Academic

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON DANCE PROGRAM
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - DANCE

For Students Enrolled Before Fall 2007

124 Credits

The Bachelor of Science in Dance is for students who wish to develop their movement skills and cultivate their creative voice while persuing a general degree that emphasizes scholarly investigation in dance studies.


GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

Communications Requirement A., B: Dance 200 or any Comm B (3 cr) about Theatre and Performance (3-6 cr)

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


LIBERAL STUDIES 36 credits (see EASI website for details)

Humanities 8 cr

Social Studies 8 cr

Science - 8 credits, must include a laboratory science course and Human Anatomy 329 2 cr

Electives - to bring total to 36 credits

ETHNIC STUDIES REQUIREMENT

3 Credit Minimum -- The Dance Program Recommends:

153 Asian American Movement 3 credits

266 Dance & Culture 3 credits

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

DANCE REQUIREMENTS 58 credits

111-412 Modern Dance Technique (6 cr must be from 311-412) - 18 credits

125-425 Ballet Technique (2 cr must be from 225-425) - 4 credits

144 Rhythmic Movement Laboratory I - 2 credits

151 Movement as Material through Improvisation - 2 credits

161 Somatic Theory and Practices - 2 credits

167 Introduction to Movement Analysis - 2 credits

170 Performance Production - 2 credits

171 Dance Production Lab - 1 credit

241 Music Fundamentals for Dancers - 3 credits

255 Movement Composition for the Performing & Visual Arts - 2 credits

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

351 Video Design for the Performing and Visual Arts or 420 Sound Design - 3 credits

355 Dance Composition II - 2 credits

451-552 Dance Repertory Theater - 4 credits

World Dance (Ballroom, African, Asian, Javanese and World Dance Workshops under 741-001 or 560 No Jazz/Ballroom) - 2 credits

Dance Program Electives to reach a minimum of 59 credtis

GENERAL ELECTIVES

To bring total credits to 124