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APPF - Applied Performance Minor

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Program Title

Applied Performance

Program Type

Minor

Degree Designation

Minor

Program Description

Effective: Fall 2016

Modifications Made to Curriculum: Fall 2024

Requisites

Requirements for the Minor (20-24 Credits)


I. Disciplinary Core: Theatre and Dance (8 credits)

Complete the following:

  • course - Introduction to Acting

Plus six credits from the following:

  • course - Beginning Movement Studies

  • course - Intermediate Movement Studies

  • course - Movement for the Musical Stage

  • course - Special Topics in Dance

  • course - Special Topics in Dance

  • course - Playwriting

II. Interdisciplinary: Performance and Community-Based Learning (12 Credits)

1. At least 4 but no more than 8 credits taken from among the following:

  • course - Applied Performance: Addressing Sexual Harassment, Violence, and Discrimination through Interactive Performance

  • course - Theatre in The Community: The Newark Collaboration

  • course - Special Topics in Applied Performance

2. At least 4 but no more than 8 credits taken from among the following:

  • course - Advanced Topics in Africana Studies

  • course - The Non-Profit Sector

  • course - Leadership in Practice

  • course - Social Policy and Inequality in America

  • course - The Practice of Public Sociology

  • course - Selected Topics: Latin American, Peninsular or Transatlantic Contexts

  • course - Community Based Learning: The U.S. Latino/a Experience

NOTE: course can be cross-listed with other Drew courses to fulfill the Interdisciplinary requirement, provided students can apply their artistic and/or literary skills to the coursework.

III. Internship (0-4 credits)

Complete one or more internships with an approved organization dedicated to Applied Theatre and Dance, or an approved community partner organization desiring to employ Applied Theatre and Dance projects to fulfill its mission.