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

16 credit hours of specialization (ballet, contemporary, or jazz), 6 credit hours of secondary area (ballet, contemporary, or jazz), and 4 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

2 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

2 credit hours selected from the following options: 

DAN 30300Dance Performance Practicum

1

Ensemble

2 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

2 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 requirements.

Pedagogy

DAN 37200Dance Pedagogy

3

Special Topics

6 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.