REQUIREMENTS FOR DANCE MAJOR

PREREQUISITES:

Dance 203	Composition I	3
2-3 dance courses or advanced placement in dance		2-3
Drama/Dance 212E	Introduction to Theatre Production	3
Drama 240E	Acting I	3
		11-12 units

REQUIRED COURSES:

Drama 300	Production Practicum	1
Drama 213 or	Improvisation I	1
Drama 310	Improvisation II	1
Dance 303	Composition II	3
Dance 305Z or	Music Resources for Dance	2
Dance 312	Accompaniment Techniques for Dance	2
6 units from Dance 301, 302, 321, 3221, 401, 402, 415, 416, 4281, 4291		6

	Choose 6 units from among the following:
*Dance 315E	Dance Spectrum	3
*Dance 316E	From Romantic to Postmodern Dance	3
*Dance 340	Ballet as Ethnic Dance and Classical Art	3
		19 units

ELECTIVES:

Choose a minimum of 9 units from the following:
Drama 304	Makeup for the Stage	3
Drama 307	Costume Design and History	3
Drama 309	Stage Technology	3
Drama 310	Stage Lighting	3
Drama 341	Acting II	3
Drama 343	Fundamentals of Directing	3
Drama 361	Stage Management	3
Drama 408	The Postmodernist Revolution in the Arts	3
Drama 421	Costume Construction Workshop	3
Dance 300	Jazz Dance II	2
Dance 305Z	Music Resources for Dance	2
Dance 311	Modern Dance and the African American Legacy	2
Dance 312	Accompaniment Techniques for Dance	2
Dance 404	Composition III	1-3
Dance 418	Variations in Classical Ballet	1
Dance 423,424	Pointe Technique	1 ea.
Ed/Psych 366	Psychology of Creativity	3
U31 Dance 454	Seminar in Arts Management	3
U31 Dance 314	Introduction to Labanotation	2
U31 Dance 328	Dance of West Africa	2
U31 Dance 335	Bharata Natyam as Movement Narrative	1
U31 Dance 423	Dance/Movement Therapy	2
U31 Dance 430	Applied Anatomy for the Performer	2
U31 Dance 440	Curriculum and Instruction in Dance	3
U31 Dance 441	The Artist Teaching in the School	3
		9 units

Total number of units required: 39-40

* This course can be taken as an elective if not taken in fulfillment of a requirement.

NOTE:  The dance major must take at least one upper level course in both ballet and modern dance technique and theory.  At least one of the following courses is strongly recommended:  West African Dance, Classical Indian Dance, Dunham Technique, Musical Theatre Dance, Jazz Dance.