USC DANCE MINOR CURRICULUM
Minor in Dance (18 hours)

Required (3 hours)

• DANC 577 ~ Dance Performance (3)
• DANC 177 ~ Dance Company (1) ~ May be taken 3 times for 3 credits
• DANC 576 ~ Production Design for Dance (3)

Technique (6 hours)
At least 6 hours of dance technique courses selected from ballet, contemporary, and jazz with at least 4 hours at the intermediate or advanced levels.

• DANC 102, 202, 204, 302, 303, 385, 402, 403, 440 ~ Ballet Technique
• DANC 112, 212, 312, 412 ~ Contemporary Technique
• DANC 178, 278, 378 ~ Jazz Technique
• DANC 111A~ World Dance I (2)
• DANC 113A~ World Dance II (2)
• DANC 170 ~ Ballroom Dance I (2)
• DANC 171 ~ Ballroom Dance II (2)
• DANC 275 ~ Pilates I (2)
• DANC 304 ~ Intermediate Tap Dance (3)
• DANC 375 ~ Pilates II (2)
• DANC 382 ~ Body Conditioning Gyrokinesis (2)

Dance Electives (9 hours)
At least 9 hours of dance electives selected from:

• DANC 101 ~ Dance Appreciation (3) or DANC 150 Introduction to Dance (3)
• DANC 103 ~ The Dancer’s Body (3)
• DANC 160A~ Dance Improvisation and Composition (3)
• DANC 260 ~ Laban Movement Analysis (3)
• DANC 281 ~ American and European Dance History
• DANC 282 ~ World Dance History (3)
• DANC 300 ~ Music for Dancers (3)
• DANC 307 ~ West African Dance I (3)
• DANC 360 ~ Choreography I (3)
• DANC 380 ~ Movement and Dance for Musical Theatre (3)
• DANC 390 ~ Dance Studio Operations (3)
• DANC 420 ~ Teaching Methods of Ballet (3)
• DANC 421 ~ Teaching Methods of Contemporary (3)
• DANC 475 ~ Inner Mastery (3)
• DANC 480 ~ Dance Analysis and Criticism (3)

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