These requirements are for students who matriculated in academic year 2024-2025. Students who matriculated prior to fall 2024 should refer to the Archives to view the requirements for their Bulletin year.

Summary of Requirements

The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance is conferred upon a student by recommendation of the faculty and upon the satisfactory completion of a minimum of 124 semester hours of credit and completion of the required Dance and university requirements.

University Requirements

  • All students are required to complete the university's General Education (GenEd) curriculum.
  • All students must take a minimum of two writing-intensive courses. The specific writing-intensive courses required for the major are identified with the code "WI".

Program Requirements

General Education courses32
Foundation
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1801First Year Seminar in Dance1
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1811Movement Improvisation I2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1812Movement Improvisation II2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1813Dance Repertory I2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1819Dance Production1
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1834Introduction to African Diasporic Dance Traditions2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1835Early Modern Dance I2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1836Introduction to Classical Ballet2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1837Neo-Traditional West African Dance I2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1838Early Modern Dance II2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1839Ballet Enchainments2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1841Music for Dancers2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1852Ways of Knowing Dance2
Advanced Courses
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý2813Dance Composition I2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý2814Dance Composition II2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý2833Contemporary Approaches to Ballet I2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý2834Neo-Traditional West African Dance II2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý2835Post-Judson Dance Practices I2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý2837Umfundalai Technique I2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý2838Post-Judson Dance Practices II2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý2839Contemporary Approaches to Ballet II2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý2872Foundations of Dance Education3
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3811Field Experience in Dance2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3812Creative Process in Dance3
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3813Dance Repertory II3
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3831Global Ballet Styles and Conventions2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3832Ballet and Abstraction2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3834Umfundalai Technique II2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3835Somatic Dance Explorations I2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3837Hip Hop I2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3838Somatic Dance Explorations II2
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3851Lighting Design for Dance3
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3873Creating Dance Histories3
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3896Dancing Cultures (WI)3
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3897Making Meaning in Dance (WI)3
Select two of the following:4
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Advanced Ballet Technique I
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý4834
Hip Hop II
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý4835
Contemporary Hybrid Dance Practices I
Select two of the following:4
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Advanced Ballet Technique II
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý4837
Matters in Contemporary African Diasporic Dance
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý4838
Contemporary Hybrid Dance Practices II
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý4861Dance Science and Somatics3
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý4873Senior Seminar3
Select one of the following:3
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Dance Education Project
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Senior Choreographic Project
Total Credit Hours124