TUT Baccalaureus Technologiae BTech in Dance

BACCALAUREUS TECHNOLOGIAE: DANCE

Qualification code: BTDA04 – NQF Level 7

Important notification to new applicants:

Students who intend to enrol for this qualification should take note that no new applications will be accepted as from 2020. Potential students are advised to consult the University’s website for possible new qualifications which are aligned with the newly-implemented Higher Education Qualification Sub-Framework.

REMARKS

a.Admission requirement(s):

A National Diploma: Dance or a relevant qualification, with an average of at least 60% in the final year of the National Diploma.

b.Selection criteria:

Submission of an acceptable letter of intent or subject to a formal selection.

c.Minimum duration:

One year.

d.Presentation:

Day classes.

e.Intake for the qualification:January only.

f.Exclusion and readmission:

See Chapter 2 of Students’ Rules and Regulations.

g.Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), equivalence and status:

See Chapter 30 of Students’ Rules and Regulations.

h.Subject credits:

Subject credits are shown in brackets after each subject.

Key to asterisks:

*Information does not correspond to information in Report 151. (Deviations approved by the Senate in November 2010.)

CURRICULUM

SUBJECT INFORMATION (OVERVIEW OF SYLLABUS)

The syllabus content is subject to change to accommodate industry changes. Please note that a more detailed syllabus is available at the department or in the study guide that is applicable to a particular subject. On 01 September 2017, the syllabus content was defined as follows:

A

Managerial skills, funding proposals, sponsors and personal management. (Total tuition time: ± 32 hours)

C

Choreography exercises and assignments, dance arrangements and a choreography project. (Total tuition time: ± 96 hours)

D

Jazz dance, African dance, tap dance, modern/contemporary dance, song and dance and body conditioning. (Total tuition time: ± 224 hours)

Practical teaching, didactics, and methodology and dance in education. (Total tuition time: ± 128 hours)

Classical ballet, contemporary dance, allied dance techniques and double work. (Total tuition time: ± 320 hours)

H

(Subject custodian: Department of Performing Arts)

The student chooses a study area of particular interest and relevance to his or her dance or musical theatre development. Research report. (Total tuition time: ± 32 hours)

M

The student should be able to demonstrate an appropriate level of skill and competence in the following areas: The nature and practice of research in the social sciences and the arts, research design, the develop- ment of a research proposal, qualitative and quantitative research methodology, ethics in research and writing of a research report. (Total tuition time: ± 100 hours)

S