The goal of the Commercial Dance Certificate is to prepare the (advanced) student for the rigors of a career in the professional commercial dance field. Students will hone skills and train for the physical, creative, technical, and technological demands involved in auditioning, rehearsing, and performing in the professional world either on stage or screen.  

Program Outcome

Analyze, evaluate, and embody various commercial dance techniques in order to interpret, create and perform them at a proficiency level relevant to the professional commercial dance field.

Review Graduation Requirements.

Course List Units

Course	Title	Units
Required Courses
DANC A169	Hip-Hop Dance III	1
DANC A143	Jazz Dance III	2
DANC A144	Ballet III	2
DANC A205	Dance as a Profession Seminar	2
DANC A160	Dance Composition/Choreography I	3
DANC A154	Contemporary Commercial Dance	1
or DANC A257	Contemporary Commercial Dance 2
DANC A206	Movement, the Camera and the Creative Process	2
DANC A211	Repertoire I (3 units)	3
or DANC A203	Performing Dance Ensemble I
or
DANC A211 & DANC A201	Repertoire I and Rehearsal and Performance I (3 units)
DANC A150	Dance Improvisation I (1 unit)	1
or DANC A250	Dance Improvisation II
Restricted Electives		2
DANC A138	African Dance and Drumming I
DANC A116	Latin Dance Styles I
DANC A135	Flamenco Dance 1
DANC A130	Mid-Eastern Dance 1
DANC A156	Polynesian Dance
DANC A125	Tap 1 (1 unit)
DANC A126	Tap 2 (1 unit)
DANC A146	Tap III
DANC A102	Modern 2 (2 units)
DANC A145	Modern Dance III
Total Units		19