2018-2019 Catalog

Minor: Dance, 18 Credits

The Dance Minor is designed for non-Dance majors who wish to experience the art of dance and movement practices while engaged in another major. No audition is required, but the minor is geared to those with some basic knowledge of dance and provides a foundation in the history and practice of dance and its trajectory as a social and cultural phenomenon.

Requirements

Required courses: (6 credits)

DANC 105DANCE AS AN ART FORM

DANC 354DANCE & CULTURAL HISTORY

DANC 105 or equivalency w/prior experience

Two of the following: (6 credits)

DANC 230COSTUME FOR DANCE

DANC 303ANATOMY I

DANC 305MOVIE MOVES:DANCE IN FILM

DANC 307CONT DANCE IN GLOBAL CONTEXT

ART 328THE ARTS AND SOCIAL CHANGE

DANC 371SOMATIC AWARENESS

ART 475AVANT-GARDE IN ART, FILM, PER

Three of the following: (6 credits)

DANC 107JAZZ I FOR NON-MAJORS

DANC 140BALLET I FOR NON-MAJORS

DANC 141MODERN I FOR NON-MAJORS

DANC 210AFRICAN DANCE FOR NON-MAJORS

DANC 212BALLET II FOR NON-MAJORS

DANC 214HIP-HOP DANCE

DANC 140: A student may take two (2) credit movement classes and have them count toward a DS1.