Program Recognition
•Accelerated joint pathway between Mason Gross's NASD-accredited Dance Department and the Rutgers Graduate School of Education.
Training
•Five-year 4+1 route that delivers a BFA, an Ed.M., and initial K-12 dance teacher certification, exclusively for Mason Gross BFA Dance majors.
•Coursework combines 27 undergraduate credits (sophomore through senior year) with 35 graduate credits in the fifth year, totaling 62 credits.
•Builds culturally responsive teaching skills plus strategies for collaborating with students, families, and community educators.
Professional Development
•Year five is full-time graduate study with a student-teaching internship.
•Culminates in a teaching portfolio and the edTPA performance assessment, leading to a CEAS recommendation from the GSE.
Degree Flexibility
•Lets BFA dancers fold a master's and teaching license into a single extra year — students apply before spring of junior year and enter the education sequence the summer before senior year.
