Music, Theatre, & Dance Classes

Open to All U-M Students

Enjoy your winter 2025 semester with inspiring courses from SMTD!

Looking for a Fun and Refreshing Elective?

Learn to dance, sing in a choir, meditate, act, or compose music

Take classes from beginning guitar and rap songwriting to hip hop dance and the history of pop music

Escape the day-to-day stress with a fun, relaxing, creatively recharging class

Explore your talents! You can add a music minor to your degree with only 15 credits of mainly electives

Winter 2025 Courses

Open to All U-M Students • No Experience Needed

ACTING

Walgreen Drama Center
THTREMUS 101: Intro to Acting • 3 cr. • MW 3:30 pm or T/Th 10:00 am
THTREMUS 110: Intro to Acting for Camera • 3 cr. • MW 1:00 pm

ARTS LEADERSHIP

Moore Building, Walgreen Drama Center & Remote
ARTSADMN/THTREMUS 385: Performing Arts Management • 2 cr. • MW 4:00 pm
ARTSADMN 401/501: Your Career in the Arts • 1 cr. • W 5:30 pm
ARTSADMN 402/502: Money Smarts for Artists • 1 cr. • T 6:30 pm
ARTSADMN 406/506: Special Topics • multiple times
ARTSADMN 420/520: Leading & Managing Global Majority Cultural Organizations • 3 cr. • T/Th 1:00 pm
ARTSADMN 423/523: Grants & Fundraising Basics • 1 cr. • M 6:30 pm
ARTSADMN 426/526: Fundraising and the Arts • 2 cr. • MW 4:30 pm
ARTSADMN 431/531: Running Your Own Ensemble, Theatre Troupe, or Dance Company • 1 cr. • W 6:30 pm
ARTSADMN 433/533: Media Technology Careers • 1 cr. • Th 6:30 pm
ARTSADMIN 450/550: Arts Entrepreneurship Essentials • 3 cr. • T 3:30 pm
ARTSADMN/PAT 472: Business of Music • 3 cr. • T/Th 1:00 pm

DANCE

Dance Building, Walgreen Drama Center & Central Campus Classroom Building
DANCE 100: Intro to Dance • 1 cr. • multiple times & studio practice
DANCE 348: Africanist Traditions • 3 cr. • MW 10:00 am
DANCE 496.001: Lighting for Dance • 2 cr. • MW 2:00 pm
DANCE 128/428.005: Hip Hop Lab • 1 cr. • T/Th 12:00 pm

ENSEMBLE

North Campus and Central Campus locations
Arts ChoraleUniversity and Campus BandsCampus Jazz EnsembleCampus OrchestraGamelanGuitar • Marching & Athletic BandsOut of the BlueMen’s and Women’s Glee ClubsUniversity Choir UnionWest African Drum & Dance Ensemble • usually 1 cr.* • multiple times
*Audition may be required

GLOBAL FASHION

Central Campus Classroom Building
THTREMUS 277: Western Silhouettes • 3 cr. • MW 4:00 pm

GUITAR

Burton Memorial Tower
GUITAR 110, 111, & 112: Introductory, Intermediate, Advanced • 2 cr.
GUITAR 330: Guitar Ensemble • 2 cr. • MW 5:30 pm

MINDFULNESS

Stearns Building & Online
JAZZ 450/550: Contemplative Practice • 2 cr. • multiple times

MUSIC

Moore Building
MUSIC 200: Intro to Popular Songwriting • 2 cr. • F 12:30 pm
MUSIC 360: K-Pop and Beyond: Popular Culture and Korean Society (Vocal Music Edition) • 3 cr. • MW 5:30 pm

MUSIC COMPOSITION

Moore Building
COMP 222: Intro to Elements of Composition • 3 cr. • MW 11:30 am or MW 1:00 pm

MUSIC PERFORMANCE

LSA Building
MUSPERF 200: Engaging Performance • 3 cr. • T/Th 11:30 am

MUSIC THEORY

Modern Languages Building
THEORY 238: Intro to Music Analysis • 3 cr. • MW 3:00 pm

MUSICOLOGY

Burton Memorial Tower, Moore Building & Walgreen Drama Center
MUSICOL 122: Intro to World Music • 3 cr. • MW 1:00 pm
MUSICOL 123: Intro to Popular Music • 4 cr. • MWF 2:00 pm
MUSICOL 346.003/130.001: Opera! • 3 cr. • MW 10:30 am
MUSICOL 346.001: The History of Hip Hop • 3 cr. • T/Th 11:30 am
MUSICOL 346.002: Science Fiction Film Music • 3 cr. • T/Th 3:00 pm
MUSICOL 346.004: History of Musics of South Korea in the Shadow of the US • 3 cr. • MW 10:00 am
MUSICOL 346.005: History of the American Musical • 3 cr. • T/Th 11:30 am

PERFORMING ARTS TECHNOLOGY

Moore Building
PAT 100: Music in Technology • 3 cr. • T/Th 2:30 pm
PAT 200/500: Intro to Electronic Music Production • 3 cr. • M 1:00 pm or T 9:00 am
PAT 472: Business of Music • 3 cr. • T/Th 1:00 pm

PIANO CLASSES

Burton Memorial Tower & Moore Building
PIANO 110 & 111: Beginning & Intermediate Piano • 2 cr. • multiple times
PIANO 150: Advanced Individual Studio Lessons* • 2 cr.*
*
Students need to apply and be accepted for individual lessons. (Beginner piano students should consider taking Piano 110/111 to learn piano fundamentals before enrolling in private lessons.) Group classes are open to students without an application.

RAP HISTORY & SONGWRITING

Burton Memorial Tower
MUSIC 210: Rap History & Songwriting • 2 cr. • F 1:00 pm & 2:00 pm

THEATRE & DRAMA

Walgreen Drama Center & Remote
THTREMUS 211: Intro to Drama • 3 cr. • Asynchronous
THTREMUS 435/ARTSADMN 535: Producing in the American Theatre • 3 cr. • MW 1:00 pm
THTREMUS 438/ARTSADMN 538: Legal Issues in the Arts • 3 cr. • F 2:00 pm

VOICE CLASSES

Moore Building
VOICE 111: Beginning Voice Class • 2 cr. • MW 2:30 pm or MW 3:30 pm

WELLNESS

Walgreen Drama Center
WELLNESS 412: Yoga for Performers, Dancers & Athletes • 1 cr. • T/Th 9:00 am or MW 9:00 am

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Add a Minor to Your Degree with as Few as 15 Credits

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