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2016-2017 University Catalog

Dance Appreciation Minor


Banner Code: DNCA
Web: dance.gmu.edu

College: College of Visual and Performing Arts  
Department: School of Dance  

The minor (21 credits) offers students the opportunity to study a variety of movement styles and understand dance in its historical and cultural context. A maximum of 4 transfer credits may be applied to the dance minor.

University policy states that students must earn 8 distinct credits that are not used for their major toward their minor.

Minor Requirements


To earn the minor, students must complete the following courses:

Core (6 credits):


Students must complete three of the following courses (9 credits):


Note:


Students with prior experience in ballet and/or modern dance may, with permission of instructor, take all 9 credits of technique courses at the 200 level.

All students pursuing the minor must demonstrate a basic level of training in both modern dance and ballet, and therefore, complete 9 credits of modern and ballet technique.

Total: 21 credits


Notes:


Substitutions may be proposed to department faculty for approval.

* DANC 118 fulfills the global understanding requirement. Students who choose to take this course twice for the minor must select two different world cultures.

Mason does not guarantee the availability of these courses every semester; some are offered in alternate years.