Dec 04, 2025  
2025-2026 Cal State East Bay Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Cal State East Bay Catalog
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DANC 102 - Diversity in Dance


Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-3A
Dance traditions and cultures from around the world in exploration of the human search for meaning: from ritual dances that prepare us for weddings and wars, to social dances that reinforce cultural order, to artistic dances expressing the human condition.

Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-3A - Arts
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently


Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
 

  1. explain the cultural meanings of dance of different regions to the search for meaning in everyday life in writing, orally, non-verbally, and visually. …distinguish the aesthetics of traditional dance and culture when experiencing the language, myths, stories and songs of different cultures;
  2. collaborate respectfully as members and leaders of diverse groups trying to understand the social and cultural context in which dance forms arise. …recognize the similarities and differences in dance and music of various cultures.


GE-3A. Arts Learning Outcomes
  1. Evaluate the impact of the arts on their life.
  2. Examine the cultural and/or historical context(s) of the arts.
  3. Describe the ways that diverse identities influence the creation and experience of art.
  4. Identify the role of art in diverse settings.



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