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Honors Majors & Minors

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Honors Major 
Majors in the Honors Program must have received a grade of B+ or better in all dance courses before admission. The choice of focus for a student’s major will be determined in consultation with an adviser from the dance faculty. 
The Dance Major in Honors is identical to the Dance Course Major in its basic coursework requirements. Most of the credits below may be drawn either from coursework already counted for a Major or Minor in course or may represent additional courses. The two starred courses must always be taken in addition to coursework already undertaken for the major, as they represent the second credit of the two-credit thesis or project required for Honors Majors.

Requirements for the Honors Major: 
All dance majors in the Honors Program must complete three preparations of two credits each: 
1. Dance Studies: two dance studies courses
2. Choreography: DANC 012. Dance Lab II: Making Dance or DANC 013. Dance Lab III: Making Dance and one dance studies course
3. Either Senior Project or Senior Thesis:

Senior Project (Choreography)
    DANC 092. Independent Study (Fall)* 
    DANC 094. Senior Project (Spring)

Senior Thesis with a literature review (Dance Studies):
    DANC 095. Senior Thesis (Fall)
    DANC 096. Senior Thesis (Spring)*

*Students’ choice of which courses to include in their preparations is subject to faculty approval. Syllabi, papers, and videos of student choreography from these courses will be submitted to external examiners as part of students’ Honors Portfolio. Students should be prepared to submit their final senior project or thesis proposal at the start of their junior year. 

 Honors Minor 
Students in the Honors Program who are presenting a major in another discipline and a minor in dance must do one two-credit preparation in dance, in either Choreography or Dance Studies. 
The Dance Minor in Honors is identical to the Dance Course Minor in its basic coursework requirements. Some of the credits below may be drawn either from coursework already counted for a Major or Minor in course or may represent additional courses. The starred courses must always be taken in addition to coursework already undertaken for the minor, as minors in Course are not required to complete a senior thesis or project.

 Requirements for the Honors Minor: 
Choreography: 
1. One dance studies course
2. DANC 012. Dance Lab II: Making Dance, DANC 013. Dance Lab III: Making Dance, or DANC 094. Senior Project*

Dance Studies: 
1. One dance studies course 
2. DANC 095. Senior Thesis*

*Students’ choice of which courses to include in their preparations is subject to faculty approval. Syllabi, papers, and videos of student choreography from these courses will be submitted to external examiners as part of students’ Honors Portfolio. Students should be prepared to submit their final senior project or thesis proposal at the start of their junior year.