124 Credits

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., B: Dance 200 or any Comm B (3 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

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

DANCE REQUIREMENTS

Music 103 Intro Music Cultures of the World - 3 credits

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

125-425 Ballet Technique (10 credits must be from 225 -425) - 14 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 Dance Production or Theatre & Drama 161 - Backstage lab - 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 1 - 3 credits

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

355 Dance Composition II - 2 credits

371 Creative Dance for Children or 372 Teaching Dance to Adults - 3 credits

451-552 Dance Repertory Theater - 6 credits

455 Dance Composition III - 2 credits

555 Advanced Composition or Dance 565 - 2 credits

Theatre & Drama 150 - Fundamentals of Acting - 3 credits

World Dance (Ballroom, Folk & Square, African, Asian, and World Dance Workshops under 741-001 or 560 No Jazz/Ballroom) - 4 credits

Choose one aesthetic course from Art History Dept. or Philosophy 253 or 553 - 3-4 credits

Dance Program Electives to reach a minimum of 82-83 credits

General Electives

To bring total credits to 124

Public Presentation

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.