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2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

WRC 2401 - Disciplined Cultural Practice (3)


When Offered: Fall; Spring
GEN ED: Liberal Studies Experience
This course examines the discipline and theory of somatic practices and their cultural forms. The history, cultural, and artistic development of a particular martial art or somatic modality will be examined. Components of music, movement, song, traditions, rituals, and the art of mind-body connection, as well as individual practitioners, authors, and theorists of the specific modality will be studied. Students will be required to conduct daily, disciplined practice in the subject of the course and demonstrate improvement in the exercise of a somatic practice. Each section will concentrate on a single practice, including but not limited to: Capoeira, Yoga, or Tai-Chi.
May be repeated two times for credit when content does not duplicate.