Why choose ECU?

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It's how we learned from QILT that we're Australia's top-ranked public university for undergraduate teaching quality and skills development.

We also learned from the Good Universities Guide that graduates have rated our teaching quality 5 stars for 12 years in a row.

And it's how we know that we're one of the best young universities in the world under 50 years old.

So the real question is, why not choose ECU?

Course details

An overview of core units and electives you can study in this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Adapt knowledge and skills in diverse performance contexts to produce creative and innovative ideas in response to industry trends.
Apply broad historical, philosophical, theoretical and practical discipline knowledge to a range of professional and associated dance-related contexts.
Demonstrate initiative and judgement in planning, problem solving, and decision making when interpreting the intention of choreographic work for professional practice in both solo and collaborative settings.
Demonstrate responsibility and accountability for own learning through self-reflection and application of feedback on individual project work in diverse settings.
Incorporate techniques and teaching approaches to demonstrate a global outlook and communicate cross-cultural awareness, including indigenous cultural competence.
Successfully communicate knowledge and ideas, which incorporate other art forms, including duo and improvisation within a range of choreographic styles and approaches.
Think critically to analyse, interpret and conceptualise complex disciplinary knowledge within a choreographic and dance performance context.
Use digital technologies and discipline related literacies to access, evaluate and synthesise relevant information from multiple sources.

Course structure

Year 1 - Full Year
Unit Code	Unit Title	Credit Points
DAN1021	Ballet 1	20
DAN1022	Performance 1	20
DAN1025	Contemporary Dance and Allied Techniques 1	20
DAN1032	Related Physical Disciplines 1	5
DAN1034	Integrated Body Practices 1	10
DAN1035	Dance History and Analysis 1	10
DAN1036	Choreography 1	15

Year 1 - Semester 1
Unit Code	Unit Title	Credit Points
DAN1033	Allied Arts 1	10

Year 1 - Semester 2
Unit Code	Unit Title	Credit Points
ADM1250	History of the Arts	10

Year 2 - Full Year
Unit Code	Unit Title	Credit Points
DAN2121	Ballet 2	20
DAN2122	Performance 2	20
DAN2125	Contemporary Dance and Allied Techniques 2	20
DAN2132	Related Physical Disciplines 2	5
DAN2133	Allied Arts 2	5
DAN2234	Integrated Body Practices 2	5
DAN2135	Dance History and Analysis 2	5
DAN2136	Choreography 2	15

Year 2 - Semester 1
Unit Code	Unit Title	Credit Points
DAN2031	Dance Teaching Methods	5

Year 2 - Semester 2
Unit Code	Unit Title	Credit Points
ADM2410	Arts in Contemporary Society	15
DAN3131	Dance Teaching Methods 2	5

Or, with approval from the course coordinator, students may complete the following alternative pattern in Year Two:

Year 2 - Full Year
Unit Code	Unit Title	Credit Points
DAN2155	Professional Ballet Techniques	20
DAN2165	Allied Ballet Techniques	20
DAN2170	The Arts in Historical and Cultural Contexts	15
DAN2125	Contemporary Dance and Allied Techniques 2	20
DAN2132	Related Physical Disciplines 2	5
DAN2135	Dance History and Analysis 2	5
DAN2234	Integrated Body Practices 2	5
DAN2136	Choreography 2	15

Year 2 - Semester 2
Unit Code	Unit Title	Credit Points
ADM2410	Arts in Contemporary Society	15

Year 3
Unit Code	Unit Title	Credit Points
DAN3235	Dance History and Analysis 3	15
PAM2006	Arts Management	10
Plus 3 units from:
DAN3222 ^	Performance 3	25
DAN3225 ^	Contemporary Dance and Allied Techniques 3	25
DAN3236 ^	Choreography 3	25
DAN3221 ^	Ballet 3	25
Plus 2 units from:
DAN3232 ^	Related Physical Disciplines 3	10
DAN3120 ^	Secondment and Industry Placement	10
DAN3239 ^	Allied Arts 3	10
DAN3237 ^	Multi Media for Dance	10

^ Core Option

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Other important course notes.

Work Experience option

Students have the opportunity to complete the Secondment and Industry Placement unit as part of this course. It is a professional practice unit consisting of choreography, rehearsal, and performance, which aids in both the training and assessment of students in the dance program.

Opportunities and career options after you finish this course.

Employment opportunities

This course encourages students to pursue individual goals as dance artists, choreographers, teachers or researchers.

Possible future job titles

Contemporary Dancer, Choreographer, Dance Teacher, Entertainer

Courses you can consider if you are interested in progressing further in this area.

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