The Dance Minor is designed for students interested in expanding their knowledge of dance as both a performance art and as a tool to develop human creativity as the basis of a well-educated individual. The Dance curriculum provides a variety of coursework for students preparing for professional performance careers as well as those using dance in humanistic, cultural and/or educational settings. A total of 24 units are required. A variety of entry level and advanced technique classes are offered. Students can audition for entry into advanced contemporary dance.
Requirements for the Minor (24 units)
Required Courses (24 Units)
- DANC 1000 - Beginning Ballet (2) or
- DANC 2000 - Intermediate Ballet (2)
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- DANC 2700 - Choreography I (2)
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- DANC 1200 - Beginning Jazz Dance (2) or
- DANC 2200 - Intermediate Jazz Dance (2)
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- DANC 3400 - Advanced Contemporary Dance (3)
- DANC 4210 - Embodied Histories: Dance in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Century (3)
- DANC 4350 - Dance, Movement and Identity (3)
- DANC 4770 - Moving Cultures: World Dance (3)
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- DANC 4100 - Performance Participation (1-2) (6 units) or
- DANC 4540P - Special Topics in Dance (1-3) (6 units)