Admission

Undergraduate students may earn this minor in addition to the baccalaureate degree. Students considering this minor may visit Professor Gwen Hamm for academic advising.

Gwen Hamm
Director, Dance Minor
Department of Kinesiology
School of HPER
HPER 112
1025 E. 7th St.
Bloomington, IN  47405-7109
(812) 855-6076
hamm [at] indiana [dot] edu

Students who decide to pursue this minor should visit their school's academic records office to have this minor officially added to their academic objective.

Requirements

This undergraduate minor program is intended for students in degree programs other than dance, who wish to add a dance specialty to their studies. This minor requires:

• successful completion of 18 credit hours prescribed below.
• a minimum cumulative minor GPA of 2.0.
• College of Arts and Sciences students completing this minor must earn a minimum grade of C- in each course used in the minor.
• College of Arts and Sciences students completing this minor must include at least 6 credits of courses at the 300/400 level.

Note: No course in this minor may be taken under the Pass/Fail Option.

Dance Minor Core Courses (6 cr.):
Complete each of the following courses:

• HPER-D 111 Core of Dance Techniques I (3 cr.) (Fall)
• HPER-D 331 Dance: Experience and Art Form (3 cr.) (Spring)

Emphasis Courses (6 cr.)
Complete any 6 credit hours from one of the following emphases:

Teaching/Dance Science

• HPER-A 387 Management of Dance Injuries (3 cr.) (P: P 205)
• HPER-D 200 Dance Elementary Education (1 cr.)
• HPER-D 351 Teaching of Modern Dance (1 cr.) (P: D 211)
• HPER-D 461 Methods of Movement Analysis (1 cr.)
• HPER-P 205 Structural Kinesiology (3 cr.) OR ANAT A215 Basic Human Anatomy (5 cr.)
• HPER-P 224 Teaching Dance Activities (2 cr.)
• HPER-P 445 Special Topics in Kinesiology: Part I-Prof Study of Pilates Matwork (3 cr.)
• HPER-P 445 Special Topics in Kinesiology: Part II-Tchr Training in Pilates Matwork (3 cr.)
• HPER-P 495 Laboratory Teaching in the Physical Education Program (1 cr.)
• HPER-P 498 Required Practicum for Part II Tchr Training in Pilates Matwork (requires authorization) (1 cr.)
• HPER-P 495 Laboratory Teaching in the Physical Education Program (1 cr.)

OR

Performance/Choreography

• AAAD-A 100 Afro-American Dance Company (2 cr.) (By audition)
• HPER-D 102 Body Conditioning for the Dancer (1 cr.)
• HPER-D 121 Techniques of Movement Improvisation (Fall)
• HPER-D 353 Musical Resources for Dance (2 cr.) (Fall)
• HPER-D 441 Dance Production I (2 cr.)
• THTR-T 300 Musical Theatre Workshop (3 cr.) or THTR-T 410 Movement for the Theatre (3 cr.) (P: T120) OR any advisor approved Musical Theater Dance course

OR

Interdisciplinary:

• Select 6 credit hours combined from Teaching/ Dance Science and Performance/Choreography.

Modern Technique (3 cr.)
Complete 3 credit hours of modern dance

• HPER-D 211 /D 212  Advanced Modern Technique I, II (By audition only) (2-3 cr.)
• HPER-E 155 Modem Dance (1 cr.)
• HPER-E 255 Modem Dance—Intermediate (1 cr.)
• HPER-E 355 Modem Dance I—Advanced (1 cr.)

Supporting Technique (3 cr.)
Complete 3 credit hours from the following supporting dance form courses (or choose 3 additional credit hours from "Modern Technique" above)

• AAAD-A 221 Dance in the African Diaspora (3 cr.) (Fall) OR
• AAAD A399 Advanced Topics in the A&H (Topic:  Black Dance History) (3 cr.)
• HPER-E 100 Hip-Hop
• HPER-E 132 Irish Dance I Beginning (1 cr.)
• HPER-E 134 Middle Eastern Dance (1 cr.)
• HPER-E 232 Irish Dance I Intermediate (1 cr.)
• HPER-E 156 Introduction to Jazz Dance Technique (1 cr.)
• HPER-E 256 Intermediate Jazz Dance (1 cr.)
• HPER-E 456 Advanced Jazz Dance (2 cr.)
• HPER-E 457 Jazz Dance Repertory (1 cr.)
• HPER-E 154 Beginning Tap Dance (1 cr.)
• HPER-E 254 Intermediate Tap Dance (1 cr.)
• HPER-E 354 Advanced Tap Dance (1 cr.)
• MUS-J 100 Ballet Elective/Secondary (2 cr.)
• MUS- J210  Jazz Dance (1 cr.)