Dance ProgramCourse Requirement: Minimum of 10 Course Credits
- DANCE 101 (Introduction to Dance) or DANCE 165 (Let's Dance!)
- Three courses selected from one pathway (see below)
- One course from each of the secondary (three courses) pathways
- Students will notice some overlap between the pathways; students will not be allowed to count a course for more than one pathway. 10 credits in the major are a hard requirement.
- DANCE 487S (Capstone Seminar: Research Methods and Writing in Dance Studies and Choreographic Performance)
- DANCE 489T (Capstone: Senior Project), or DANCE 499S (Capstone Seminar: Distinction Project)
- The equivalent of two course credits from partial or full-credit movement, see Process, Practice and Research listings
- To view current movement/technique classes, see Half-Credit Courses
Selecting an Advisor
Upon declaration of the major make an appointment with the Director of Undergraduate Studies. An advisor will be assigned to each student. See Advisors for Major and Request Form.
Pathways
Four pathways highlight the research trajectories of the Dance Program. None of the pathways targets a specific physical style or cultural tradition; rather, these traditions interweave through all the pathways.
These pathways are:
- Dancing Cultures
- Being and Healing
- Process, Practice, and Research
- Social Issues and Social Action
| Number | Title | Codes |
|---|---|---|
| DANCE 235SL | Capoeira: Practice and Culture | CCI, W, ALP, SS |
| DANCE 318S | Movement in Question: Introduction to Critical Dance Studies | CCI, R, W, ALP, CZ |
| DANCE 325S | The Black Parades: African Diaspora Parade Culture and Radical Resistance | CCI, ALP, SS |
| DANCE 335SL | West African Rootholds in Dance | CCI, ALP, CZ |
| DANCE 336 | Black Dance | CCI, R, W, ALP |
| DANCE 337S | Black Dance: Jamaican Contexts | ALP, CZ |
| DANCE 338S | Ballet History: Black Presence | CCI, ALP |
| DANCE 356 | Dance and Dance Theater of Asia | CCI, ALP, CZ |
| DANCE 535S | AfroFuturism | ALP |
| DANCE 645S | Black Performance Theory | CCI, R, ALP |
| DANCE 665S | Contemporary Dance History | CCI, W, ALP, CZ |
Courses originating outside of the Dance Program not listed here may be considered as satisfying pathways requirements at the discretion of the director of undergraduate studies and the student’s major advisor. No more than two courses originating outside of the Dance Program may count toward the pathways requirements.
| Number | Title | Codes |
|---|---|---|
| DANCE 284 | Ritual, Performance, and Religion | CCI, ALP, CZ |
| DANCE 371 | Artists in Healthcare: Collaborations and Complexities | CCI, EI, R, ALP, CZ |
| DANCE 377S | Dance Science: An Evolutionary Approach | R, ALP, NS |
| DANCE 575S | Somatics: Embodiment for the Twenty-First Century | EI, R, ALP, NS |
Courses originating outside of the Dance Program not listed here may be considered as satisfying pathways requirements at the discretion of the director of undergraduate studies and the student’s major advisor. No more than two courses originating outside of the Dance Program may count toward the pathways requirements.
Courses originating outside of the Dance Program not listed here may be considered as satisfying pathways requirements at the discretion of the director of undergraduate studies and the student’s major advisor. No more than two courses originating outside of the Dance Program may count toward the pathways requirements.
| Number | Title | Codes |
|---|---|---|
| DANCE 201S | Arts Entrepreneurship | ALP |
| DANCE 208S | Non-Profit Cultural Institutions | EI, SS |
| DANCE 301 | Arts Activism & Everyday Technology | ALP |
| DANCE 309S | Dancing States of Mind: The Self, Social and Political Practice of Dance | R, ALP |
| DANCE 325S | The Black Parades: African Diaspora Parade Culture and Radical Resistance | CCI, ALP, SS |
| DANCE 561S | Art as Work: Valuing Labor in the Arts | CCI, EI, R, ALP, CZ |
| DANCE 590S | Topics in Dance/Embodiment |
Courses originating outside of the Dance Program not listed here may be considered as satisfying pathways requirements at the discretion of the director of undergraduate studies and the student’s major advisor. No more than two courses originating outside of the Dance Program may count toward the pathways requirements.