College of Education & Human Services

Dance Education Endorsement

We encourage all of our physical education majors to enroll in courses that will lead to additional content they are licensed to teach.  Western Illinois University offers course work that will lead to a school endorsement in Dance Education that empowers our majors to teach elementary, junior high/middle school, and high school Dance

The Dance Educator endorsement requires students to complete a total of 18 credit hours as prescribed below;

Dance Minor Curriculum Core (11 Semester Hours)

  • DAN 119 Improvisation (1 SH)
  • DAN 210 Ballet II (2 SH)
  • DAN 213 Modern Dance II (2 SH)
  • DAN 219 Composition (2 SH)
  • DAN 310 Ballet III (2 SH)
  • DAN 313 Modern Dance III (2 SH)

 11 total SH

Directed Electives  (Select one of the following)

  • DAN 382 Dance History & Philosophy (3 SH)
  • DAN 385 Movement and Music Analysis (3 SH)

17 total SH

Electives (Select 1 Semester Hours of the following)

  • DAN 110 Ballet I (2 SH)
  • DAN 112 Jazz Dance (2 SH)
  • DAN 113 Modern Dance I  (2 SH)
  • DAN 116 Tap Dance I (1 SH)
  • DAN 212 Jazz Dance (2 SH)
  • DAN 216 Tap Dance II (1 SH)
  • DAN 386 Special Projects in Dance (1-2 SH)
  • DAN 490 Independent Study (1-3 SH)
  • DAN 413 Advanced techniques of Modern Dance (2 SH)
  • DAN 316 Musical Theatre Dance (2 SH)

18 total SH