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BA-DANC - Bachelor of Arts in Dance

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Theater and DanceUndergraduateBaccalaureate

Free Form Requirements

General Education

 

Semester Hours

ACAD 101

Principles of the Learning Academy

1

Shared Skills and Proficiencies

 

 

Writing and Critical Thinking

 

 

WRIT 101

Composition

3

HMXP 102     

Human Experience

3

CRTW 201

Critical Reading, Thinking & Writing

3

Oral Communication

See approved list

3

Technology

See approved list

3

Intensive Writing

Met in major with DANT 386

0

Constitution Requirement

See approved list; may be met with another requirement

0-3

Physical Activity

Met in major with DANA course

0

Thinking Critically Across Disciplines*

 

 

Global Perspectives

See approved list

3

Historical Perspectives

Met in major with DANT 385

0

Introducing Students to Broad Disciplinary Perspectives*

 

Social Science

See approved list; must include 2 designators

6

Humanities and Arts

See approved list; must include 2 designators

3

 

3 hours met in major with DANT 201

 

Quantitative Skills and Natural Science

(3 courses)

9-12

Quantitative Skills

See approved list

(3-8)

Natural Science

See approved list; must include one lab science.  If 2 courses taken, must be in two
different groups:  Life, Physical, Earth

(3-8)

Subtotal

 

37-43

*No more than two courses in the major may count toward requirements in these areas

 

Dance Major Courses

(C or better must be earned and cannot be taken on the S/U basis)

52

DANA 111

Contemporary Dance IA

1

DANA 112

Contemporary Dance IB

1

DANA 121

Ballet IA

1

DANA 122

Ballet IB

1

DANA 211

Contemporary Dance IIA (two semesters)

2

DANA 212

Contemporary Dance II B (two semesters)

2

DANA 221 or 321

Ballet IIA or Ballet IIIA

1

DANA 222 or 322

Ballet IIB or Ballet IIIB

1

DANA 251

Jazz Technique IA

1

DANA 252

Jazz Technique IB

1

DANA 253

Jazz Technique IIA

1

DANA 254

Jazz Technique IIB

1

DANA 258

World Dance Forms

1

DANA 311

Contemporary Dance IIIA

1

DANA 312

Contemporary Dance IIIB 

1

DANA 385

Dance Technique Conditioning Lab (8 semesters)

4

DANA 442

Senior Thesis Showcase

1

DANA 443 and/or 444

Dance Prod: Practicum and/or Dance Perf: Practicum

4

DANT 110

Introduction to Dance

1

DANT 200

Improvisation

1

DANT 201

Choreography I

3

DANT 260

Dance Production

3

DANT 301

Choreography II

3

DANT 372

Dance Kinesiology

3

DANT 385

Dance Hist: Origins and Traditions

3

DANT 386

Dance History: Contemporary Eras

3

DANT 332

Careers and Current Trends in Dance

3

DCED 342

Dance Pedagogy: Contemporary, Jazz, Ballet

3

Minor 

 

15-24

General Electives

 

1-16

Total

 

120