Dance Program: Academic Options/Minor

Dance courses are available for experienced and beginner students whether minoring in dance or not. The use of dance courses toward foundation, distribution, minor, and concentration requirements is subject to general university policies with regard to the number of courses applied from any one department. Contact Alice Trexler for dance advising.

How Dance Courses Apply to Tufts Requirements/Other Programs >

Dance Minor

The minor serves beginning through experienced dance students. Details are available in the dance hallway in Jackson and are also posted below. Note that only one repeatable course may be applied twice to the minor even though additional repeats serve as graduation credit. In addition, no more than two full-time equivalent transfer courses, may be considered for inclusion in the minor (normally such as dance history, dance culture, composition, and the like). Studio courses from non-Tufts programs do not transfer. Contact the minor advisor with questions: alice.trexler@tufts.edu, x72555; Jackson 110.

Dance Minor (v. F08):
Five credits (half and full-credit courses). Techniques and processes for performing, creating, and analyzing movement materials in and outside of "western" traditions as well as cultural or historical context. Requirements include one interdisciplinary course, one full-credit creative course, one non-western or diasporic studio course, and a final half-credit capstone experience or final half-credit course plus non-credit, short-term capstone. (The capstones are arranged as special topics courses.) The remaining courses are electives. Consult with the planning documents posted below.

Minor Declaration Form >

Courses for Minor >

Sample Plans for Two Levels of Dancers >

Past Version of Minor:
This choice remains for the classes of 2010, 2011, 2012 only, but you are strongly encouraged to elect the new version of the minor described above. Going abroad often interferes with the required composition course, and the new minor offers a more coordinated set of educational experiences. The original 5 to 4.5 credit program includes two requirements (Dnc 117: Dance Composition and Dance 184: Viewing African American Dance). The remaining courses should be planned with the minor advisor for coherence in breadth or depth. Adapt the planning documents above for your use with this version.