Major: Dance, B.F.A. (1008), 64 Credits

General Education: 30 Credits; Major: 64 Credits; Elective Credits: 26 Credits

Dance Department Programmatic Goals

Upon completing the BFA/BA major in dance, as appropriate to their concentration, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate substantive engagements with diverse dance practices and their intrinsic skill sets.
• Demonstrate through kinesthetic, written, and/or verbal work, a critical engagement with the histories, theoretical frameworks and cultural contexts of dance.
• Integrate conceptual and kinesthetic skills across dance practices, performances, theories, and/or histories.
• Propose and/or employ strategies for arts advocacy through dance.

 

• Maintenance of a 2.8 cumulative average or better in all course work and a 3.0 average or better in all major courses.

Required Courses: (56 credits)

	Ballet (by placement)	6
	Modern (by placement)	6
	Jazz (by placement)	3
DANC 108	Tap I	1
DANC 120	Stagecraft for Dance	2
DANC 203	Rhythm in Sound and Movement	2
DANC 222	Embodied Africanist Aesthetics	3
DANC 291	Music for Dance	3
DANC 303	Experiential Anatomy	3
DANC 340	Improvisation	3
DANC 351	Dance Composition I	3
DANC 354	Dance and Cultural Histories	3
DANC 364	Critical Approaches to Dance	3
DANC 495	Senior Seminar	3
	Additional Studio Courses	12

Additional Studio Courses includes 12 credits in the dancers choice of techniques:

Tap, Ballet, Jazz, Modern, African, Improvisation, Directed Study (Topic of Special Interest)

The remaining eight credits should be earned by completing one of the following four concentrations

Ballet Concentration: (8 Credits)

Required courses: (8 Credits)

	Ballet (by placement)	6
	Pointe (by placement, 1 credit each)	2
	or
	Performing Masculinity in the Ballet Cannon (1 credit each)	2

Modern Concentration: (8 Credits)

Required courses: (8 Credits)

	Modern (by placement)	6
	Special Topic of Related Interest*	1
	Special Topic of Related Interest*	1

*Examples of Special Topics: African, Commercial Jazz, Flamenco, Partnering, and/or Contact Improvisation, Independent Study, or Internship

Choreography Concentration: (8 Credits)

Required courses: (8 credits)

DANC 352	Dance Composition II	3
DANC 453	Dance Composition III	3
	Special Topic of Related Interest*	1
DANC 294	Projects	1
	or
DANC 425	Dance Production	1

DANC 294, DANC 425: must fulfill the course as a choreographer

*Examples of Special Topics: African, Commercial Jazz, Flamenco, Partnering, and/or Contact Improvisation, Independent Study, or Internship

Jazz Concentration: (8 Credits)

Required courses: (8 credits)

	Tap (by placement, 1 credit each)	2
	Jazz (by placement)	3
DANC 222	Embodied Africanist Aesthetics	3