Program Requirements

• Total Units Required: 17 units
• Grade Requirement: Students must earn a grade of C- or better in all required and elective dance courses in order for them to apply toward minor requirements.

Required Courses

Embodied Practice Courses: 9 units

At least 6 of these units must be at the 3000 level or above. Students must select from the following list:

Course List

Code	Title	Units
Ballet
DANCE 2210	Fundamentals of Classical Ballet	2
DANCE 2211	Fundamentals of Classical Ballet	2
DANCE 3310	Classical Ballet: Intermediate I	2
DANCE 3311	Classical Ballet: Intermediate II	2
DANCE 3220	Intermediate Pointe Technique	1
DANCE 4310	High Intermediate Ballet I	2
DANCE 4311	High Intermediate Ballet II	2
DANCE 4120	Classical Ballet III	2
DANCE 4121	Classical Ballet IV	2
Modern
DANCE 1010	Introduction to Dance As a Contemporary Art form	2
DANCE 2010	Theory and Technique of Modern Dance I	2
DANCE 2011	Theory and Technique of Modern Dance II	2
DANCE 2050	Afro-Modern Dance (Dunham Technique)	2
DANCE 3010	Theory and Technique of Modern Dance III	2
DANCE 3022	Theory and Technique of Modern Dance IV	2
DANCE 3031	Dance Improvisation: Spontaneous Composition & Performance Techniques	2
DANCE 3070	Modern Dance and the African-American Legacy	2
DANCE 4010	Theory and Technique of Modern Dance V	2
DANCE 4022	Theory and Technique of Modern Dance VI	2
DANCE 4070	Modern Dance and the African American Legacy II	2
Jazz
DANCE 2060	Fundamentals of Jazz Dance	2
DANCE 3060	Jazz Dance II	2
DANCE 4060	Jazz III	2
West African
DANCE 3120	West African Music and Dance in Context	2

Composition Course: 3 units

Course List

Code	Title	Units
DANCE 2020	Composition I	3

History/Theory Course: 3 units

Students must select from the following list:

Course List

Code	Title	Units
DANCE 3090	Histories of Theatrical and Concert Dance	3
DANCE 3130	Movement and Meaning: Dance in a Global Context	3
DANCE 3230	Ballet As Ethnic Dance and Classical Art	3
DANCE 3170	The Neuroscience of Movement: You Think, So You Can Dance?	3
DANCE 4110	Performing the Political in American Dance	3
DANCE 4130	Dance Pedagogy	3
DANCE 4140	Performing Gender and Sexuality in America	3

Elective Course

Students must complete 2 units of an elective course. Any additional history/theory course or embodied practice course at the 3000 level or above may be used to fulfill this requirement.

Additional Information

• A maximum of 3 credits earned outside of Arts & Sciences at Washington University (e.g., through transfer credit or study abroad) may be applied to the dance minor, with permission from the Dance Overseas Programs Advisor.