Dance Minor Requirements
The Dance Minor
Note: The grade point average of the coursework comprising the minor must be no less than 2.00 with no course grade below C- (1.7). Upper-level courses are taught on a rotating basis.
6 units, including
- History/Theory, one unit chosen from
- DANC 230 Dance History/Theory I
- DANC 240 Dance History/Theory II
- DANC 255 Choreography I
- Performance, two units chosen from
- DANC 218 Capoeira Angola
- DANC 238 Introduction to Contact Improvisation
- DANC 248 Introduction to Movement Improvisation
- DANC 251 Contemporary Dance Technique
- DANC 256 Beginning Jazz Dance
- DANC 257 Beginning Ballet
- DANC 258 Writing from the Body: Words and Movement
- DANC 259 Beginning Tap Dance
- DANC 260 Beginning Modern Dance
- DANC 261 Intermediate Jazz Dance
- DANC 262 Intermediate Tap Dance
- DANC 263 Intermediate Modern Dance
- DANC 266 Intermediate Ballet
- DANC 306 University Dancers
- DANC 316 Repertory
- DANC 356 Pointe and Variations
- DANC 361 Advanced Jazz Dance
- DANC 362 Advanced Tap Dance
- DANC 363 Advanced Modern Dance
- DANC 366 Advanced Ballet
- Technical Theatre/Theatre Design, one unit chosen from
- THTR 202 Stage Lighting
- THTR 206 Introduction to Costume
- THTR 305 Sound Design
- THTR 322 Advanced Costume Design
- Acting or Human Kinetics, one unit chosen from
- DANC 320 Human Kinetics for Dance
- THTR 212 Basics of Acting
Note: No course units can be counted twice. Theatre 330-341 (Practica) and Theatre 388 (Individual Internship) cannot be counted toward the dance minor.
Students are expected to fulfill all prerequisites necessary for courses within the minor. Prerequisites do not count toward the minor unless otherwise noted.