Dance Minor

Admission to all Theatre and Dance programs is by audition/interview only.

Admission, scholarship, retention requirements

1. To be accepted to the dance program, you must first be eligible for admission to UW-Stevens Point. Then, to be eligible for admission to UW-Stevens Point’s dance program as a major or minor, you must successfully complete an on-campus performance audition and interview. Detailed program and audition information, including audition dates and protocol, application forms and scholarship information is available on our website at www.uwsp.edu/theatre-dance/Pages/Students/apply.aspx.

2. The dance program awards scholarships to incoming dance majors based on ability and potential in dance. A variety of scholarships are awarded annually to continuing students.

3. To continue as a major or minor, you must meet the dance program’s retention criteria and successfully complete scheduled mid-semester assessments in your technique courses.

To be retained as a major or minor in any of the theatre arts options and to be approved for graduation, you must earn a minimum grade point average of 2.75 in all courses taken within the major or minor each semester, including transfer courses, regardless of any declaration of academic forgiveness. You may repeat a course in the major or minor if you follow the course repeat policy found in the Grade-related Policies section of this catalog.