Monydad,
The Northwestern website does say that the dance classes required for the MT certificate are non-credit courses. I looked at all of the performance course listings for the department and saw that the lower level dance classes are zero credit and the upper level courses are taken for one credit. I do not know whether or not it is possible for more skilled MT dancers to take the upper level dance performance classes for credit or not. It is something you might want to ask Northwestern theatre or dance faculty about. However, as Alwaysamom says, I would not worry too much about whether or not your D will receive credit for the dance courses. It's the training that matters. As a parent who will be paying those tuition bills, you might inquire as to whether or not you will incur a fee for those non-credit dance classes. At my D's school, FSU, all MTs attend a MT studio class conducted by the School of Music co-chair every Tuesday. The class is required, but it is not listed in the course catalog and there is no fee attached. At most schools students receive no credit for performing in or crewing productions. Certainly, students want to participate in their school productions! I do know of a couple of schools that allow upperclassmen to sign up for a course with a title something like "Production/Performance" that gives them 1 or 2 hours credit for being in a show. Even those schools only allow the credit to be granted once or twice. It is simply a fact of life that most performance majors are required to take classes that require large amounts of time and grant very few credit hours
