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CSE 4494 - Undergraduate Project
Credits: 4
An opportunity for the advanced undergraduate student to undertake independent investigation, design, or development. Written permission of the supervising faculty member is required before registration.
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CSE 5050 - Undergraduate Internship
Credits: 0
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CSE 5096 - Senior Thesis
Credits: 0
Prerequisite: Admission to the departmental distinction program.
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CSE 5111 - Intellectual Property and Information Technology
Credits: 1
Presents fundamentals in the nature, protection, and fair use of intellectual property, including patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, and antitrust principles, with an emphasis on Internet, software, databases, and digital transmission technologies. Investigates the open source and creative commons alternatives for disseminating intellectual property. Examines the professional and ethical responsibilities of the engineer, scientist, manager, and creative artist, and their opportunities regarding intellectual property. Also, investigates the rapid change in types and uses of intellectual property spawned by computers, digital media, e commerce, and biotechnology.
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CSE 5190 - Special Topics
Credits: 1
Individual or group study of selected topics in computer science. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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CSE 5191 - Special Topics
Credits: 1
Individual or group study of selected topics in computer science. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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CSE 5192 - Special Topics
Credits: 1
Individual or group study of selected topics in computer science. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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CSE 5193 - Special Topics
Credits: 1
Individual or group study of selected topics in computer science. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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CSE 5194 - Special Topics
Credits: 1
Individual or group study of selected topics in computer science. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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CSE 5196 - Senior Thesis
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Admission to the departmental distinction program.
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CSE 5290 - Special Topics
Credits: 2
Individual or group study of selected topics in computer science. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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CSE 5291 - Special Topics
Credits: 2
Individual or group study of selected topics in computer science. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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CSE 5292 - Special Topics
Credits: 2
Individual or group study of selected topics in computer science. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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CSE 5293 - Special Topics
Credits: 2
Individual or group study of selected topics in computer science. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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CSE 5294 - Special Topics
Credits: 2
Individual or group study of selected topics in computer science. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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CSE 5296 - Senior Thesis
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: Admission to the departmental distinction program.
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CSE 5311 - Fundamentals of Computer Science
Credits: 3
A comprehensive foundation course covering the major aspects of computer science. Covers hardware and software fundamentals, operating systems concepts, data structures, discrete structures, algorithms, and programming languages. Also, addresses issues related to software engineering and object-oriented programming. Prepares students without a computer science background for the master’s program in software engineering at SMU.
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CSE 5313 - Software Configuration Management
Credits: 3
Successful software development and maintenance requires an understanding and application of many activities and functions throughout the software engineering process. One of the key areas is software configuration management. Students explore the principles and practices of the software configuration management function and mandatory role, including how CM is defined, planned, implemented, and measured over the life cycle of any development or maintenance project. Focuses on understanding specific roles of project team members and the tasks they plan and execute: managers who must support the CM efforts; project managers who must plan and design the CM system for their projects; those who implement the system; those who manage and administer the system; and the testers, engineers, and quality assurance personnel who are affected by the system. Prerequisites: CSE major and junior, senior, or graduate-level standing.
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CSE 5314 - Software Testing and Quality Assurance
Credits: 3
Examines the relationship of software testing to quality, with an emphasis on testing techniques and the role of testing in the validation of system requirements. Topics include module and unit testing, integration, code inspection, peer reviews, verification and validation, statistical testing methods, error prevention and detection, project metrics selection and implementation, testing principles, formal models of testing, and performance monitoring, and measurement. Also, defining test plans and strategies that map to system requirements. Prerequisites: C- or better in all previous CSE courses and senior standing. It is strongly recommended that students have software engineering experience.
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CSE 5316 - Software Requirements
Credits: 3
Focuses on defining and specifying software requirements that can be used as the basis for designing and testing software. Topics include use cases for describing system behavior, formal methods, specifying functional versus nonfunctional requirements, and the relationship of requirements to software testing. Prerequisites: C- or better in all previous CSE courses and senior standing.
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CSE 5317 - Leadership for Architecting Software Systems
Credits: 3
Principles of leadership and software architecture in building large software systems or leading large teams. Involves a mix of personal assessment, reflection, and the development of leadership and influence skills and concepts unique to each student. Examines the process of developing large software systems in a constantly changing commercial environment. Prerequisite: Junior standing or higher.
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CSE 5319 - Software Architecture and Design
Credits: 3
Software development requires both an understanding of software design principles and a broader understanding of software architectures that provide a framework for design. The course explores the role of design in the software life cycle, including different approaches to design, design trade-offs, and the use of design patterns in modeling object-oriented solutions. It also focuses on important aspects of a system’s architecture, including the division of functions among system modules, synchronization, asynchronous and synchronous messaging, interfaces, and the representation of shared information. Prerequisites: C- or better in all CSE courses and senior standing.
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CSE 5320 - Artificial Intelligence
Credits: 3
Introduces basic principles and current research topics in artificial intelligence. Formal representation of real-world problems; search of problem spaces for solutions; and deduction of knowledge in terms of predicate logic, nonmonotonic reasoning, and fuzzy sets. Application of these methods to important areas of artificial intelligence, including expert systems, planning, language understanding, machine learning, neural networks, computer vision, and robotics. Prerequisites: C- or better in CSE 3342 , CSE 3353 .
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CSE 5323 - Mobile Applications for Sensing and Learning
Credits: 3
Equips students with the practical skills necessary to develop mobile applications that take advantage of the myriad sensing and control capabilities of modern smartphones. Focuses on interfacing with phone hardware, efficient computing on the phone and in the cloud using virtualized servers, and efficient analysis of the peripheral sensor streams of today’s smartphones. Students integrate real-time control and/or automation using a third-party hardware platform to interface with the mobile platform. Prerequisite: CSE 1342 .
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CSE 5324 - Machine Learning in Python
Credits: 3
Introduces the processes of learning from data. Provides an overview of a number of machine learning techniques, including pre-processing, visualization, classification, and regression, used in analytics. Covers classic and contemporary learning techniques, with emphasis on artificial neural networks and deep learning methods. Material covered will be reinforced through hands-on experience using state-of-the art tools. Class examples and assignments will come from the programming language Python. Knowledge of linear algebra, calculus, introductory algorithm analysis, statistics/probability, and an introduction to python programming is suggested. Prerequisites: C- or better in CSE 2341 and CSE 3365 /MATH 3315
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CSE 5330 - File Organization and Database Management
Credits: 3
Surveys current database approaches and systems, principles of design, and use of these systems. Includes query language design, implementation constraints, applications of large databases, survey of file structures and access techniques, and use of a relational DBMS to implement a database design project. Prerequisite: C- or better in CSE 3330 .
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CSE 5331 - An Introduction to Data Mining and Related Topics
Credits: 3
Introduces various data mining and related concepts. Reinforces all material covered through hands-on implementation exercises and uses a high-level, applied study of data mining techniques. Prerequisite: C- or better in CSE 3330 .
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CSE 5333 - Quantifying the World
Credits: 3
In the global information age, data can be leveraged to rapidly answer previously unanswerable questions. Students explore how to make sense of the large amounts of data frequently available, from hypothesis formation and data collection to methods of analysis and visualization. Includes ways to set up Internet-level measurements and formulate testable hypotheses; ways to automatically gather, store, and query large datasets; and ways to apply statistical methods (descriptive and predictive) and information visualization to collected datasets. Students learn to use Python and R programming languages to carry out data collection, analysis, and visualization. Culminates in a final project using real data of the students’ choosing.
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CSE 5337 - Information Retrieval and Web Search
Credits: 3
Introduces the field of information retrieval, with an emphasis on its application in Web search, and the basic concepts of stemming, tokenizing and inverted indices, text similarity metrics, and the vector-space model. Students study popular Web search engines and apply the concepts in several Java-based programs. Prerequisite: CSE 3353 .
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CSE 5338 - Security Economics
Credits: 3
Introduces 1) economics as a tool for understanding and managing information security and 2) the techniques of analytic and empirical modeling. Students review key information security challenges and technologies in order to reason about the topics economically, and they explore economic concepts such as rationality, markets, and information. Presents models and metrics of security investment, cost-benefit analysis techniques, and techniques for empirical investigation and measurement of cybercrime. Students design security games to capture the strategic interaction between defenders and between attackers and defenders. Includes the implications for public policy. Prerequisite: CSE 3353 or junior standing if not a declared CSE major.
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CSE 5339 - Computer System Security
Credits: 3
Students investigate a broad selection of contemporary issues in computer security, including an assessment of state-of-the-art technology used to address security problems. Topics include sources for computer security threats and appropriate reactions, basic encryption and decryption, secure encryption systems, program security, trusted operating systems, database security, network and distributed systems security, administering security, and legal and ethical issues. Prerequisite: CSE 5343 .
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CSE 5340 - Service-Oriented Computing
Credits: 3
Service-oriented computing is the computing paradigm that utilizes services as fundamental elements for developing applications. Service providers expose capabilities through interfaces. Service-oriented architecture maps these capabilities and interfaces so they can be orchestrated into processes. Fundamental to the service model is the separation between the interface and the implementation, such that the invoker of a service need only (and should only) understand the interface; the implementation can evolve over time, without disturbing the clients of the service. Prerequisites: Senior or graduate standing. Programming experience is required.
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CSE 5341 - Compiler Construction
Credits: 3
Reviews programming language structures, loading, execution, and storage allocation; compilation of simple expressions and statements; organization of a compiler, including compile- and run-time symbol tables, lexical analysis, syntax analysis, code generation, error diagnostics, and simple code optimization techniques; and use of a recursive high-level language to implement a complete compiler. Prerequisites: C- or better in CSE 3342 , CSE 3353 .
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CSE 5342 - Concepts of Language Theory and Their Applications
Credits: 3
Formal languages and their relation to automata; introduction to finite-state automata, context-free languages, and Turing machines; theoretical capabilities of each model; applications in terms of grammars, parsing, and operational semantics; and decidable and undecidable problems about computation. Prerequisite: C- or better in CSE 3342 or permission of instructor.
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CSE 5343 - Operating Systems and Systems Software
Credits: 3
Theoretical and practical aspects of operating systems: overview of system software, timesharing and multiprogramming operating systems, network operating systems and the Internet, virtual memory management, interprocess communication and synchronization, file organization, and case studies. Prerequisites: C- or better in CSE 2240 , CSE 3353 .
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CSE 5344 - Computer Networks and Distributed Systems II
Credits: 3
Introduces network protocols, layered communication architecture, multimedia applications and protocols, quality of service, congestion control, optical networks, DWDM, network survivability and provisioning, and wireless networks. An interdisciplinary project requires the use of currently available network design and simulation tools. Prerequisite: C- or better in CSE 4344 .
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CSE 5345 - Advanced Application Programming
Credits: 3
Advanced programming techniques that span a range of programming languages and technologies. Includes server-side application development, client GUI implementation, application frameworks, design patterns, model-based development, and multithreading. The specific programming language or languages covered may vary from term to term. Prerequisite: CSE 3345 or consent of instructor.
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CSE 5346 - Cloud Computing
Credits: 3
Explores architectures for cloud computing, and provides hands-on experience with virtualization technologies. Topics include cloud computing architectures such as infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, and software as a service. Covers programming models for cloud computing, the fundamentals of virtualization technologies that enable scalability, and an introduction to the security and energy efficiency challenges of cloud computing. Prerequisite: CSE 4381 .
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CSE 5347 - XML and the Enterprise
Credits: 3
XML, the Extensible Markup Language, is used to define vocabularies for a wide range of applications such as software configuration, data exchange, and Web-based protocols. Provides a detailed examination of XML as an enterprise technology, with a focus on APIs, interfaces, and the standards that drive this technology, including DTDs and XML Schema to structure XML data, XSLT to transform XML, XML protocols for distributed computing, and XML security initiatives. Students gain a broad understanding of XML and the technical issues and trade-offs among different alternatives for processing XML. Prerequisites: An understanding of object-oriented concepts and familiarity with Java and/or C++.
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CSE 5348 - Internetworking Protocols and Programming
Credits: 3
Processing and interprocess communications, UNIX domain sockets, fundamentals of TCP/IP, Internet domain sockets, packet routing and filtering and firewall, SNMP and network management, client-server model and software design, remote procedure call (XDR, RPC, DCE), design of servers and clients, networking protocols for the World Wide Web, and internetworking over new networking technologies. Prerequisites: C- or better in CSE 4344 , CSE 5343 and C programming.
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CSE 5349 - Data and Network Security
Credits: 3
Covers conventional and state-of-the-art methods for achieving data and network security. Private key and public key encryption approaches are discussed in detail, with coverage of popular algorithms such as DES, Blowfish, and RSA. In the network security area, the course covers authentication protocols, IP security, Web security, and system-level security. Prerequisite: C- or better in CSE 4344 .
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CSE 5350 - Algorithm Engineering
Credits: 3
Algorithm design techniques; methods for evaluating algorithm efficiency; data structure specification and implementation; applications to fundamental computational problems in sorting and selection, graphs and networks, scheduling and combinatorial optimization, computational geometry, and arithmetic and matrix computation; introduction to parallel algorithms and to computational complexity; and a survey of NP-complete problems. Emphasizes developing the student’s facility to design efficient algorithms. Prerequisite: C- or better in CSE 3353 .
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CSE 5356 - VLSI Design and Laboratory
Credits: 3
Explores the design aspects involved in the realization of CMOS integrated circuits from device up to the register subsystem level. Addresses major design methodologies, with emphasis on structured, full-custom design. Also, the MOS device, CMOS inverter static characteristics, CMOS inverter dynamic characteristics, CMOS transistor fabrication technology, combination logic circuit, alternative static logic circuit, sequential logic circuit, dynamic logic circuit, propagation delay and interconnect, power dissipation and design for low power, memory device (DRAM, SRAM, ROM), ESD protection, packaging, testing, and VLSI design flow. Students use state-of-the-art CAD tools to verify designs and develop efficient circuit layouts. Prerequisites: C- or better in EE 2181 , EE 2381 , EE 3311 .
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CSE 5359 - Software Security
Credits: 3
As software is delivered across networks and Web-based environments, security is critical to successful software deployment. This course focuses on software security issues that pertain to the network application layer in the classic OSI model. At the network application layer, issues related to encryption, validation, and authentication are handled programmatically rather than at the network level. Students work with APIs for cryptography, digital signatures, and third-party certificate authorities. The course also explores issues related to XML and Web services security by examining standards and technologies for securing data and programs across collaborative networks. Prerequisite: Programming experience in Java and/or C++.
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CSE 5360 - Introduction to 3-D Animation
Credits: 3
Introduces computer graphics, with an emphasis on the popular software package Maya. Focuses on the user interface, creation of 3-D geometry using polygonal techniques, materials and textures, kinematics, animation, and camera and lighting techniques. Explores the various aspects and fundamentals of computer graphics. Students gain a core understanding of the workflow necessary to create 3-D imagery. Assignments require students to combine a variety of techniques to become familiar with the computer animation production process. Prerequisite: Junior standing or higher. May not be used for credit in a graduate degree program in CSE without adviser’s approval.
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CSE 5369 - Hardware Security and Trojan Detection
Credits: 3
Introduces several contemporary topics in hardware security, with a particular emphasis on hardware Trojans. Other topics include physically unclonable functions, the problem of counterfeiting, security implications of design for testability in hardware, intellectual property protection, and secure coprocessors and smart cards. Prerequisite: C or better in CSE 3381 or equivalent.
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CSE 5376 - Introduction to Telecommunications
Credits: 3
Overview of public and private telecommunications systems; traffic engineering; switching; transmission; signaling; channel capacity; media characteristics; Fourier analysis and harmonics; modulation; electromagnetic wave propagation and antennae, modems, and interfaces; digital transmission systems; T1 carriers; digital microwave; satellites; fiber optics and synchronous optical networking; and integrated services digital networks.
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CSE 5380 - VLSI Algorithms
Credits: 3
Introduces problems, algorithms, and optimization techniques used in the design of high-performance VLSI design. Emphasis on algorithms for partitioning, placement, floor planning, wire routing, and layout compaction. Prerequisites: C- or better in CSE 3353 , CSE 3381 .
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CSE 5381 - Computer Architecture
Credits: 3
Introduces the state of the art in uniprocessor computer architecture, with a focus on the quantitative analysis and cost-performance trade-offs in instruction set, pipeline, and memory design. Topics include quantitative analysis of performance and hardware costs, instruction set design, pipeline, delayed branch, memory organization, and advanced instruction-level parallelism. Prerequisite: C- or better in CSE 4381 .
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CSE 5382 - Computer Graphics
Credits: 3
Hardware and software components of computer graphics systems: display files, 2-D and 3-D transformations, clipping and windowing, perspective, hidden-line elimination and shaping, interactive graphics, and applications. Prerequisite: C- or better in CSE 3353 .
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CSE 5385 - Microcontroller Architecture and Interfacing
Credits: 3
Emphasizes the design of embedded systems using microcontrollers. Briefly reviews microcontroller architecture. Includes hierarchical memory systems and interfacing of memory and peripherals, industry standard bus interfaces and other applicable standards, and topics in real-time operating systems and system-level design considerations. The corequisite laboratory requires students to develop software using assembler and high-level languages. Prerequisite: CSE 3381 or EE 3181 , EE 3381 .
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CSE 5387 - Digital Systems Design
Credits: 3
Modern topics in digital systems design, including the use of HDLs for circuit specification and automated synthesis tools for realization. Programmable logic devices are emphasized and used throughout the course. Includes heavy laboratory assignment content and a design project. Prerequisite: C- or better in CSE 3381 or in EE 2381 .
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CSE 5390 - Special Topics
Credits: 3
Individual or group study of selected topics in computer science. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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CSE 5391 - Special Topics
Credits: 3
Individual or group study of selected topics in computer science. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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CSE 5392 - Special Topics
Credits: 3
Individual or group study of selected topics in computer science. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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CSE 5393 - Special Topics
Credits: 3
Individual or group study of selected topics in computer science. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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CSE 5394 - Special Topics
Credits: 3
Individual or group study of selected topics in computer science. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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CSE 5396 - Senior Thesis
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Admission to the departmental distinction program.
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Dance Dance courses open to non-dance majors are offered on a periodic basis. The remaining dance courses are restricted to dance majors unless otherwise indicated in the course descriptions.
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DANC 1301, 1303, 1305 |
| Dance Courses for Dance Performance Majors |
| Performance Technique |
Ballet: DANC 1018, 1311, 2311, 3016, 3018, 3211, 3216, 3218, 3311, 4004, 4104, 4211, 4311 |
| Jazz Dance: DANC 1231, 2231, 3231, 4231 |
| Modern Dance: DANC 1321, 2321, 3221, 3321, 4221 |
| Advanced Performance Technique |
DANC 3211, 3216, 3218, 3221, 3231, 3311, 3321, 4104, 4211, 4221, 4231, 4311 |
| Ensemble Performance |
DANC 3080 |
| Composition |
DANC 3341, 3342, 3343 |
| Theoretical Studies |
DANC 1326, 3363, 4190, 4290, 4390, 4373, 4374 |
| Applied Studies |
DANC 1144, 1151, 1152, 2160, 2170, 3354, 3366, 4091, 4191, 4291, 4391 |
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DANC 1018 - Pointe I
Credits: 0
Introduces and develops the fundamentals of pointe technique. Admission by placement. Corequisite: DANC 1311 , DANC 2311 , or DANC 3311 .
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DANC 1030 - Partnering I Laboratory
Credits: 0
A focus on the development of weight sharing skills, with methodology based in techniques associated with contact improvisation and Bartenieff fundamentals. Covers repertory from Pilobolus, one of the most internationally renowned dance companies that bases its work in contact improvisation. Restricted to first-year students.
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DANC 1144 - The Dancer’s Toolbox
Credits: 1
Introduces healthy and effective practices that serve to develop a vibrant and successful dance artist. Focuses on physical well-being, artistic protocols, intellectual and cultural perspectives, and diverse approaches to creating and sustaining motivation and inspiration. Also, collaboration with other orientation courses and projects.
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DANC 1151 - Dance Production I
Credits: 1
Introduces the technical preparation, production, and running of dance performances. Also, orientation and information for providing support in areas of lighting, sound, costumes, and scenery. Service assignments provide hands-on training in mounting a mainstage production, as well as load-in and strike of dance productions in other venues. Required of all first-year dance majors.
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DANC 1152 - Dance Production II
Credits: 1
Service assignments for performance activities as a continuation of material introduced in the previous term. Development of production skills through verbal and visual communication. Includes lab hours outside of and in addition to the regularly scheduled class meeting times. Required.
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DANC 1218 - Pointe I
Credits: 2
Introduces and develops the fundamentals of pointe technique. Admission by placement.
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DANC 1231 - Jazz Dance I
Credits: 2
Exploration of the basics of jazz dance technique and styles (classic, musical theatre, and contemporary forms), including studies in basic positions, placement, isolations, and jazz rhythms.
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DANC 1301 - Beginning Ballet
Credits: 3
Introduction to the fundamentals of classical ballet. Not for credit in the dance major.
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DANC 1303 - Beginning Modern Dance
Credits: 3
Introduction to basic movement skills, experiences, and concepts of modern dance. Not for credit in the dance major.
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DANC 1305 - Beginning Jazz Dance
Credits: 3
Introduction to the fundamentals of jazz dance with emphasis on rhythm and theatrical style. Not for credit in the dance major.
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DANC 1311 - Ballet I
Credits: 3
Introduction to and development of the fundamentals of classical ballet and pointe technique. Inclusive of pointe class, men’s class, and partnering class.
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DANC 1321 - Modern Dance I
Credits: 3
Introduction to and development of the fundamentals of contemporary dance.
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DANC 1326 - Musical Concepts
Credits: 3
Introduces basic listening skills, historic musical literature methods for exploring multiple genres of music, and basic music theory related to rhythm and dynamics. The theoretical materials introduced are reinforced and practiced in the composition track.
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DANC 2160 - Introduction to Pilates
Credits: 1
Introduces Pilates, a nonimpact, body conditioning method based on principles of abdominal and scapular stabilization. Emphasizes nonweight-bearing exercises, proper alignment, full range of motion, and patterned breathing.
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DANC 2170 - Yoga for Dancers
Credits: 1
An introduction to the fundamentals of hatha yoga taught through vinyasa, a fluid series of physical poses initiated by focused breathing. Designed to cultivate mental clarity, to improve strength and flexibility, and to reduce muscular and metal tension.
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DANC 2231 - Jazz Dance II
Credits: 2
Continuing development of jazz dance technique and styles, with a focus on dynamics, rhythm, and directional changes. Explores classic jazz, blues, and contemporary jazz styles. Admission by placement.
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DANC 2311 - Ballet II
Credits: 3
Continuing exploration of classical ballet technique on the intermediate level with an emphasis on more complex port de bras, adagio, tourner, enchainement, and allegro batterie. Inclusive of pointe class, men’s class, and partnering class. Prerequisite: Admission by placement.
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DANC 2321 - Modern Dance II
Credits: 3
Continuing exploration of contemporary dance technique at an intermediate level with emphasis on more complex movement phrasing, rhythmic variation, and use of space. Admission by placement.
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DANC 2361 - Dance Theory and Practice with an Emphasis on Laban Movement Studies
Credits: 3
Introduces established theoretical concepts and their practical application to the performance and creation of movement. Areas of concentration include somatics, Laban Movement Analysis, motif writing, and Labanotation.
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DANC 3016 - Men’s Ballet Technique
Credits: 0
Emphasis on the virtuosity specific to the male dancer in the ballet idiom. Corequisite: DANC 1311 , DANC 2311 , or DANC 3311 .
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DANC 3018 - Pointe II
Credits: 0
Emphasis on the virtuosity specific to the female dancer in the ballet idiom. Admission by placement. Corequisite: DANC 1311 , DANC 2311 , or DANC 3311 .
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DANC 3080 - Ensemble Performance
Credits: 0
Rehearsal and public performance of existing repertory and/or original works. By audition. Departmental approval and administrative enrollment. Required.
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DANC 3086 - Explorations in Style
Credits: 0
Students explore a variety of dance forms, styles, and techniques beyond the foundation of the standing curriculum. Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and technique level placement of II or IV in the appropriate technique.
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DANC 3211 - Ballet III
Credits: 2
Continuing development of classical ballet technique on the advanced level with an emphasis on technical proficiency, musicality, and movement dynamics. Admission by placement.
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DANC 3216 - Men’s Ballet Technique
Credits: 2
Emphasis on the virtuosity specific to the male dancer in the balletic idiom. The class objective is to strengthen and develop the dancer to his utmost potential. Includes variations. Admission by placement.
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DANC 3218 - Women’s Pointe Technique
Credits: 2
Emphasis on the virtuosity specific to the female dancer in the balletic idiom. The class objective is to strengthen and develop the dancer to her utmost potential. Includes variations. Admission by placement.
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DANC 3221 - Modern Dance III
Credits: 2
Continuing development of contemporary dance technique at an advanced intermediate level with emphasis on refining performance quality, depth of physically, dramatic expression, and individual style. Admission by placement.
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DANC 3231 - Jazz Dance III
Credits: 2
Exploration of more advanced technique and styles of jazz dance, performance projection, individual style, characterizations, and musical theatre themes. Focus on retaining extensive combination sequences. Admission by placement.
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DANC 3311 - Ballet III
Credits: 3
Continuing development of classical ballet technique on the advanced level with an emphasis on technical proficiency, musicality, and movement dynamics. May be inclusive of pointe class, men’s class, and/or partnering class. Prerequisite: Admission by placement.
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DANC 3321 - Modern Dance III
Credits: 3
Continuing development of contemporary dance technique at an advanced intermediate level with emphasis on refining performance quality, depth of physicality, dramatic expression, and individual style. Introduction of repertory. Admission by placement.
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DANC 3341 - Dance Composition I
Credits: 3
Introduction to fundamental compositional concepts, including improvisation, abstraction, gesture, motivation, movement manipulation, and phrasing. Students create solo, duet, and group studies. Prerequisite: DANC 1326 .
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DANC 3342 - Dance Composition II
Credits: 3
Introduction to structural and aesthetic guidelines for the creation of group dance forms. Structural phrasing practices such as canon, unison, and antiphony serve as tools for facilitating student empiricism and experimentation. Prerequisite: DANC 3341 .
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DANC 3343 - Dance Composition III
Credits: 3
Focuses on working collaboratively with peers in music composition and lighting design. The primary project is the creation of an original work generated from a substantiated contextual source drawn from fields such as literature, visual art, science, architecture, philosophy, and religion. Prerequisite: DANC 3342 .
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DANC 3354 - Dance and Camera
Credits: 3
Instruction in basic camera and editing skills and techniques designed to broaden and empower the dancer’s understanding of the moving dance image on camera, and the ways this imagery may be modified and presented as digital media. Covers a variety of modes of digital capture, including single-camera archival, performer viewpoint, multicamera, and site-specific capture techniques. Students learn basic nonlinear editing skills in support of creating a dancer and/or choreographer reel and digital portfolio. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing.
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DANC 3363 - Kinesiology for Dance
Credits: 3
Exploration of basic anatomy and the human body in motion. Normal and deviated skeletal structures and muscular development are assessed in regard to movement efficiency, injury potential, and dance aesthetics. Required.
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DANC 3366 - Dance Pedagogy
Credits: 3
Focuses on the theory and practice of teaching methodologies in multiple dance genres. Examines pedagogical theories, standards, and goals for teaching dance, and gives students hands-on experience in teaching modern/contemporary, ballet, and/or jazz-based technique classes. Elements of the course include planning a syllabus, presenting educational material, making corrections, integrating dance accompaniment, organizing a term, and grading. Students may focus on one style of dance, or they may teach in all three modalities investigated during the term. They begin the practical application of course materials by teaching fellow classmates small portions of a technique class, and progress to teaching a full class to nonclassmates.
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DANC 3374 - The Evolution of American Musical Theatre
Credits: 3
Examines the evolution of American musical theatre, from its roots in minstrelsy, burlesque, and vaudeville, to its adolescence in comic opera, operetta, and musical comedy, to its codification as musical theatre. Includes the early forms of popular entertainment, the integration of dance, music, and drama into the form known as musical theatre, and the figures of the 20th century who refined this integration on Broadway and in Hollywood.
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DANC 3376 - Dance in Contemporary Society - Online
Credits: 3
Exploration of dance as a significant element of the socio-cultural structures that form modern society. An examination of the historical context of seminal periods in the development of contemporary theatrical and social dance as a framework for developing an understanding of dance aesthetics. Students discover aesthetics by exploring the intersection of historical context and personal sensori-emotional values. They develop skills for critical analysis based in observation and research, and demonstrate their understanding of dance aesthetics through writing and discussion. (*updated* 11/29/2017; effective Spring 2018)
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DANC 4004 - Partnering
Credits: 0
Introduction to the basic elements of partnering inherent in classical ballet. Emphasis on technical skills and classical style. Includes excerpts from classical repertory. Admission by invitation. Prerequisite: Instructor approval. Corequisite: DANC 1311 , DANC 2311 , DANC 3211 , or DANC 3311 .
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DANC 4090 - Directed Studies
Credits: 0
Supervised projects and/or research in theoretical studies, inclusive of community service projects. Arranged. Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
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DANC 4091 - Dance Capstone
Credits: 0
Focuses on creative and logistical processes associated with presenting a fully produced concert in the Bob Hope Theatre. Requirements include choreographing a work; collaborating with MFA theater design students and production personnel; writing choreographic proposals and grants; and developing strategies for and implementing activities associated with producing the concert. Seminars on professional development are also given. Prerequisites: DANC 3341 , DANC 3342 , and DANC 3343 . (*updated* 1/11/2018; effective Spring 2018)
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DANC 4104 - Partnering
Credits: 1
Introduction to the basic elements of partnering inherent in classical ballet. Emphasis on technical skills and classical style. Includes excerpts from classical repertory. Admission by invitation. Prerequisite: Instructor approval. Corequisite: DANC 1311 , DANC 2311 , DANC 3211 , or DANC 3311 .
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