Dance Minor
Students earn a minor in dance by completing eight courses (seven 5-credit courses and one 2-credit course) comprising a background in the theory and practice of dance. The course requirements are listed below. There is no comprehensive requirement for the minor.
Declaration of the minor
There are no course requirements for declaring the minor, though individual courses may have enrollment prerequisites, and a major must be officially declared before a minor may be declared.
To declare the minor:
- Inform your major advising office that you wish to declare a minor and request that they update, sign and date your major academic planning form (or create one if one does not yet exist).
- While that plan is current, schedule an appointment with the Theater Arts advisor to add a plan for and declare the minor (Theater Arts advising appointments are scheduled through Navigate Slug Success).
- Submit a Petition for Major/Minor form in MyUCSC: go to your Student Homepage and select the Undergraduate Student eForms tile > Petition for Major/Minor. If using a mobile device, be sure to select Full Site Login when logging into MyUCSC.
Students are strongly encouraged to consult early with the Theater Arts advisor to create an academic plan for the minor. This may be done prior to declaration. Advising appointments are scheduled through Navigate Slug Success, or questions may be addressed to the Theater Arts advisor by emailing theater-ugradadv@ucsc.edu.
Transfer students may petition to have equivalent lower-division courses taken at other schools count toward lower-division minor requirements and should consult with the Theater Arts academic advisor as early as possible regarding this possibility.
Course Requirements
Lower-Division Courses
Lower-division courses may be used to fulfill requirements in both the theater arts major and dance minor, but separate upper-division courses must be taken to satisfy major and minor requirements. Consult with the Theater Arts advisor if planning to pursue both the theater arts major and dance minor.
One course in creative practice, chosen from:
THEA 30 | Introduction to Dance Theory and Technique | 5 |
THEA 33C | Dance Studio I | 5 |
THEA 36 | Introduction to Dance Making | 5 |
Plus one course in cross-cultural techniques, chosen from:
THEA 22 | Indonesian Dance and Drama | 5 |
THEA 31A | Dance Studio I: Asian or Asian Diasporic Practice | 5 |
THEA 31B | Dance Studio I: Ballet | 5 |
THEA 31C | Dance Studio I: Contemporary Dance Theory and Technique | 5 |
THEA 37 | African Dance | 5 |
THEA 80R | Bollywood Dance and Culture in India and Indian Diaspora | 5 |
THEA 80U | Everybody Dance Now! | 5 |
THEA 80Z | Indian Dance | 5 |
The following fundamentals course:
Students are highly encouraged to contact the Theater Arts advisor early to learn about the unique enrollment process for THEA 50, as well as to complete this course as early as possible, before their last year on campus.
THEA 50 | Fundamentals of Theater Production | 2 |
Upper-Division Courses
One course in creative practice or cross-cultural techniques, chosen from:
Plus one course in critical studies, chosen from:
THEA 164 | Issues in Dance History and Theory | 5 |
THEA 165 | Dance Modernism | 5 |
THEA 166 | Ballet: A History | 5 |
THEA 167 | Africanist Aesthetics: Live Dialogues in the Americas and Africa | 5 |
Plus three upper-division elective courses, which may be chosen from the following:
THEA 100A | Asian Theater/Dance and Global Impacts | 5 |
THEA 100C | Courts, Courtesans, Shamans, and Clowns: Asian Drama | 5 |
THEA 122 | Indian Performance: Rama, Siva, Krishna | 5 |
THEA 124 | Movement for Performers | 5 |
THEA 137 | Studies in Performance (Dance) | 5 |
THEA 137A | Studies in Performance (Dance): Asian | 5 |
THEA 139 | Random: With a Purpose | 5 |
THEA 151I | Studies in Performance: Indonesian Dance and Drama | 5 |
THEA 161D | Asian Theater: An Anthropological Approach | 5 |
Any upper-division course listed in the Creative Practice/Cross-Cultural Techniques or Critical Studies sections may be used as an elective (but not double counted).
A select number of other courses may be used if approved by the department in advance (consult with the Theater Arts advisor).
The following DO NOT satisfy the dance minor requirements: