<p>PE is required at Barnard for 2 semesters (I think). Can’t find this info on the website- can dance be substituted? My dau hasn’t had PE in several years due to intensive dance.</p>
<p>I am pretty sure there is some sort of dance class that counts as PE.</p>
<p>Yes, dance technique classes can definitely be substituted for PE, and in fact the college encourages this - as the PE classes are crowded and enrollment is somewhat limited. </p>
<p>So students are asked at the outset how they plan to fulfill their PE requirement. If they want PE, the first years are assigned a slot (either fall or spring) when they will have priority registration for the PE classes... if they want dance, then they essentially are opting out of the PE-registration sytem entirely. (Of course students can do both -- the main thing is, if they want PE other than dance, they have to let it be known).</p>
<p>Students cannot take dance classes for academic credit until their PE requirements have been filled, so basically for a dancer the first two technique classes taken will result in PE credit, not academic -- after that, they can take technique classes for credit; I believe it is 1 point per class. Both modern and ballet are taught at 6 different levels, and classes in other forms of dance are taught as well. </p>
<p>I think the way Barnard handles dance is just about the coolest thing about Barnard -- a student can take as much or as little dance as she wants, and classes are available at every level. Just about every dance class is open to nonmajors; auditions for performance classes are also open to all. </p>
<p>So this enables students like my daughter to continue to have dance in their lives even if they are majoring in other areas.</p>
<p>Ditto to what Calmom says. My D just completed her first year at Barnard. A longtime dancer who works professionally in musical theater, she plans to declare a major in behavioral neuroscience later this next year! She only "discovered" this field after taking a required science course at Barnard....</p>
<p>The dance technique classes are wonderful!</p>