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 105	Dance as an Art Form for Non-Majors	3
	(or equivalency with prior experience)
DANC 354	Dance and Cultural Histories	3

DANC 105 or equivalency w/prior experience

Two of the following: (6 credits)

DANC 230	Costume for Dance	3
DANC 303	Experiential Anatomy	3
DANC 305	Movie Moves: Dance in Film	3
DANC 307	Contemporary Dance in a Global Context	3
DANC 309	Ethics/Aesthetics/Gender in the Performing Arts	3
DANC 311	Africa to the Americas	3
ART 328/DANC 328/THTR 328	The Arts & Social Change	3
DANC 371	Somatic Awareness	3
ART 475/COMM 475/THTR 475	The Avant-Garde in Art, Film and Performance	3

Three of the following: (6 credits)

DANC 107	Jazz I for Non-Majors	2
DANC 140	Ballet I for Non-Majors	2
DANC 141	Modern for Non-Majors	2
DANC 210	African Dance for Non-Majors	2
DANC 212	Ballet II for Non-Majors	2
DANC 214	Hip 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.