Please see Guidance Notes in the Programme Approval Guidance for Programme Teams to assist in the completion of this template.
1. Awarding Institution/Body Teesside University [TU]
2. Teaching Institution Leeds City College
3. Collaborating Organisations
(include type) n/a
4.
5.
Delivery Location(s)
[if different from TU]
Accredited by (e.g. PSRB)
Leeds City College – Park Lane Campus
Northern Ballet – Dance studios
Yorkshire Dance Centre - Dance Studios n/a
6. Award Title(s) BA (Hons) Dance
7. LeadSchool School of Arts and Media
8.
Schools
9. FHEQ Level
[see guidance]
10. Bologna Cycle
[see guidance]
11.
Description n/a
FHEQ Level 6
First cycle
12. Mode of Attendance
[full-time or part-time]
13.
Benchmarking Group(s)
14.
Reference Points
(e.g. National Occupational
Standards, PSRB Standards)
W500 Dance
The study of and/or training in the movement of the body, particularly in time to music. May include some study of/training in music and/or drama.
Full time and Part time
Dance, drama and performance
2007
National Occupational Standards – Dance leadership
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15. Date of Production/Revision March 2013
16.
Programme
(if different from standard
University criteria)
A typical offer is likely to be 55% average at Foundation
Degree or a Merit profile in a relevant HND, together with GCSE grades at C or above in English and Maths.
Alternative qualifications at an appropriate level may be considered.
In the absence of formal learning qualifications applications are welcomed from persons who can demonstrate relevant work experience, including work in a voluntary capacity. The course structure actively supports claims for Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) and Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL).
We welcome applications from mature candidates who may not have met the academic criteria, but can demonstrate a range of experience in their chosen field.
Candidates in this category will be interviewed to assess their suitability for the course and asked to attend a workshop / audition, which is standard procedure for all candidates. Suitability for the course based on prior experience will be assessed at this stage. During the course, students may be asked to work with children so a DBS certificate will be beneficial. However, this can be organised during the course.
International qualifications will be assessed against these criteria. Speakers of other languages need to have an IELTS score of at least 6.0 or a recognised level 2
English qualification. All students must be able to demonstrate either by qualifications or testing that they have the required literacy skills to complete the course.
17. Educational Aims of the Programme
The overall aims of the programme are to:
1. Provide a comprehensive and challenging vocational programme in dance, including core and specialist modules, which facilitate access and progression for a wide range of students from diverse backgrounds into various community practice contexts.
2. Offer a robust BA hons programme that is relevant to current dance practice in the
Creative Industries, that will allow students to be autonomous and progress onto their chosen trajectory
3. Produce graduates who have the ability to critically reflect and learn from their practical and workplace experience in a dance context and relate this experience to relevant theory
4. Produce graduates who have both subject specific skills (expressive, creative, technical) and transferable skills (communication, teamwork, project management) which are key to being employable as a dance practitioner in the Creative
Industries
5. Produce graduates who have an analytical and reflective understanding of dance in the context of the workplace today and in relation to the wider social and cultural environment
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18 Learning Outcomes
The programme will enable students to develop the knowledge and skills listed below. On successful completion of the programme, the student will be able to:
Knowledge and Understanding(insert additional rows as necessary)
K1 Plan, undertake and evaluate a negotiated, self-managed major project
K2 Demonstrate detailed and comprehensive knowledge of the skills and artistry required to realise dance performances
K3 Demonstrate a comprehensive and detailed knowledge of chosen aspect of dance, whilst proving able to synthesise and critically appraise
K4 Be able to analyse and evaluate the impact of ethical and legal issues relevant to the generation of knowledge within the context of dance
K5 Evaluate appropriate knowledge as an aid to problem-solving whilst working creatively
Cognitive/Intellectual Skills(insert additional rows as necessary)
C1 Present independent judgements about a chosen aspect of dance through synthesis, appraisal and evaluation of appropriate sources
C2 Discuss accepted views / techniques of dance using balanced, logical and supported argument
C3 Demonstrate intellectual flexibility and openness to new ideas in a creative context.
C4 Be confident and flexible in identifying and defining complex creative problems and the application of appropriate knowledge, tools/methods to their solution
Practical/Professional Skills(insert additional rows as necessary)
P1 Demonstrate the ability to operate ethically in complex and unpredictable contexts
P2 Be able to operate autonomously with limited supervision or direction within agreed guidelines and/or constraints
P3 Be able to apply safe practice autonomously to practical working situations within dance practice.
P4 Be able to apply a full range of performance skills with autonomy
Key Transferable Skills(insert additional rows as necessary)
T1 Plan, manage and evaluate the acquisition of new knowledge and skills as part of a lifelong learning strategy
T2 Demonstrate both employment potential and ability to manage future professional development within a dance context
T3 Communicate clearly, fluently and effectively in a range of styles appropriate to the context
T4 Select and apply appropriate numerical and statistical methods for complex tasks
T5 Employ software applications for different tasks within the context of dance
T6 Recognise and evaluate factors which enhance group processes and team-working, and modify and evaluate own personal effectiveness within a team
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19.
1. There is an emphasis on tailored learning to the individual
2. Practical skills-based delivery underpins further autonomous practice
3. The lecture programme and technical dance delivery will impart the necessary principles and concepts
4. The seminars will be a mixture of student and tutor led sessions considering practical examples of the principles and concepts introduced in the lecture programme, which will support learning through an experiential approach
5. Group work will allow students to develop their research, communication and teamwork skills
6. Tutor and peer led reflective feedback form the basis of student learning programmes, supported by personal and professional action planning embedded in practical modules
7. Tutorials will support independent research enquiry
8. Opportunities will be provided to work within the Creative Industries using our strong links with working professionals and industry partners
20.
7.
8.
9.
Practical Assessments are key to the student development including:
1.
2.
3.
Technique classes in-class observation monitoring sustained practical engagement
(public) performances
Students need to be able to apply this practical knowledge to the management of others through similar processes as well as developing new choreographic skills. This is assessed through:
4. Choreographed performance
Reflective practices are key to supporting practical assessments:
5. Reflective journal: reflecting on elements of learning by applying theories and concepts
6. Reflective portfolio: documenting a process from initial research to outcome
Academic underpinning is identified through:
Dissertation
Presentation to a panel of a research proposal
Practice based lecture-demonstrations (optional part of the Negotiated Dissertation module)
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21. Programme Modules
(additional copies to be completed for each named pathway)
Level 6
Code Title
Negotiated Dissertation
Studio Practice 3
Alternative Studio
Practice
Creativity and
Critical Awareness
Choreography
Credits
30
30
20
20
20
Status
Non-
Compensatable
Pathway core
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Compensatable
Programme
Core
Pathway core
Programme
Core
Programme
Core

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22. Programme Structure
Overview of structure of the modules across the Academic Year.
Negotiated
Dissertation
30 Credits
Alternative
Studio
Practice
20 Credits
Studio
Practice 3
30 Credits
Choreography
20 Credits
Creativity and
Critical Awareness
20 Credits
Full-time route:
Level 6:
This course will build on technical dance skills gained during the foundation degree, focusing in Studio Practice 3 on a more advanced contemporary dance technique and performance. Alongside this will be holistic and philosophical Alternative Studio Practices to create a more rounded and self-aware dancer.
Individual and group creativity will be explored through the Choreography module as well as the Creativity and Critical Awareness module, thus allowing students various opportunities to realise their own dance performances. They will also be challenged to critically reflect on their own work as well as that of their peer group.
Negotiated Dissertation will allow the student to select and guide their own independent and autonomous research enquiry. The presentation of which can be negotiated to be either all written or part written and part lecture-demonstration. It is recognised that there is a step up in the level of complexity between L5 and L6, and this is prepared for by a process of knowledge consolidation during the beginning of each semester 1 module.
This is to ensure that the requisite skills are in place for the student to achieve. It is essential that the student’s prior learning is assessed and then built upon to facilitate a smooth transition from level 5 to level 6. To achieve this, a process of recapping core level 5 skills and information will be provided to set a framework for the new skills required and delivered for working at level 6.
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1. Negotiated Dissertation , 30 credits
2. Studio Practice 3 , 30 credits
3. Alternative Studio Practice , 20 credits
4. Creativity and Critical Awareness , 20 credits
5. Choreography , 20 credits
A part-time route can be negotiated up to a maximum of five years of study, as in the example below. A Typical offer of part time would be two years:
Year 1:
6. Studio Practice 3 , 30 credits
7. Choreography , 20 credits
8. Creativity and Critical Awareness , 20 credits
Year 2:
9. Negotiated Dissertation , 30 credits
10. Alternative Studio Practice , 20 credits
Negotiated
Dissertation
30 Credits
Studio
Practice 3
30 Credits
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Alternative
Studio
Practice
20 Credits
Choreography
20 Credits
Creativity and
Critical
Awareness
20 Credits
23. Support for Students and Their Learning
The award adopts the approach to student learning support as identified in the
Scheme programme specification.
1. Tailored induction support begins before students arrive with the admissions team, and is reinforced at the detailed induction programme
2. A robust communications system functions to give students access to lecturers and management; this includes e-mail, the VLE and notice boards in studios.
3. All necessary information about the programme is provided by means of the student handbook, module handbooks and the VLE.
4. Each student is allocated a tutor for regular tutorials and personal development planning. This is implemented in the first term and continued throughout the course timeframe
5. There is an extensive range of learning resources in the Library, supported by specialist staff who provide bespoke study skills sessions for students.
6. The University provides an extensive range of services for students, including support for those with special needs
7. There is a range of student services such as welfare, counselling, financial and careers advice
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24. Distinctive Features
1. An emphasis on the balance between continuing with core dance training, whilst allowing the individual to explore their creative trajectory and context within the industry.
2. Students have access to an excellent range of facilities including: professional dance buildings, HE base room, Mac suite, a purpose built theatre and bookable rehearsal space in the evenings
3. The double pathways of Dance and Performance offer the opportunity to work across disciplines. This provides an innovative and contemporary exploration of creative approaches
4. Strong links with Northern Ballet and Yorkshire Dance, with weekly use of professional dance studios and access to industry staff
5. Strong teaching team that are actively involved in the Dance scene in Leeds
6. A core principle to develop dancers who are equipped to work within community dance settings
7. The provision of work placement which provides real experience of working within the industry
8. Due to the location of the provision, students are able to access a wonderful range of cultural and arts venues and companies that reside within the urban district of
Leeds and Bradford
9. Leeds is widely regarded as the dance capital of the North with organisations such as Northern Ballet, Yorkshire Dance Centre, NSCD and Phoenix Dance Theatre operating out of the city centre. This opens up opportunities for students to find relevant work experience and make connections in the industry
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Please provide a map for each named pathway or separate award. Insert outcomes key across the top of each column, adding in additional columns where necessary, insert module names in the left of the grid and place an “A” in the box where the programme outcome is assessed.
For Undergraduate programmes please provide a map for each Stage, e.g. Stages 1 and 2 and programme outcomes for Honours degrees, and Stage 1 and programme outcomes for Foundation Degrees.
Outcome Key
Module Name K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 C1 C2 C3 C4 P1 P2 P3 P4 T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6
Negotiated dissertation
A A A A A A A A A
A A A A A A Studio
Practice 3
Alternative
Studio
Practice
A A A A A A
Creativity and
Critical
Awareness
A A A A A A A
Choreography A A A A A A A A
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