Minor in Applied Dance

The Minor in Applied Dance program offers a basic introduction and helps prepare students to teach dance at the elementary and secondary school level.

The program provides well-balanced, versatile training and opportunities for improving teaching, performing and choreography skills. Students pursuing a minor have the same performance opportunities as those seeking a major.

Topics of Study

• dance in world cultures
• dance history
• dance improvisation
• composition and choreography
• jazz, ballet, tap and/or modern dance
• dance conditioning and injury prevention
• dance pedagogy

Career Opportunities

• teaching in an elementary or secondary school
• operating own dance studio/teaching for dance studios
• performing/choreographing for professional dance companies
• dancing on cruise ships
• choreographing for local theme park

Experiential Learning Opportunities

• musical theatre productions
• cabarets
• in-residence workshops with established dance artists
• Dance Happening
• Spring Dance Concert
• Evening of Experimental Dance