• 24 credit hours with grades of C or better with at least 12 credit hours unique to the minor 

Students intending to pursue the dance minor must be assigned a departmental advisor. Students must achieve some proficiency in dance performance. Required levels of proficiency are decided individually in conference with the director of the dance program, and take into account the student’s interests, background, and abilities in dance. 

Course Requirements

• PERF-305 History and Philosophy of Dance I:
       15th–19th Centuries (3) or  

PERF-306 History and Philosophy of Dance II:
20th Century (3) 

• PERF-411 Composition of Dance I (3) or 

PERF-412 Composition of Dance II (3) 

• PERF-506 The Moving Body (3) 
• PERF-507 Principles of Movement (3) 
• 12 credit hours in dance electives