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Dance, BFA

81 credit hours

Requirements

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance requires a minimum grade of C in the following courses. Candidates must declare Ballet, Contemporary, or Jazz Dance as a specialization.

Orientation

DAN 17000First Year Seminar in Dance

1

Ballet, Contemporary or Jazz

Sixteen credit hours of specialization (ballet, contemporary, or jazz), six credit hours of secondary area (ballet, contemporary, or jazz), and four credit hours of third area (ballet, contemporary, or jazz):

DAN 10011Ballet I: Intermediate Level

2
DAN 10012Ballet I: Advanced Level

2
DAN 20011Ballet II: Intermediate Level

2
DAN 20012Ballet II: Advanced Level

2
DAN 30011Ballet III: Intermediate Level

2
DAN 30012Ballet III: Advanced Level

2
DAN 40012Ballet IV: Advanced Level

2
DAN 10021Contemporary I: Intermediate Level

2
DAN 10022Contemporary I: Advanced Level

2
DAN 20021Contemporary II: Intermediate Level

2
DAN 20022Contemporary II: Advanced Level

2
DAN 30021Contemporary III: Intermediate Level

2
DAN 30022Contemporary III: Advanced Level

2
DAN 40022Contemporary IV: Advanced Level

2
DAN 10030Jazz I: Beginning Level

2
DAN 10031Jazz I: Intermediate Level

2
DAN 10032Jazz I: Advanced Level

2
DAN 20031Jazz II: Intermediate Level

2
DAN 20032Jazz II: Advanced Level

2
DAN 30031Jazz III: Intermediate Level

2
DAN 30032Jazz III: Advanced Level

2
DAN 40032Jazz IV: Advanced Level

2

Tap

Two credit hours selected from the following options:

DAN 10041Tap I: Intermediate Level

2
DAN 10042Tap I: Advanced Level

2
DAN 20041Tap II: Intermediate Level

2
DAN 20042Tap II: Advanced Level

2
DAN 30041Tap III: Intermediate Level

2
DAN 30042Tap III: Advanced Level

2
DAN 40042Tap IV: Advanced Level

2

Performance Practicum

Two credit hours:
DAN 30300Dance Performance Practicum

1

Ensemble

Two credit hours of University Dance Ensemble:

DAN 37500University Dance Ensemble

1

Theory and Composition

DAN 20050Dance Theory and Composition I

2
DAN 20055Dance Theory and Composition II

2
MUS 11400Class Piano I

2
TA 11100Introduction to Technical Theatre I

3

Composition Practicum

Two credit hours:

DAN 30350Dance Composition Practicum

1

Anatomy and Kinesiology

DAN 26000Anatomy for Dancers

3
DAN 36000Dance Kinesiology

3

History, Technology, and Criticism

DAN 17100Dance as an Art

3
DAN 27100Dance History

3
DAN 37100Dance in the 21st Century

3
DAN 37400Dance and Technology

3
DAN 47100Dance Criticism

3

Note: DAN 17100 and DAN 37100 may be used to satisfy the GE-Human Culture: Foreign Culture/Human Diversity [GE-CrsClt] requirements.

Pedagogy

DAN 37200Dance Pedagogy

3

Special Topics

Six credit hours selected from the following options:
DAN 19000-19099Special Topics in Dance

1-3
DAN 29000-29099Special Topics in Dance

1-3
DAN 39000-39099Special Topics in Dance

1-3
DAN 49000-49099Special Topics in Dance

1-3

Capstone

DAN 47000Senior Seminar in Dance

1
DAN 47200Senior Project

3

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance also requires the following:

  • TA 10500 to satisfy the GE-Human Culture: Arts requirement.
  • Passing scores on periodic assessments of program-level student learning outcomes.