体育舞蹈是面向开设的一、二年级本科生开设的体育必修课。狭义的体育舞蹈只包括国际标准交谊舞。广义的体育舞蹈包括国际标准舞交谊舞和大众交谊舞；大众交谊舞又包括慢三、中三、快三、快四、慢四、中四、踮四、伦巴、平四、三步踩、吉特巴、探戈等。
本课程的理论部分主要包括体育舞蹈的起源、发展、风格特点及视频欣赏等；实践部分包括：慢三、伦巴、平四和恰恰恰四支舞的学习与练习。
本课程的重点是掌握慢三、伦巴、平四和恰恰恰的技术动作，在此基础上，提高学生的身体的柔韧、灵敏以及协调性；提高学生音乐感受能力；提高学生舞蹈动作的编排能力以及学生的审美能力等。
The Course Description of Dance Sport
Dance sport is a compulsory public subject for freshmen and sophomore. The narrow sense of dance sport only includes the International Style of Ballroom Dancing, while the wild sense of dance sport consists of the International Style of Ballroom Dancing as well as the Public Social Dance. What’s more, the Public Social Dance covers Slow Waltz, Medium Waltz, Viennese Waltz, Quick Step, Slow Step, Medium Step, Standing Step, Rumba, Foxtrot, Three Step, Jitterbug, Tango etc.
The theoretical part of this course mainly includes the origin, the development, the style features and video appreciation of dance sport. As for the practical part, it contains the learning and practice of four kinds of dance, Slow Waltz, Rumba, Foxtrot and Cha-Cha .
In this course, it’s important to grasp the skilled movement of Slow Waltz, Rumba, Foxtrot and Cha-Cha. On the basis of skilled movement, we aim at improving students’ suppleness, sensitivity and coordination, improving their music reception ability and improving their choreography and beauty-appreciation.