3.00 Credits
Guided field trip to predetermined domestic or international locations. The trip will include tours to museums, art attractions and historical sites to develop aesthetic appreciation as well as critical and analytical skills. Students will integrate skills studied and attained through choreographic and and performance opportunities, and self-evaluate through personal written assessment. For domestic travel, see instructor for additional travel costs that may apply. For international travel, studyabroad.utahtech.edu. for additional travel costs that may apply. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Understand, analyze, and communicate observations of dance through international study. 2. Develop and nurture an awareness of cultural differences and an understanding of a culture's role in shaping beliefs, practices, and perceptions. 3. Identify and define the various approaches of dance training through an intensive study. 4. Develop skills in relation to adaptability, managing new challenges and changes of daily life, responsibility, and problem solving in a different culture. 5. Integrate an analysis of principles/elements of dance, technical vocabulary, and knowledge of major dance forms in order to experience a fusion of dance forms in a specific time of structured study. 6. Evaluate the study through personal written assessment.