{"id":2530,"date":"2020-08-12T17:10:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T17:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dance.ucr.edu\/?page_id=2530"},"modified":"2025-10-06T13:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T20:12:09","slug":"minor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dance.ucr.edu\/minor\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]<h3 class=\"eut-element eut-align-left eut-title-line\" style=\"\"><span>MINOR IN DANCE PROGRAM<\/span><\/h3>[vc_column_text]Students who minor in Dance receive an introduction to dance making, dance studies, and movement practice experience in a variety of dance forms and traditions, and exposure to cultural and historical studies of dance that enable them to pursue upper-division courses germane to a particular focus in dance. Dance minors are able to participate in student and faculty productions. Students must declare the minor before their final degree check before graduation, by completing a petition with the Student Affairs Office in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Prior approval by the Department of Dance is required. The minor is noted on the transcript at the time the degree is conferred.\r\n\r\nSee Minors under the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences in the Colleges and Programs section of the catalog for additional information on minors.[\/vc_column_text]<h3 class=\"eut-element eut-align-left eut-title-line\" style=\"\"><span>Requirements<\/span><\/h3>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1601493486742{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]To complete a minor in Dance, students must complete 30 units in Dance as follows:\r\n\r\n<strong>Lower Division (14 units required):<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<em>Introductory Courses (8 units required)\r\n<\/em>Dance 014: Introduction to Choreography\r\nDance 019: Introduction to Dance Studies\r\n\r\n<em>Movement Practice Courses (6 units required)\r\n<\/em>DNCE 065A, DNCE 065B: Latin American Social Dance\r\nDNCE 066A, DNCE 066B: West African Dance\r\nDNCE 067A, DNCE 067B, DNCE 067C: Modern Dance\r\nDNCE 068: Somatics\r\nDNCE 070A, DNCE 070B, DNCE 070C: Hip Hop Dance\r\nDNCE 071A, DNCE 071B: Ballet\r\nDNCE 073A, DNCE 073B: Jazz Dance\r\nDNCE 074A, DNCE 074B: Yoga\r\nDNCE 075A, DNCE 075B: Dance Techniques and Practices\r\nDNCE 081: Dance Cultures, Culture in Dance\r\n\r\n<strong>Upper Division (16 units required):<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<em>Choose Between the Following\r\n<\/em>DNCE 115 (E-Z): Dance Making\r\nDNCE 131: Dance, Gender, Sexuality\r\nDNCE 132: Dance, Citizenship, Location\r\nDNCE 133: Dance, Space, Time\r\nDNCE 134: Dance, Genre, Institutions\r\nDNCE 135: Dance, Race, Property\r\nDNCE 136: Hip Hop Collectivity and Change\r\nDNCE 140: Production Lab\r\nDNCE 155 (E-Z): Seminar in Music and Dance\r\nDNCE 161: Choreographing the Screen\r\nDNCE 162: Tool, Technology, Technique\r\nDNCE 171 (E-Z): Filmic Bodies\r\nDNCE 172 (E-Z): Televisual Bodies\r\nDNCE 173 (E-Z): Digitized Bodies\r\nDNCE 180 (E-Z): Dance Practicum\r\nDNCE 181: Dance Cultures, Culture in Dance[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Faculty Undergraduate Advisor<\/strong>\r\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dance.ucr.edu\/faculty\/jose-reynoso\/\">Jose Luis Reynoso (Bello),<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><em>He\/Him\/His<\/em><strong>\r\nProfessor<\/strong>\r\nARTS 201\r\n<a href=\"mailto: jose.reynoso@ucr.edu\">jose.reynoso@ucr.edu<\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Academic Advisors\r\n<\/strong>\r\n\r\nJoseph Gonzales\r\n(Last Names A-I)\r\n<a href=\"mailto:jgonz599@ucr.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">jgonz599@ucr.edu<\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\nAnthony Gonzalez, <em>He\/Him\/His<\/em>\r\n(Last Names J-O)\r\nSproul 4127\r\n(951) 827-6053\r\n<a title=\"mailto:anthony.gonzalez@ucr.edu\" href=\"mailto:anthony.gonzalez@ucr.edu\">anthony.gonzalez@ucr.edu<\/a>\r\n\r\nJennifer Garrison, <em>She\/Her\r\n(Last Names P-Z)<\/em>\r\nINTN 3033\r\n<a href=\"mailto:jennifer.garrison@ucr.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">jennifer.garrison@ucr.edu<\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Links<\/strong>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dance.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/UCR-Catalog-Dance_2025-2026.pdf\">UCR Dance Course Catalog<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dance.ucr.edu\/ba-major\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dance Major<\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Student Advising Forms\r\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dance.ucr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TEMPLATE-FOR-MINORS-MINOR-TRACK.pdf\">DANCE Minor Requirements Checklist<\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Productions<\/strong>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dance.ucr.edu\/ucrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UCR is Dancing<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dance.ucr.edu\/spring-forward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spring Forward<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Students who minor in Dance receive an introduction to dance making, dance studies, and movement practice experience in a variety of dance forms and traditions, and exposure to cultural and historical studies of dance that enable them to pursue upper-division courses germane to a particular focus in dance. 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