University General Course Catalog 2025-2026 (DRAFT)
Dance, B.A.
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The major in Dance allows students to engage in the rigorous physical practice of dance training, while simultaneously developing a deep understanding of the historical, cultural and performative lineage that underpins the field of dance. Students pursuing this major will combine the cognitive and kinetic skills necessary to enter the field as dance practitioners, makers, educators, administrators, and/or scholars. In order to balance the artistic, analytical and kinesthetic, Dance majors are doing, making, and studying dance throughout their undergraduate careers with an emphasis on continued reflection and growth as both practitioners and scholars.
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Program Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
- analyze, discuss, or present on various production elements (e.g. performance, design, direction, choreography, etc.) in oral, written, and/or expressive mediums. (C)
- describe, analyze, and apply geometric and algebraic mathematical equations and/or probability and analytical symbolic systems as used in a variety of production elements (e.g. theatrical design and construction, arts management and scheduling, choreography/composition, music theory, linguistic/poetic analysis, etc.). (QR)
- identify, analyze, and assess various production elements through the lenses of cultural, historical, and theoretical contexts while developing a disposition toward reflective inquiry. (CT)
- demonstrate competency in dance technique to support performance.
- apply fundamental principles of choreography to their own creative process by demonstrating an understanding of choreographic craft and how it responds to different settings, contexts, and media.
- articulate and trace important political, cultural, and historical trends in dance and analyze dance works in terms of vocabulary, location, and syntax.
- examine and evaluate the artistic, technical, and professional aspects of dance in the production environment.
Transfer to the University of Nevada, Reno
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Graduation Requirements
- Total Units | 120
- Cumulative GPA | 2.0
- University GPA | 2.0
- Major GPA | 2.0
- Residency Requirement | 30 Upper-Division Units at UNR
- Major Residency Requirement | 15 Upper-Division Units in the major at UNR
- Upper-Division Requirement | 42 Upper-Division Units
I. Silver Core General Education Requirements (24-27 units)
NOTE: Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter of this catalog for information regarding the “Core English and Math Completion Policy .”
Students in this major must meet all Silver Core Objectives (CO1 through CO14). Courses satisfying Core Objectives are designated (e.g., CO9) in General Catalog curricula and course descriptions.
A. Composition & Communication; Critical Analysis & Use of Information (3-6 units) - CO1, CO3
B. Quantitative Reasoning (3 units minimum) - CO2
Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter for a list of approved CO2 courses .
C. Physical & Natural Phenomena (6 units minimum) - CO4, CO4L
Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter for a list of approved CO4/CO4L courses .
D. Cultures, Societies, & Individuals (3 units) - CO6
Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter for a list of approved CO6 courses .
E. Artistic Composition, Interpretation, & Expression (3 units) - CO7
F. History & Culture; Constitution (6 units) - CO5, CO8
Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter in this catalog.
II. Additional Silver Core Requirements (18 units maximum)
Students must take courses that satisfy the following Core Objectives. Some or all of these Silver Core Objectives may be satisfied in the Major Requirements (Section IV). Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter in this catalog.
A. Science, Technology & Society Course - CO9
Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter for a list of approved CO9 courses .
B. Diversity & Equity Course - CO10
C. Global Context Course - CO11
D. Ethics Course - CO12
Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter for a list of approved CO12 courses .
E. Capstone Integration & Synthesis Course - CO13
F. Application Course - CO14
III. Additional College Requirements (6-20 units)
Units may vary depending on initial course placement in foreign language coursework.
A. World Language Requirement (0-14 units)
Students seeking this bachelor’s degree must demonstrate proficiency in a world language other than English equal to a fourth semester course level through one of the following options:
- complete a fourth semester college course in a world language other than English;
- demonstrate proficiency through a means determined by the Department of World Languages and Literatures including but not limited to minimum standardized test scores (CBAPE, SAT II, or IB), attaining a minimum aptitude on an accredited world language assessment test, or providing transcript evidence of a high school or equivalent diploma in which English was not the language of instruction; or,
- participate in a study abroad language program pre-approved by the Department of World Languages and Literatures to meet the world language requirement.
Note: Four years of high school world language instruction does not automatically satisfy this requirement.
B. College Breadth Requirement (6 units)
Students seeking a Bachelor of Arts degree in the college shall be required to take, within the College of Liberal Arts, 6 units that are outside the departments in which they major or minor, and that exclude courses taken to fulfill the Core General Education requirements (Core Objectives 1 through 8).
IV. Major Requirements (33 units)
A. Dance Foundation (11 units)
B. Production Requirements (7 units)
C. History Requirements (6 units)
D. Dance Technique Requirements (8 units)
Required Dance Technique Courses (4 units)
One unit in each of these four courses is required.
Upper Division Dance Technique Electives (4 units)
Choose four units from the following. These courses may be repeatable for additional credit (up to the maximum stated in the course description), and multiple instances of a repeatable course can be used to meet this requirement.
E. Career Development Requirement (1 unit)
V. Minor Requirements (18-21 units)
The Department of Theatre and Dance accepts any minor approved by the College of Liberal Arts.
VI. Electives (1-21 units)
VII. Recommended Schedule
Spring Semester (16 units)
Spring Semester (14 units)
Spring Semester (16 units)
Fall Semester (15 units)
- DAN 465 - Dance History II (3 units)
- General Electives (3 units)
- Minor (300-400) (3 units)
- Minor (300-400) (3 units)
- Science Technology & Culture Course (3 units) CO9
Spring Semester (12 units)
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