This course offers tools to generate trust-oriented, intricate, three-dimensional partnering. As a safe and supportive ensemble, students will enter into physical investigations of weight sharing, body-part manipulations, off-balance support, lifting and being lifted, negative space, resistance, and various ways of harnessing forces of momentum. Duets, trios, and groups will collaboratively create set partner dances using a series of construction/reconstruction steps challenging technical range while honoring idiosyncrasy.

This course introduces the fundamentals of movement used in dance and character expressions in the Indian classical and theatrical dance tradition. By employing body movements, hand gestures, props together with masks, the course explores exchanging identity and taking on the persona of "Gods, Demons and Others" in masked creations of expressive and rhythmic sequences. Students learn the basic patterns of formal and folk dance movements including gestural expression in mimetic interpretations through poetry, music compositions and rhythmic structures.

The objectives of the course are for students to understand the profound influence African dance has had on American dance forms, to understand the significance of dance in African culture, and to understand the connection between drummer and dancer and to appreciate and respect a culture that is different yet similar in many ways to American culture.

Using authentic African drums, students will learn to play the various rhythms that accompany the dances taught in the West African dance class.

Continuation of Renaissance and Baroque Dance I. Sixteenth- through eighteenth-century European social dance, contemporary with the eras of Elizabeth I and Shakespeare in England, the Medicis in Italy, Louis XIV in France, and colonial America. The focus will be on learning the dances, supplemented by historical and social background, discussion of the original dance sources, and reconstruction techniques.

A continuation of the knowledge gained in Ballet I. The course will emphasize maintaining correct body placement, coordination of the arms and head while using the whole body for dance. Curriculum covered will include the small and big classical poses and an increase in the allegro portion of the class.

Advanced beginning modern technique. The course will concentrate on further developing your exposure to and performance of contemporary dance techniques, including strength, flexibility, and anatomical integration while dancing.

This course is an introduction to the mathematical theory of statistics and to the application of that theory to the real world. Topics include probability, random variables, special distributions, introduction to estimation of parameters, and hypothesis testing.

In this course, students will learn how to analyze data arising from a broad array of observational and experimental studies. Topics covered will include exploratory graphics, description techniques, the fitting and assessment of statistical models, hypothesis testing, and communication of results. Specific topics may include multiple regression, ANOVA, and non-linear regression. Statistical software will be used.

This course introduces methods in data science, including exploring problems, developing and implementing possible data analytic solutions and interpreting findings. Statistical programming and computational reasoning are emphasized. Topics include data visualization, data manipulation, data analysis and presentation. Reproducible research methods are explored and case studies are emphasized.