Graduate Certificate Dance Teaching Artist Praxis at Arizona State University

This certificate program equips you with practical and theoretical knowledge, skills and credentials that deepen your understanding of dance pedagogy. You engage in a mix of studio-based courses, seminars and experiential learning to fully explore and scaffold appropriate teaching practices for dancers of any age and skill level.

Faculty: Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts  |  Department: School of Music, Dance and Theatre  |  Duration: 28 credit hours  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Tempe, AZ, United States

What you will study

28 credit hours and a portfolio Required Core (16 credit hours) DCE 530 Somatic Movement Inquiry I (3) DCE 531 Somatic Movement Inquiry II (3) DCE 554 Teaching Praxis I: Postsecondary Teaching Philosophies, Foundations and Practices (3) DCE 654 Teaching Praxis II: Theories, Contexts, Populations, Psychomotor Development and Curriculum Design (3) DCE 656 Teaching Praxis III: Secondary Practices and Teacher Preparation Course Development/Implementation (4) Other Requirements (12 credit hours) DCE 680 Dance Practicum (12) Culminating Experience (0 credit hours) written portfolio (0) Additional Curriculum Information Students must submit the written portfolio culminating experience in the last semester of enrollment in the certificate program.

Career pathways

Dance artists and educators who complete a dance teaching praxis graduate certificate are credentialed to work as dance teaching artists, K-12 dance educators, higher education dance professors specializing in teacher preparation, and dance pedagogy scholars. Career examples: community arts facilitator, community engagement and social activist artist, dance education researcher or scholar, dance studio owner, K-12 dance educator, K-12 performing arts administrator, performing arts curriculum and program developer, social engagement practitioner.

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