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Action taken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate 

Studies at its meeting of Tuesday, 14 September 1976 gives rise 

tothe following motion: 

MOTION 

That Senate approve (and recommend approval by the Board of 

Governors) a Minor in Dance as set forth in the accompanying 

paper S.76- 

Note: In February Senate approved the paper, a credit program 

in the Arts, which set forth the general framework for minors 

in Dance, Theatre and Film. The attached elaboration of the 

Dance Minor is entirely consistent with that paper. 

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• PROPOSAL FOR A DANCE MINOR 

The Centre for the Arts, requests the approval of a minor program in 

dance, effective September 1, 1977. 

In the development paper A Credit Programme in the Arts, approved by Senate 

in February 1976 (S. 76-21), dance, theatre, and film minors were outlined. 

It was also stated that: 

Integrated development need not entail simultaneous 

introduction of all three minors. Given working approval 

of the general shape of the programmes, the committee can 

introduce further courses that contribute to that shape, 

requesting formal certification of each minor as the struc- 

ture of courses for it receives academic approval. 

With the FPA. courses that have since been approved by Senate, and with 

those we are putting forward simultaneously with this proposal, we are in 

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a position to request certification of the dance minor. The programme we 

propose is exactly as set forth in S. 76-21, with one exception: we 

suggest that an additional course not adumbrated in that paper be instituted 

and made an option within the minor structure. This course is FPA. 384 - 

Criticism of Performance; it would provide an alternative to FPA. 382 - 

Aesthetics of Performance. We believe that this course has validity within 

our overall structure of courses, and 

that it should have a place in 

the theatre minor as well. 

In our view the structure of the dance minor as set forth in the attached 

"Proposed Calendar Entry" fulfills the central academic principle that has 

guided the development of the minors as it was stated in S. 76-21: 

The minor programmes should establish requirements balanced 

between courses that emphasize the craft of the arts and 

courses that emphasize the analytic understanding of them. 

on the one hand, the minors should be directed toward giving 

capable students a strong 

to the practice of an 

art form; on the other, each student should have significant 

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exposure to the traditions of the arts generally and the place 

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of that students's chosen art within tradition. 

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PROPOSED CALENDAR ENTRY 

Requirements for a Minor in Dance 

Dance minors will complete 21 hours of Lower Division credit, distributed 

as follows: 

Any 2 of: 

FPA. 110-6 (formerly G.S. 110) The Arts in Context: 

The Renaissance 

FPA. 114-6 The Arts in Context: The Modernist Era 

FPA. 116-6 The Arts in Context: North American Styles 

or similar six credit "Arts in Context" 

courses to be introduced in this series. 

Plus all of: 

FPA. 120-3 (formerly KIN 144) Aesthetic Forms of Human 

Movement 

FPA. 220-3 (formerly KIN 244) Contemporary Dance Technique 

and Theory I 

FPA. 221-3 Contemporary Dance Technique and Theory II 

buted 

Dance 

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minors 

follows: 

will also complete 17 hours of Upper 

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ivision credit, distri- 

All of: 

FPA. 320-3 Contemporary Dance Technique and Theory III 

FPA. 324-3 (formerly KIN 344) Dance Composition 

FPA. 326-3 (formerly KIN 310) Dance History 

FPA. 424-5 Directed Study in Dance Performance 

Plus one of: 

FPA. 382-3 Aesthetics of Performance 

FPA. 384-3 Criticism of Performance 

Students who have taken any of these courses under earlier Kinesiology or 

General Studies numbers will receive credit toward the minor. Some students 

may find that their commitment to dance requires more continuous Studio 

practice than is afforded by the required courses in dance. The attention 

of such students is drawn to FPA. 425-5 and to the various non-credit dance 

workshops offered by the Centre for the Arts. Workshops are announced prior 

to each semester in which they are offered. 

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Resources for the Dance Minor 

Faculty: 

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The two present full-time dance faculty, augmented by 

sessional lecturers as at present, can teach the sequence 

of dance courses now approved. We will continue to seek 

visitors into the programme for limited terms and will con- 

tinue to offer non-credit workshops on a limited basis. 

We anticipate that for the time being those required courses 

involving other disciplines can continue to be taught by 

present faculty of the Centre or by faculty seconded from 

elsewhere in the University. 

Space: ? 

With the authorization of funds to renovate the former 

Day Care area of the Academic Quandrangle as a dance and 

theatre movement area, sufficient space has been provided 

for the regular sequence of dance courses. 

Library: 

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current library resources are in our opinion adequate for 

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introduction of a dance minor of this nature. We anti- 

cipate that the collection of works related to dance will 

continue to grow at a moderate rate. 

Other: 

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The approval of a minor will entail no significant addi- 

tional expense in equipment or audio-visual materials. The 

Only increase in staffing needed is the desirable but not 

essential introduction of accompanists for advanced studio 

work. 

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Evan Alderson 

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irector, Centre for the Arts 

August 25, 1976 