Dance

Sample courses that might be required for a degree in Dance:

Dance Technique Courses

  • Ballet
  • Modern
  • Jazz
  • Pointe and Pas de Deux

Dance Choreography

  • Improvisation
  • Structure Solos
  • Group Forms
  • Environmental

Dance Performance Courses

  • Ballet
  • Musical Theatre
  • University Dance Company

Dance Theory/History/Courses

  • Rhythm and Music Structure
  • World Dance
  • Ideokinesis (an approach to the improvement of human posture and body movement)
  • Video for Dance
  • Dance for Children
  • Dance History

Colleges will also require you to take some core undergraduate courses in addition to some electives. Required core courses and electives will vary from college to college. Here are a number of examples:

Arts and Humanities

  • Arts
  • History
  • Languages
  • Literature
  • Music

Math

  • Algebra
  • Calculus
  • Computer Science
  • Logic
  • Statistics

Natural Sciences

  • Astronomy
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Environmental Science
  • Physics

Social Sciences

  • Anthropology
  • Economics
  • Government
  • Psychology
  • Sociology