Curriculum

Learning happens at many levels on the Cal State San Marcos campus. Aligning all campus learning outcomes under the University's Mission and Vision, along with the President's Strategic Plan, provides a compass that helps keep all components of the campus moving in the same direction.  

For general advising, including university/graduation requirements and General Education advising, please schedule a time to meet with a staff advisor in the Office of Academic Advising: www.csusm.edu/academicadvising.

Program Learning Outcomes:

• The knowledge to explain how dance is an intertwining of lived experience and identity. 
• The tools to be able to articulate the significance of the historical, political and cultural context of dance. 
• An understanding of how to apply theoretical concepts and embodied practice to create performance work/art. 

Dance Activism and Social Justice 

How do we move through the world? Movement has impact.   

In science fiction/futurist writer Octavia Butler's words: "Everything we touch we change. Everything we change changes us."  

Dance Studies at CSUSM embodies decolonized, feminist, contemporary and experimental dance practices.  All Dance Studies courses seek to elevate self-awareness of our diverse ancestors and contemporaries.  Dance Studies is committed to honoring the legacy of diverse types of choreography that create/d and contribute/d to the legacy of Dance in America.  

Let's move critically and mindfully, especially during this turbulent and critical times.  

Dance Studies Minor Worksheet