The minor in Dance includes courses in technique, choreography, movement, mechanics, nutrition, and humanities in order to train students in all aspects of dance as an art form.

Minor Requirements

The minor in Dance contains a total of 18 credit hours, distributed as follows.

One required 3-cr core course (3 cr total):

  • MUS 312: Choreography and Composition

One 1-cr Movement, Repertoire and Composition course selected from among the following 1-cr courses (1 cr total):

  • MUS 407A: Dance Conditioning
  • MUS 408A: Theatre Dance I
  • MUS 408B: Theatre Dance II

Five 1-cr Dance Technique courses * selected from among the following 1-cr courses (5 cr total):

  • DNCE 211: Ballet II
  • DNCE 311: Ballet III
  • DNCE 411: Ballet IV
  • DNCE 212: Tap II
  • DNCE 312: Tap III
  • DNCE 412: Tap IV
  • MUS 405A: Modern I
  • MUS 405B: Modern II
  • DNCE 213: Jazz II
  • DNCE 313: Jazz III

* Note that two of the five Dance Technique courses must be from the same technique.

Two 3-cr Mechanics and Understanding courses (6 cr total):

  • DR 102: Introduction to the Alexander Technique
  • NURS 257/NURS 257H: Nutrition and Health

One additional 3-cr elective course chosen from the list below (may not overlap with requirements for the student's major) (3 cr total):

ART 112: Foundations of Art
ART 211: History of Art: Prehistory to the Middle Ages
ART 212: History of Art: From the Renaissance to the Modern Age
ART 230: Smart Phone Filmmaking
ART 319: Renaissance Art and Architecture - Art in the First Global Age
ART 331: Modern Art: From Post-Impressionism to Modernism (1880s-1945)
ART 383: Video Production
DR 104: Theatre II
DR 206: Fundamentals of Acting
DR 207: Introduction to Design
DR 306: Theatre Production
DR 312: Directing I
DR 320: Improvisation Workshop
DR 467: Playwriting I
MUS 101: Fundamentals of Music Theory
MUS 178: Music in Western Civilization
MUS 450: Musical Theatre Directing
MUS 473: Introduction to Electronic Composition
MUS 575/DR 375/MUS 575: Arts Administration: Creative Management in the Non-Profit Sector
PHIL 310: Philosophy of Art
PHYS 122: Sound and Light in Nature, Arts and Technology