monydad, I think that's the type of question you will have to ask Northwestern. It's clear from the site that they're referring to the dance classes as non-credit but it is also clear that they are a requirement for the MT certificate. I'm not sure that it matters whether or not you get college credit for them, does it? If they're a required component of the program, then they must be taken. Application of credit to specific courses/classes in many of these programs is not something which is universally done. For instance, at Tisch, the credits are awarded for studio classes as a whole, they're not broken down for the many individual studio classes which students take there. It may be done similarly at Northwestern. I wouldn't worry too much about that if I were you.
