MSc
in Dance Science & Education
" The
MSc in Dance Science & Education
is an exciting new programme starting in September 2009 "
Today, it is becoming critically important to the holistic nature and
global development of all Dance performance and training that there are
professionals within dance science and education that are appropriately
resourced, challenged and inspired to take on their own frontiers and develop
new ones.
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Key objectives
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The principal aim of this Master's programme is to provide a foundation
in science that can underpin all forms of dance training and educate the
development of dance as an art form. The programme has been carefully developed
to focus on the scientific that is directly relevant to the process and
practices involved in optimising:
- Dance training
- Dance education
- Dance performance
Throughout the programme both theoretical and practical work are combined
to promote learning and understanding of the key concepts required to become
an effective dance scientist.
This is achieved through understanding, evaluating and articulating excitingly
new and currently evolving research and thinking in dance science to successfully
applying and delivering training interventions as a "practitioner" in
the environments of dance education, dance participation, and dance performance.
We are now accepting applications for full- and part-time study
starting in September 2009.
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Programme
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Students complete 120 credits (exit
award available 'Post-Graduate Diploma') made up from:
a) The mandatory:
- Dance Pedagogy courses 1 and 2 (40 credits),
- Preventive Dance Medicine course (20 credits) and
- one of the Research Methods course electives (20 credits)
b) Plus two option course electives each equivalent to:
- 20 Scottish Masters Level Credits
c) With sufficient achievement, they may progress to the:
- Dissertation (exit award available 'MSc'), equivalent to 60 Scottish
Masters Level Credits
" The dissertation project will provide
the opportunity for students to select to work in areas of vocational
application and in contexts dear to themselves "
The study
of Dance Science and Education at Edinburgh University provides a breadth
of opportunity coupled with the depth of MSc study allowing students
to seek and apply in context. Dissertation research areas could include
the perspectives of Dance performance, Dance Medicine and Science,
Community Dance, the concepts Dance Teaching and Curriculum, Dance Education,
and Management throughout the dance industry. The dissertation project
will provide the opportunity for students to select to work in areas of
vocational application and in contexts dear to themselves building on Diploma
work. Progression to Dissertation (MSc) requires an average pass mark of
50% throughout the PG Diploma courses.
Each student
can discuss the content and choice of electives with the programme coordinator.
This careful counselling ensures that the choice of elective courses
made from across the school options both complies with the timetable
and also maximises the student's potential and accommodates his/her focus
of research. Where appropriate, course electives from across colleges
may also be offered and this flexibility and optimum student choice between
courses throughout the school gives a unique additionality to our programme.
 Download
the programme's electives chart
Programme coordinator:
Wendy Timmons, wendy.timmons@education.ed.ac.uk
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Resources &
Comments from the industry |
"...
excellent facilities include dance studios, a dance research room
with an extensive archive, and BASES accredited scientific research laboratories "
The MSc DSE is a new programme
of study and unique to Scotland. The University of Edinburgh and the PESLS
department have a long history in the education of physical activity
including Dance and have also more recently developed to incorporate
research in sports science and medicine. PESLS department has a body
of staff with expertise in dance and all the related movement sciences,
excellent facilities that include dance studios, a dance research room
with an extensive archive, and BASES accredited scientific research laboratories.
The University of Edinburgh has a history and well founded reputation
in Dance Education and also holds extensive and rare resources related
to the field of dance practice in the university libraries. Access to the
University libraries for all students also means that important extensive
medical resources and publications are also readily available to all MSc
DSE students.
"I am delighted to welcome the University
of Edinburgh's MSc in Dance Science and Education to the range of advanced
dance provision available in the UK and look forward very much to hearing
of its progress and success"
Sean Williams, Director, the Council for Dance Education
and Training
"Dance in Scotland is thriving. We enjoy a
diverse and vibrant dance sector including professional companies, independent
choreographers and teachers, a network of dance centres and innovative
community projects encouraging thousands of people across Scotland to
dance every week. The potential within the dance sector in Scotland is
thrilling and the development of the MSc Dance Science and Education
at the University of Edinburgh is a welcome addition to the dance landscape
in Scotland"
Anita Clark, Head of Dance, Scottish Arts Council
"Dance UK's Healthier Dancer Programme works
to promote dancers' health, fitness, well-being and performance, and
longer, healthier dance careers. We welcome the development of Scotland's
first MSc in Dance Science and Education and the contribution it will
make to this aim"
Helen Laws, Healthier Dancer Programme Manager,
Dance UK
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