Graduate level elective credits not offered at Teachers College and completed during doctoral study through the Inter-University Doctoral Consortium (IUDC) at IUDC member institutions. 
• Graduate courses previously completed at other institutions that have been accepted by Teachers College and the Ed.D. program for transfer credit (up to 30 points total).