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
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
General Education courses | 32 | |
Foundation | ||
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1801 | First Year Seminar in Dance | 1 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1811 | Movement Improvisation I | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1812 | Movement Improvisation II | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1813 | Dance Repertory I | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1819 | Dance Production | 1 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1834 | Introduction to African Diasporic Dance Traditions | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1835 | Early Modern Dance I | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1836 | Introduction to Classical Ballet | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1837 | Neo-Traditional West African Dance I | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1838 | Early Modern Dance II | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1839 | Ballet Enchainments | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1841 | Music for Dancers | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý1852 | Ways of Knowing Dance | 2 |
Advanced Courses | ||
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý2813 | Dance Composition I | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý2814 | Dance Composition II | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý2833 | Contemporary Approaches to Ballet I | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý2834 | Neo-Traditional West African Dance II | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý2835 | Post-Judson Dance Practices I | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý2837 | Umfundalai Technique I | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý2838 | Post-Judson Dance Practices II | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý2839 | Contemporary Approaches to Ballet II | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý2872 | Foundations of Dance Education | 3 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3811 | Field Experience in Dance | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3812 | Creative Process in Dance | 3 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3813 | Dance Repertory II | 3 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3831 | Global Ballet Styles and Conventions | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3832 | Ballet and Abstraction | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3834 | Umfundalai Technique II | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3835 | Somatic Dance Explorations I | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3837 | Hip Hop I | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3838 | Somatic Dance Explorations II | 2 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3851 | Lighting Design for Dance | 3 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3873 | Creating Dance Histories | 3 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3896 | Dancing Cultures (WI) | 3 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý3897 | Making Meaning in Dance (WI) | 3 |
Select two of the following: | 4 | |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý4832 | Advanced Ballet Technique I | |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý4834 | Hip Hop II | |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý4835 | Contemporary Hybrid Dance Practices I | |
Select two of the following: | 4 | |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý4833 | Advanced Ballet Technique II | |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý4837 | Matters in Contemporary African Diasporic Dance | |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý4838 | Contemporary Hybrid Dance Practices II | |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý4861 | Dance Science and Somatics | 3 |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý4873 | Senior Seminar | 3 |
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý4864 | Dance Education Project | |
¶Ù´¡±·°äÌý4884 | Senior Choreographic Project | |
Total Credit Hours | 124 |