Dance with a Concentration in Dance Studies

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Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________	Catalog: 2025-26 Catalog Program: Dance with a Concentration in Dance Studies
Dance with a Concentration in Dance Studies (Requirements for the Dance major with a concentration in dance studies are listed below. Follow this link for the Dance Minor requirements.) Students must complete all of the following requirements to graduate with a bachelor of arts in this program. Some courses may apply toward multiple requirements. College Requirements: Degree Requirements Students are required to complete all standard college requirements.
Major Requirements: Total major units: 12.5-14
Dance Requirements:
Dance Studies (history, theory, critical and cultural studies): ⇒Courses that satisfy dance studies requirements may not simultaneously satisfy dance studio requirements.
DANC 201 - Introduction to Dance Studies: History and Culture

DANC 362 - Dance & Ecology: Ethnographic Approaches
OR
DANC 365 - Dance and Identity on the Global Stage
⇒Completed prior to the senior year ⇒Students should inquire with the Dance department about appropriate substitutions
Four additional units in dance studies (excluding 470) ⇒With department permission, one unit of this requirement can be met by a history, theory, or critical or cultural studies course in theatre, music, literature, or art.
Dance Studio (technique, improvisation, choreography, and performance): ⇒Courses that satisfy dance studio requirements may not simultaneously satisfy dance studies requirements.
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
DANC 211 - Afro-Contemporary Dance
OR
DANC 311 - Contemporary Dance III: Action and Interaction Prerequisite(s): DANC 211 or DANC 313, or equivalent experience
One unit of choreography or improvisation from:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
DANC 252 - Improvisation
DANC 253 - Improvisation: Solo Forms and Shared Practices
DANC 254 - Contact Improvisation
DANC 313 - Contemporary Dance V: Biography/Autobiography Prerequisite(s): DANC 211 or DANC 311 or equivalent experience
Three additional units in dance studio (excluding 470) ⇒Credit for dance technique courses (DANC 101) may be applied toward this requirement.
A minimum of one unit of the above requirements (studio or studies) must focus on dance outside the Euro-American tradition.
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
DANC 112 - Introduction to Contemporary Dance: Cross-Cultural Contexts
DANC 260 - Dances of Bali, Indonesia
DANC 265 - Dances of Africa and the African Diaspora
DANC 362 - Dance & Ecology: Ethnographic Approaches
DANC 365 - Dance and Identity on the Global Stage
Technical Proficiency 300-level technical proficiency in one dance form 200-level technical proficiency in a second dance form
Production Completion of
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
DANC 100 - Dance Production Prerequisite(s): Audition or department approval
OR
THEA 100 - Theatre Laboratory
OR
THEA 201 - Stagecraft
Junior Year Requirement: Junior qualifying examination
Two units of Thesis
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
DANC 470 - Thesis
Notes:

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College Requirements:

Major Requirements:

Dance Requirements:

Dance Studies (history, theory, critical and cultural studies):

Four additional units in dance studies (excluding 470)

Dance Studio (technique, improvisation, choreography, and performance):

One unit of choreography or improvisation from:

Three additional units in dance studio (excluding 470)

A minimum of one unit of the above requirements (studio or studies) must focus on dance outside the Euro-American tradition.

Technical Proficiency

Production

Junior Year Requirement:

Two units of Thesis