DANC at Loyola Marymount University

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. DANC 1411Foundations of Jazz Dance: The Vernacular
  2. DANC 2420Explorations of Jazz Dance: Codified Techniques

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate DANC coursework.

• DANC 1310FND of Contemp. Mod: Cod. Techopens 9 courses (6 directly)
• DANC 1510Dance Conditioning: First-year Labopens 9 courses (1 directly)
• DANC 2320Explorations of Contemporary Modern Dance: Bound Flow and Formopens 7 courses (1 directly)
• DANC 2331Explorations of Contemporary Modern Dance; Free Flow and Momentumopens 6 courses (1 directly)
• DANC 2420Explorations of Jazz Dance: Codified Techniquesopens 6 courses (1 directly)
• DANC 2431Explorations of Jazz Dance: Influences of Latin and African Diasporaopens 5 courses (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate DANC work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 57 DANC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 47 more DANC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on DANC, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in DANC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 8 courses deep, ending at DANC 4161

  1. DANC 1510Dance Conditioning: First-year Lab
  2. DANC 1310FND of Contemp. Mod: Cod. Tech
  3. DANC 2320Explorations of Contemporary Modern Dance: Bound Flow and Form
  4. DANC 2331Explorations of Contemporary Modern Dance; Free Flow and Momentum
  5. DANC 3340Explorations of Contemporary Modern Dance: Finding Nuance
  6. DANC 4350Integrations of Contemporary Modern Dance: Floorwork
  7. DANC 4161Integrations of Hip Hop: Krump

• 5 courses deep, ending at DANC 3151

  1. DANC 1110Foundations in Dances of the West African Diaspora
  2. DANC 1121Foundations of Hip Hop: Understanding the Bounce
  3. DANC 2131Explorations of Hip Hop: House, Club, and Party Dances

• 5 courses deep, ending at DANC 4450

  1. DANC 1411Foundations of Jazz Dance: The Vernacular
  2. DANC 2420Explorations of Jazz Dance: Codified Techniques
  3. DANC 2431Explorations of Jazz Dance: Influences of Latin and African Diaspora

• 4 courses deep, ending at DANC 3251

  1. DANC 1210Foundations of Ballet: Building Vocabulary
  2. DANC 2230Explorations of Ballet: Technical Progression
  3. DANC 3240Explorations of Ballet: Putting Technique into Practice

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for DANC yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under DANC yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

DANC does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the LMU campus feed.