2021-2022 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 for Non-Majors 

3

(or equivalency with prior experience)

DANC 354Dance and Cultural Histories  

3

DANC 105 or equivalency w/prior experience

Two of the following: (6 credits)

DANC 230Costume for Dance 

3

DANC 303Experiential Anatomy

3

DANC 305Movie Moves: Dance in Film

3

DANC 307Contemporary Dance in a Global Context

3

DANC 309Ethics/Aesthetics/Gender in the Performing Arts

3

DANC 311Africa to the Americas

3

ART 328/DANC 328/THTR 328The Arts & Social Change

3

DANC 371Somatic Awareness  

3

ART 475/COMM 475/THTR 475The Avant-Garde in Art, Film and Performance

3

Three of the following: (6 credits)

DANC 107Jazz I for Non-Majors

2

DANC 140 Ballet I for Non-Majors

2

DANC 141Modern for Non-Majors

2

DANC 210African Dance for Non-Majors

2

DANC 212Ballet II for Non-Majors

2

DANC 214Hip Hop for Non-Majors

2

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

* Pending final approval.