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Dance Major

Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY

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Program
Award
Dance Major
Catalog edition
Catalogue 2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The Dance Major at Vassar is a comprehensive program that integrates the intellectual and analytical depth of a liberal arts education with the physical and artistic rigor of dance. Through a curriculum that integrates theoretical and liberal arts and humanities courses with dance technique and creative practice courses, the program seeks to develop thoughtful scholars as well as accomplished artists.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
197133
CourseShelf checklist
CK_197133_70dd64a3
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Required Units

0 items

    Total Number of Specific Courses Required

    12 items
    1. Dance Composition – .5 unit Choose one of the following:
      Not resolved to a course
    2. DANC 197
      0.5
    3. DANC 215
      0.5
    4. Dance History – .5 to 1 unit Choose from the following:
      Not resolved to a course
    5. DANC 177
      1
    6. DANC 233
      0.5
    7. DANC 234
      0.5
    8. Senior Capstone Project – 1 unit Choose one of the following:
      Not resolved to a course
    9. DANC 367
      Repertory Dance Theatre IV
      As published: “Repertory Dance Theatre IV , including a choreography component, upon approval of the major sequence adviser”
      1
    10. DANC 378
      1
    11. DANC 399
    12. All capstone options include a substantial research, analytical, and reflective written component in addition to integrated creative or performance work.
      Not resolved to a course

    Distributional Content Area Units Required

    46 items
    1. Dance Technique – 4 units Units are to be distributed among at least three different genres of dance techniques. This includes all levels of Ballet, Contemporary and Modern Dance, Jazz, Hip Hop, and Global Dance Forms. Students with appropriate prior dance technique experience have the opportunity to place out of 100-level technique coursework.
      Not resolved to a course
    2. Dance: I. Introductory
      Not resolved to a course
    3. DANC 160
      0.5
    4. DANC 164
      0.5
    5. DANC 165
      0.5
    6. DANC 166
      0.5
    7. DANC 167
      0.5
    8. DANC 174
      0.5
    9. DANC 194
      0.5
    10. DANC 195
      0.5
    11. Dance: II. Intermediate
      Not resolved to a course
    12. DANC 255
      1
    13. DANC 264
      1
    14. DANC 265
      1
    15. DANC 274
      0.5
    16. DANC 275
      0.5
    17. DANC 276
      0.5
    18. DANC 277
      0.5
    19. DANC 294
      0.5
    20. DANC 295
      0.5
    21. Dance: III. Advanced
      Not resolved to a course
    22. DANC 266
      1
    23. DANC 267
      1
    24. DANC 394
      0.5
    25. DANC 395
      0.5
    26. DANC 396
      0.5
    27. DANC 397
      Advanced Contemporary Modern Dance IV
      Not resolved to a course
    28. Coursework in Dance Studies, Composition, and Interdisciplinary Inquiry – 4 - 4.5 units beyond the courses taken under the Total Number of Required Units section This coursework emphasizes critical analysis, research, creative process, and interdisciplinary study within a liberal arts context. Four units are required at the 200 or 300 level. At least two courses at the 200–300 level must emphasize critical studies, theory, history, or interdisciplinary analysis.
      Not resolved to a course
    29. DANC 155
      0.5
    30. DANC 170
      0.5
    31. DANC 177
      1
    32. DANC 197
      0.5
    33. DANC 215
      0.5
    34. DANC 233
      0.5
    35. DANC 234
      0.5
    36. DANC 260
      1
    37. DANC 290
    38. DANC 296
      1
    39. DANC 298
    40. DANC 364
      1
    41. DANC 365
      1
    42. DANC 366
      1
    43. DANC 367
      1
    44. DANC 378
      1
    45. DANC 393
      0.5
    46. DANC 399

    Additional Information

    0 items
      Source. Vassar College, catalog Catalogue 2026-2027 — https://catalogue.vassar.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=64&poid=25409. Captured page pages/0780.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.