Performing Arts Minor

Engage the Performing Arts at large with our interdisciplinary minor, where you can develop a concentration in any of our arts disciplines: music, theater, dance, and public speaking. To earn this minor, take three courses in your chosen discipline and three elective courses from others. Students may count bundled performance courses as a single 3-credit course, such as four semesters of music ensembles (MUSC 1000) or dance ensembles (DANC 1000), or 3 credits of the Performance Lab sequence for theater production (TPST 1900–1198). Dance-focused minors may combine four semesters of DANC 1020 technique classes (such as Ballet or Modern) into the equivalent of a single 3-credit course, along with a course bundle for four semesters of DANC 100. This opportunity for two bundles is only for minors focusing on dance.

Academic Requirements for the Minor

19 credit hours: 6 courses and colloquium

• 3 courses in any one of three disciplines (theater, music, dance, or public speaking)
• 3 courses from any other areas in the department
• 1 one-credit majors colloquia, majors and minors colloquium, performing arts colloquium

Note: A maximum of three courses from any particular discipline may count towards the Performing Arts minor.