The bachelor of arts with a major in dance is designed for students who want professional training in dance and comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the role of dance in history and society, within a liberal arts education.

The dance major requires 40 credits as follows:

Core Courses (13 credits)
    DANC 105 Language of Performance (3)
    DANC 201 Performance I (3)
    DANC 151 Dance Composition I (3)
    THEA 334 Theatre Production and Design (3)
    THEA 399 Theatre Practicum (1)

Dance Technique (8 credits)
    One course per semester for eight semesters in ballet or modern dance. Students must achieve advanced level in either ballet or modern dance technique and intermediate level in the other in order to graduate. Students who demonstrate proficiency at the intermediate technique level in modern dance or ballet (380, 382) will be placed at the advanced level (480, 482). Each of these courses may be repeated for credit. Note: a minimum of two semesters of ballet and a minimum of two semesters of modern dance are required. Students will be evaluated at the end of each academic year.
    DANC 382 Ballet III (1)
    DANC 482 Ballet IV (1)
    DANC 380 Modern Dance III (1)
    DANC 480 Modern Dance IV (1)

Dance History (6 credits)
    DANC 471 Dance History: Primitive - 19th Century (3)
    DANC 472 Dance History: 20th Century U.S. (3)

Dance Composition (11 credits)
    DANC 352 Dance Composition III (3)
    DANC 452 Dance Composition IV (3)
    MUSC 105 Introduction to Music (3)
    DANC 458 Dance Company (2) – two semesters

Theatre or Dance Elective (2)


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