DANC at Virginia Commonwealth University

Intro sequences

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

• 1. DANC 101Modern Dance Technique I.
  2. DANC 102Modern Dance Technique I.
• 1. DANC 105Improvisation
  2. DANC 205Composition
  3. DANC 206Composition

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 102Modern Dance Technique I.opens 8 courses (1 directly)
• DANC 201Modern Dance Technique II.opens 7 courses (1 directly)
• DANC 202Modern Dance Technique II.opens 6 courses (1 directly)
• DANC 103Survey of Dance Historyopens 5 courses (5 directly)
• DANC 206Compositionopens 5 courses (4 directly)
• DANC 104Survey of Dance Historyopens 5 courses (3 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 47 DANC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 27 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 402

  1. DANC 101Modern Dance Technique I.
  2. DANC 102Modern Dance Technique I.
  3. DANC 201Modern Dance Technique II.
  4. DANC 202Modern Dance Technique II.
  5. DANC 301Modern Dance Technique III.
  6. DANC 302Modern Dance Technique III.
  7. DANC 401Modern Dance Technique IV.
  8. DANC 402Modern Dance Technique IV.

• 6 courses deep, ending at DANC 312

  1. DANC 111Ballet Technique I.
  2. DANC 112Ballet Technique I.
  3. DANC 211Ballet Technique II.

• 4 courses deep, ending at DANC 304

  1. DANC 206Composition
  2. DANC 205Composition
  3. DANC 304Choreography/Performance

• 4 courses deep, ending at DANC 313

  1. DANC 104Survey of Dance History
  2. DANC 103Survey of Dance History
  3. DANC 313Dance in World Cultures

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for DANC yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under DANC yet.

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Department events

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