The Minor in Dance is designed to provide a basis for dance experience and potential employment opportunities in the field of performance, choreography and teaching. Two options are available. The Dance Pedagogy option focuses on acquiring the necessary skills needed to teach dance within school and community settings. The Dance Performance option focuses on acquiring the necessary skills to enhance technical facility as a dancer and to choreograph and mount new works for stage, film and/or television.

Courses relevant to dance taken in Department of Theatre or Music may also count towards a Minor in Dance, with the approval of advisor. Advisors in the Department of Kinesiology are available for student consultation.

A. Option I. Dance Pedagogy (21 Units)

Select 9 units from the following dance technique courses:

KIN 137A Dance, Ballroom I (1)
KIN 139A Ballet I (1)
KIN 139B Ballet II (1)
KIN 140A Dance, Folk I (1)
KIN 140B Dance, Folk II (1)
KIN 141A Jazz Dance I (1)
KIN 141B Jazz Dance II (1)
KIN 142A Dance, Latin America (1)
KIN 142B Dance, Latin Dance II (1)
KIN 143 Urban Street Dance (1)
KIN 144A Modern Dance (1)
KIN 148 Dance Conditioning and Somatic Practices (1)
KIN 318 Intermediate Classical and Contemporary Ballet (3, 3)
KIN 319 Intermediate Modern Dance (3, 3)
KIN 321 Intermediate Urban Contemporary Dance (3, 3)
KIN 418 Advanced Classical and Contemporary Ballet (3, 3)
KIN 419 Advanced Modern Dance (3, 3)
KIN 421 Advanced Urban Contemporary Dance (3,3)

Select 12 units from the following dance theory/laboratory courses.

Note: the following courses include enrollment by instructor consent as a prerequisite.

KIN 236/L Introduction to Choreography and Improvisation (2/1)
KIN 314/L Creative Dance for Children and Lab (2/1)
KIN 315 Analysis and Application of Multi-Cultural Dance Forms for Children and Adolescents and Lab (2/1)
KIN 316/L Choreographic Forms and Lab (2/1)
KIN 317 Advanced Analysis of Dance Forms—Ballet, Jazz, Modern (3)
KIN 371/L Physical Education Content Development for Children and Lab (2/1)
KIN 380/L Perspectives in Dance and Lab (2/1)

B. Option II. Dance Performance (21 Units):

Select 12 units from the following dance technique courses (at least 3 units from upper level dance technique recommended):

KIN 137A Dance, Ballroom I (1)
KIN 139A Ballet I (1)
KIN 139B Ballet II (1)
KIN 140A Dance, Folk I (1)
KIN 140B Dance, Folk II (1)
KIN 141A Jazz Dance I (1)
KIN 141B Jazz Dance II (1)
KIN 142A Dance, Latin America (1)
KIN 142B Dance, Latin Dance II (1)
KIN 143 Urban Street Dance (1)
KIN 144A Modern Dance (1)
KIN 148 Dance Conditioning and Somatic Practices (1)
KIN 318 Intermediate Classical and Contemporary Ballet (3, 3)
KIN 319 Intermediate Modern Dance (3, 3)
KIN 321 Intermediate Urban Contemporary Dance (3,3)
KIN 418 Advanced Classical and Contemporary Ballet (3, 3)
KIN 419 Advanced Modern Dance (3, 3)
KIN 421 Advanced Urban Contemporary Dance (3, 3)

Select 9 Units from the following dance theory/laboratory courses. Note that all of the following courses include enrollment by instructor consent as a prerequisite.

KIN 236/L Introduction to Choreography and Improvisation (2/1)
KIN 316/L Choreographic Forms and Lab (2/1)
TH 342 Intermediate Stage Movement (2)
KIN 380/L Perspectives of Dance and Lab (2/1)
KIN 426 Choreography (3)
KIN 427 Dance Production (3)
TH 442 Advanced Stage Movement (2)
KIN 498W-C Dance, Concert Modes (3)

Total Units Required for the Minor: 21