Tap Dance II

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Demonstrate beginning and intermediate tap dance steps and technique with clarity and speed.
• Explore the historical and cultural significance of tap dance history through in-class discussions, research, and movement explorations.
• Improve choreography retention and improvisational abilities.
• Fully embody and successfully perform tap dance choreography of various styles.
• Apply a range of tap steps and technical concepts in both individual and collaborative choreographic settings.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Daily Class Attendance & Participation	40%
Movement Assessments	25%
Midterm	15%
Final	20%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
93-100	A
90-92	A-
87-89	B+
83-86	B
80-82	B-
77-79	C+
73-76	C
70-72	C-
67-69	D+
63-66	D
60-62	D-
0-59	F

Attendance/Participation:

You are permitted one sit out day for the semester where you may choose to sit and take notes on class to be turned in to the instructor. After the first sit out day, the student will be required to show a doctor’s note. If the student has not provided a doctor’s note beyond the first sit out day, there will be a deduction of one point from the student’s participation grade per sit out.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Proper Dance Attire is REQUIRED. This includes: Tap shoes. Leotard and tights/jazz pants/leggings that allow for freedom of movement and show the line of the body, especially the ankles and knees. No baggy pants that drag the floor.