These requirements are for students who matriculated in academic year 2023-2024. Students who matriculated prior to fall 2023 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 | ||
| DANC 1801 | First Year Seminar in Dance | 1 |
| DANC 1811 | Movement Improvisation I | 2 |
| DANC 1812 | Movement Improvisation II | 2 |
| DANC 1813 | Dance Repertory I | 2 |
| DANC 1819 | Dance Production | 1 |
| DANC 1834 | Introduction to African Diasporic Dance Traditions | 2 |
| DANC 1835 | Early Modern Dance I | 2 |
| DANC 1836 | Introduction to Classical Ballet | 2 |
| DANC 1837 | Neo-Traditional West African Dance I | 2 |
| DANC 1838 | Early Modern Dance II | 2 |
| DANC 1839 | Ballet Enchainments | 2 |
| DANC 1841 | Music for Dancers | 2 |
| DANC 1852 | Ways of Knowing Dance | 2 |
| Advanced Courses | ||
| DANC 2813 | Dance Composition I | 2 |
| DANC 2814 | Dance Composition II | 2 |
| DANC 2833 | Contemporary Approaches to Ballet I | 2 |
| DANC 2834 | Neo-Traditional West African Dance II | 2 |
| DANC 2835 | Post-Judson Dance Practices I | 2 |
| DANC 2837 | Umfundalai Technique I | 2 |
| DANC 2838 | Post-Judson Dance Practices II | 2 |
| DANC 2839 | Contemporary Approaches to Ballet II | 2 |
| DANC 2872 | Foundations of Dance Education | 3 |
| DANC 3811 | Field Experience in Dance | 2 |
| DANC 3812 | Creative Process in Dance | 3 |
| DANC 3813 | Dance Repertory II | 3 |
| DANC 3831 | Global Ballet Styles and Conventions | 2 |
| DANC 3832 | Ballet and Abstraction | 2 |
| DANC 3834 | Umfundalai Technique II | 2 |
| DANC 3835 | Somatic Dance Explorations I | 2 |
| DANC 3837 | Hip Hop I | 2 |
| DANC 3838 | Somatic Dance Explorations II | 2 |
| DANC 3851 | Lighting Design for Dance | 3 |
| DANC 3873 | Creating Dance Histories | 3 |
| DANC 3896 | Dancing Cultures (WI) | 3 |
| DANC 3897 | Making Meaning in Dance (WI) | 3 |
| Select two of the following: | 4 | |
DANC 4832 | Advanced Ballet Technique I | |
DANC 4834 | Hip Hop II | |
DANC 4835 | Contemporary Hybrid Dance Practices I | |
| Select two of the following: | 4 | |
DANC 4833 | Advanced Ballet Technique II | |
DANC 4837 | Matters in Contemporary African Diasporic Dance | |
DANC 4838 | Contemporary Hybrid Dance Practices II | |
| DANC 4861 | Dance Science and Somatics | 3 |
| DANC 4873 | Senior Seminar | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
DANC 4864 | Dance Education Project | |
DANC 4884 | Senior Choreographic Project | |
| Total Credit Hours | 124 | |