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Requirements for Dance Major

73 Units Required

Dance Preparatory Subject Matter: Total of 28 units

  • Required: 11 Units:
  • Dramatic Art 14: Introduction to Contemporary Dance (4 units)
  • Dramatic Art 24: Visual Aspects of Dramatic Art (4 units)
  • Dramatic Art 26: Performing Arts Production Management (3 units)

and…

  • 10 units chosen from the following:
  • Dramatic Art 21a: Fundamentals of Acting (4 units)
  • Dramatic Art 40a: Beginning Modern Dance (2 units)
  • Dramatic Art 40b: Intermediate Modern Dance (2 units)
  • Dramatic Art 41a: Beginning Jazz Dance (2 units)
  • Dramatic Art 41b: Intermediate Jazz Dance (2 units)
  • Dramatic Art 42a: Beginning Ballet (2 units)
  • Dramatic Art 42b: Intermediate Ballet (2 units)
  • Dramatic Art 44a: Beginning Hip Hop (2 units)
  • Dramatic Art 44b: Intermediate Hip Hop (2 units)
  • African and African-American Studies 51: History of Afro-American Dance (4 units)

and…

  • Crew: 4 units
  • Dramatic Art 30/180: Theatre Laboratory (1-5 units)

and…

  • Performance: 3 units
  • Dramatic Art 30/180: Theatre Laboratory (1-5 units)

Dance Depth Subject Matter: Total of 45 units

  • Required: 26 units
  • Dramatic Art 124c: Principles of Theatrical Design: Lighting (4 units)
  • Dramatic Art 126:Principles of Performing Arts: Stage Management (3 units)
  • Dramatic Art 140a: Dance Composition I (4 units)
  • Dramatic Art 140b: Dance Composition II (4 units)
  • Dramatic Art 140c: Dance Composition III (4 units)
  • Dramatic Art 141: Introduction to the Fundamentals of Movement (3 units)
  • Dramatic Art 145: Directed Choreography Projects (4 units)

and…

  • 19 units chosen from the following:
  • Dramatic Art 142: History of Modern Dance (5 units)
  • Dramatic Art 143: Dance and Movement Studio (1-4 units)
  • Dramatic Art 154: Asian Theatre & Drama, Contexts and Forms (4 units)
  • Dramatic Art 155a: African American Dance and Culture in the United States, Brazil and the Caribbean (4 units)
  • Dramatic Art 156c: History of Theatre and Dance: The Twentieth Century (4 units)
  • Dramatic Art 159: Contemporary Experimental Theatre and Drama (4 units)
  • Music 107a: Computer and Electronic Music (3 units)
  • Native American Studies 125: Performance & Culture Among Native Americans (4 units)

 

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