The undergraduate minor in dance requires a minimum of 15 s.h. in University of Iowa Department of Dance courses. Students must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of 2.00 in all courses for the minor and in all UI courses for the minor. Coursework in the minor may not be taken pass/nonpass.
Adding a Dance Minor
The department admits all students to the dance minor without an audition. A placement audition is required to participate in ballet and contemporary movement practices courses numbered 2000 and above, however. Ballet and contemporary movement practices courses are not required to complete the minor.
Students may email a video, attend a Hawkeye Dance Day in the department, or arrange to visit a class to audition for placement in courses numbered 2000 and above. For incoming first-year students, a short, supplemental application is required to make audition arrangements and will become available to students after they have been admitted to the University of Iowa. See Undergraduate Applications on the Department of Dance website for more information about the first-year admissions process. Students who have already matriculated at the University of Iowa may declare the minor without completing the supplemental application.
Required Coursework
The minor in dance requires the following coursework. Students must complete all prerequisites for the courses they choose for the minor. Please refer to the Technique Placement and Promotion Policy for information on the major ballet and contemporary movement practices sequence of coursework.
| Course # | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| This course: | ||
| DANC:2060 | Dance and Society in Global Contexts | 3 |
| One of these: | ||
| DANC:1150/LAS:1150 | Brazilian Culture and Carnival | 3 |
| DANC:2065 | Performing Power/Performing Protest: The Body, Identity, and the Image | 3 |
| DANC:2085 | Introduction to African Caribbean Dance Practices | 3 |
| DANC:2150 | Brazilian Social Dance: The Samba | 3 |
| 9 s.h. from these: | ||
| DANC:1090 | Dance Production | 3 |
| DANC:1170 | Functional Anatomy | 2 |
| DANC:2020 | Intermediate Jazz (maximum of 6 s.h. of all intermediate-level coursework will count toward the minor) | 3 |
| DANC:2025 | Intermediate Hip Hop Dance (maximum of 6 s.h. of all intermediate-level coursework will count toward the minor) | 3 |
| DANC:2030 | Majors Intermediate Ballet (maximum of 6 s.h. of all intermediate-level coursework will count toward the minor) | 3 |
| DANC:2040 | Majors Intermediate Contemporary Movement Practices (maximum of 6 s.h. of all intermediate-level coursework will count toward the minor) | 3 |
| DANC:2050 | Introduction to Improvisation and Composition | 3 |
| DANC:3010 | Topics in Global Movement Practices | 3 |
| DANC:3030 | Major Ballet I (mandatory Department of Dance audition; enrollment is limited to the fall semester) | 3 |
| DANC:3040 | Major Contemporary Movement Practices I (mandatory Department of Dance audition; enrollment is limited to the fall semester) | 3 |
| DANC:3050 | Body/Image: Dance and Media in Discourse and Practice | 3 |
| DANC:3060 | Western Concert Dance History: Romantic to Contemporary | 3 |
| DANC:3070 | Dance Kinesiology | 3 |
| DANC:3150 | Choreography I | 3 |
| DANC:3250 | Choreography II | 3 |
| DANC:3340 | BFA Movement Practices | 3 |
| DANC:3530 | Major Ballet II (mandatory Department of Dance audition; enrollment is limited to the fall semester) | 3 |
| DANC:3540 | Major Contemporary Movement Practices II (mandatory Department of Dance audition; enrollment is limited to the fall semester) | 3 |
| DANC:3700 | Dance Pedagogy: Theories, Issues, and Perspectives | 3 |
| DANC:3710/INTM:3700 | Topics in Intermedia | 4 |
| DANC:3851/MUS:3851 | Introduction to the Alexander Technique | 3 |
| DANC:3852 | Introduction to the Feldenkrais Method: Posture, Perception, and Pain Relief | 3 |
| DANC:3853 | Introduction to Klein Technique | 3 |
| DANC:4030 | Major Ballet III | 3 |
| DANC:4034 | Ballet Pointe | 3 |
| DANC:4040 | Major Contemporary Movement Practices III | 3 |
| DANC:4452 | MFA Independent Project Research Lab | arr. |
| DANC:4453 | MFA Thesis Research Lab | arr. |
| DANC:4454 | Faculty Creative Research Lab | arr. |
| DANC:4540 | Major Contemporary Movement Practices IV | 3 |
| DANC:4880 | Dance Gala Performance | 1-4 |
| DANC:4881 | Graduate Concert | 1 |
| DANC:4882 | Graduate/Undergraduate Concert | 1-4 |
| DANC:4883 | Faculty Concert | 1-4 |
| DANC:4884 | Undergraduate Event | 1-4 |
| DANC:4885 | MFA Thesis Concert | 1-4 |
| DANC:4886 | BFA Concert | 1-4 |
| DANC:4887 | MFA Event | 1-2 |
| DANC:4888 | Special Project Student Performance | arr. |