New Program Proposal Bachelor Of Arts Major In Dance (Page 2 of 4) in pdf

CAAL

10/20/2004

Agenda Item 2e

education certification. In addition, the College of Charleston offers a dance minor which

does concentrate on classical ballet.

The program will require no new space for teaching or performance areas, as

existing facilities are sufficient to support the program.

The proposal states that current library holdings in video (125 titles) and print (over

900 volumes) are adequate to support the program. In addition, there is existing funding to

support material acquisition due to the strength of the existing dance minor. No new funds

are included for library materials.

No new full-time faculty will be required in 2004-05. A full-time faculty position in

dance education will be added in 2005-06, and a full-time faculty position in classical

ballet and two part-time (1 FTE) positions will be added in 2006-07. A part-time (.25

FTE) faculty position will be added in 2007-08. A full-time clerical position will be added

in 2008-09. In 2004-05 the program will have 13 headcount faculty (4.75 FTE), in 2005-06

it will have 14 headcount faculty (6.75 FTE), in 2006-07 it will have 17 headcount (9.25

FTE), and in 2007-09 it will have 18 headcount (9.75 FTE) faculty positions.

According to the proposal, enrollment in the proposed program is estimated to begin

at 22 (headcount and FTE) in the Spring 2005 and increase to 28 (headcount and. FTE) in

Fall 2008. This is based on four to five dance courses being offered in 2004-05 and six to

eight in subsequent years. The projected enrollment figures are based on surveys of

advanced dance students and South Carolina Summer Dance Conservatory students. These

surveys indicated that 34% of the 98 advanced dance students and 47% of the 250

Conservatory students would be interested in majoring in dance at USC if such a major

were offered.

Four years after the proposed degree is implemented, the University of South

Carolina will seek accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Dance

(NASD). This accreditation process will entail a comprehensive effort by administrators,

faculty and students to evaluate the program.

The USC dance major will meet the

standards published by NASD and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher

Education (NCATE).

No new costs for the program will be accrued when the program is implemented in

Spring 2005. In Year 2, they increase to $64, 290, including faculty salaries ($45,000),

fringe benefits ($10,790), clerical salary ($7,000), and equipment ($1,500). By the fifth

year, new costs increase to $161,561, including faculty salaries ($100,000), fringe benefits

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