Given UNC’s pride in meeting its students’ needs, every attempt should be made to make an undergraduate minor in dance possible.
The effort to establish a dance minor at UNC dates as far back as summer 2008. A number of campus groups have been instrumental in advocating for the minor, making much of their headway this year.
Many students already participate in dance as an extracurricular activity. The creation of a dance minor allows for more expansion of dance into the classroom and the real world as well.
UNC now offers dance classes, but there is neither a major nor a minor, and students cannot graduate with a degree in dance.
There are already dance curriculums and minors established at other system schools such as UNC-Greensboro. It would only make sense for our University to follow suit.
In order to get the minor established, the involved interest groups should continue promoting awareness about the project and lobbying for its administrative approval.
