Minor in Global Dance and Music
https://theatredance.sfsu.edu/
College of Liberal & Creative Arts
Dean: Dr. Ifeoma Kiddoe Nwankwo
School of Theatre & Dance
Creative Arts Building, Room 103
(415) 338-1341
Website: theatredance.sfsu.edu
Director: Kim Schwartz
Advisors: Ray Tadio, Dance; Hafez Modirzadeh, Music
Program Scope
The Minor in Global Dance and Music provides educational resources for those students interested in global perspectives of music and dance for varying careers as well as for personal enrichment. The subject is interdisciplinary and, in addition to music and dance, includes artistic, historical, geographical, political, humanistic, cultural, and social aspects organized under an overreaching core with allowance for focused, in-depth study. Students are introduced to a variety of relevant disciplines, including ethnomusicology and dance ethnology.
Skills in understanding culturally diverse expressions of music and dance increase the graduate’s career opportunities in a variety of ways. This minor offers an educational base for many culture-based areas of study, including teaching, multimedia, theater, and other arts, business and travel industries, health professions, bilingual and ethnic studies, social and cultural programming, and graduate study. Creative expression is a central focus of the minor.
This minor carries the following general objectives:
- Situate dance and music practices within social, political, and historical contexts.
- Participate in dance and music as cultural practices.
- Think critically and creatively about the creation of dance and music as pluri-disciplinary projects.
Minor in Global Dance and Music — 12 units
The program consists of 12 units. Each student’s course of study is individualized according to their particular goals within the minor. Every interested student should see a designated faculty advisor for information, selection, and sequencing of courses, as well as for written approval of transfer equivalents and course substitutions. Contact the appropriate faculty member or the School of Theatre & Dance or the School of Music office for the faculty member’s office hours.
A minimum of 6 upper-division units are required to complete the minor.
All coursework used to satisfy the requirements of the minor must be completed with a minimum grade point average of 2.0.
Dance Courses (6 units)
Select 6 units:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| DANC 160 | African-Haitian Dance I | 1 |
| DANC 207 | Dance in Cultural Context | 1 |
| DANC 208 | Cultural History of Dance | 3 |
| DANC 236 | Folklore of Dance: African-Haitian | 2 |
| DANC 350 | Dance Aesthetics: Cultural/Historical Perspectives | 3 |
| DANC/TH A 408 | Performance in Asia and the Asian Diaspora | 3 |
| DANC/ANTH 657 | Ethnography of Dance | 3 |
Music Courses (6 units)
Select 6 units:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| AIS 320 | American Indian Music | 3 |
| AFRS 514 | African Musical Diaspora | 3 |
| HUM 320 | Music, Ideas, and Culture | 3 |
| MUS 386 | World Music Ensembles | 2 |
| MUS 389 | Mexican Regional Music Ensemble | 1 |
| MUS 505 | Music of the World's Peoples | 3 |
| MUS 513 | Asian Musical Diaspora | 3 |
| MUS 515 | Latin American Musical Diaspora | 3 |
| MUS 532 | Music of Latin America | 3 |
| MUS 542GW | Music in Culture and Context - GWAR | 3 |