DCED at Texas A&M University

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. DCED 205Fundamentals of Pilates
  2. DCED 215Pilates Apparatus I
• 1. DCED 240Improvisation and Partnering
  2. DCED 242Contact Improvisation
  3. DCED 306Choreographic Principles
• 1. DCED 242Contact Improvisation
  2. DCED 240Improvisation and Partnering
  3. DCED 306Choreographic Principles
• 1. DCED 286Jazz Dance I
  2. DCED 387Jazz Dance II

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate DCED coursework.

• DCED 306Choreographic Principlesopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• DCED 215Pilates Apparatus Iopens 3 courses (1 directly)
• DCED 320Pilates Apparatus IIopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• BIOL 320Integrated Human Anatomy and Physiology IIopens 1 course (1 directly)
• DCED 387Jazz Dance IIopens 1 course (1 directly)
• DCED 400Group Choreographyopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate DCED work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 38 DCED and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 24 more DCED courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on DCED, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in DCED. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at DCED 415

  1. DCED 205Fundamentals of Pilates
  2. DCED 215Pilates Apparatus I
  3. DCED 320Pilates Apparatus II
  4. DCED 413Pilates Apparatus III
  5. DCED 415Teaching Pilates

• 4 courses deep, ending at DCED 402

  1. DCED 240Improvisation and Partnering
  2. DCED 306Choreographic Principles
  3. DCED 400Group Choreography

• 3 courses deep, ending at DCED 403

  1. BIOL 319Integrated Human Anatomy and Physiology I
  2. BIOL 320Integrated Human Anatomy and Physiology II
  3. DCED 403Dance Movement Analysis

• 3 courses deep, ending at DCED 419

  1. DCED 222Introduction to Dance Science
  2. DCED 411Wellness and the Performing Artist
  3. DCED 419Supervised Student Teaching

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for DCED yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under DCED yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

DCED does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Texas A&M campus feed.