Dance/Theatre Minor

Creative Arts

Sample course sequence

Total Credits 16

 Required to take 2 cr.

• DA/TA 115 Fundamentals of Voice & Movement 2 cr.

 Required to take one class 2-4 cr. from the following:

• DA/TA 210 Improvisation: Creative Approach to Performance 2 cr.
• DA 250/MU 250/TA250 Musical Theatre: On Stage and Screen 4 cr.
• TA 265 Fundamentals of Acting On-Stage and Off 2 cr.

Required to take 2 credits of dance technique classes from the following:

• DA 130/230 Contemporary Dance I & II 2 cr.
• DA 131/231 African Dance: Origins, Practice & Aesthetics I & II 2 cr.
• DA 132/232 Ballet Technique I & II 2 cr.
• DA 134/234 Jazz Dance Technique I & II 2cr.
• DA 134/234 Introduction to Hatha Yoga 2cr.

 Required take 2 credits of dance technique classes from the following:

• DA 310 Contemporary Dance In American: Movement and Meaning or TA Contemporary Theatre 2 cr.

or

• TA 310 Contemporary Theatre: Silenced Voices Heard 2 cr.
• DA 315 Dance in Cultures 2 cr.
• DA 250/MU 250/TA250 Musical Theatre: On Stage and Screen 4 cr.

 Required to take 3 cr. from the following:

• DA 340 Dance Composition & Performance I 3 cr.

Dance Courses Offered

• DA/TA 115 Fundamentals of Voice & Movement 2 cr.
• DA/TA 210 Improvisation: Creative Approaches to Performance 2 cr.
• DA 310 Contemporary Dance In American: Movement and Meaning or TA Contemporary Theatre 2cr.
• DA 315 Dance in Cultures 2 cr.
• DA 340 Dance Composition & Performance I 3 cr.
• DA 440 Dance Composition & Performance II 3 cr.
• DA 130/230 Contemporary Dance Technique I & II 2 cr.
• DA 131/231 African Dance: Origins, Practice & Aesthetics I & II 2 cr.
• DA 132/232 Ballet Technique I & II 2 cr.
• DA 134/234 Jazz Dance Technique I & II 2 cr.
• DA 134/234 Introduction to Hatha Yoga 2 cr.
• DA 250/MU 250/TA250 Musical Theatre: On Stage and Screen 4 cr.
• DA 490 Seminar: Collaboration in Performance 2 cr.
• DA 495 Senior Seminar-Dance/Movement Study 1 cr.

or

• TA 340 Introduction to Directing 3 cr.
• DA 440 Dance Composition & Performance II 3 cr.

or

• TA 440 Advanced Directing 3 cr.