The Bachelor of Fine Arts-Dance degree is for the student who wishes to focus on performance and choreography through comprehensive development of practical skills and theoretical knowledge.

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

Communications Requirement A. (0-3 cr), B: Dance 200 3 cr

Quantitative Reasoning A, B. (2-6 cr)

LIBERAL STUDIES 36 credits (see EASI website for details)

Humanities 9 cr

Social Studies 9 cr

Science - 9 cr and must include a laboratory science course

Electives - to bring total to 36 cr

ETHNIC STUDIES REQUIREMENT

3 Credit Minimum -- The Dance Program Recommends:

153 Asian American Movement 3 cr

377 Cultural Cross Currents: W African Dance/Music in the Americas 3 cr

Discipline Related Requirements

Dance 200 Writing Dance Performance, 3 cr

329 Anatomy or Anatomy for Dancers (Dance 560) 2 cr

DANCE REQUIREMENTS

Music 101 The Musical Experience 3 cr

111-412 Modern Dance Technique (9 cr must be from 311-412) 18 cr

125-425 Ballet Technique 14 cr (10 cr must be 225 or above)

World Dance 4 cr (African, Asian, Javanese, and World Dance Workshops under 741-001 or 560 No Jazz/Ballroom)

144 Rhythmic Training for Dancers 2 cr

151 Movement as Material through Improvisation 2 cr

161 Somatic Theory & Practices 2 cr

167 Intro. To Mvt. Analysis 2 cr

170 Performance Production 2 cr

241 Music Fundamentals 3 cr

255 Movement Composition for the Performing & Visual Arts 2 cr

265 Dance History I: Dance Art from the Renaissance to the 1950's 3cr

351 Video Design for the Performing & Visual Arts or 420 Sound Design for the Performing and Visual Arts 3 cr

355 Dance Composition II 2 cr

365 Dance History II: Directions and Issues of Contemporary Dance 3 cr

371 Creative Dance for Children or 372 Teaching of Dance to Adults 3 cr

440 Senior Seminar 3 cr

451-552 Dance Repertory 6 cr

455 Dance Composition III 2 cr

Recommended Electives

155 Dance Performance Workshop 1 cr

165 World Dance Cultures 3 cr

Students must create one Solo & one Group piece (trio <) after completion of 255. These works must be faculty approved for public presentation in a concert.

79 credits