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Bachelor of Fine Arts – Ballet Concentration

BFA Degree Total

127 credits

Dance Course Total	97 credits
General Education Course Total¹	30 credits

Year One

Fall

Spring

Credits per Semester |

Total Credits

Ballet Technique (Ballet Concentration) IA & IB

3

3

6

Contemporary Technique and Composition (Ballet Concentration) IA & IB

3

3

6

Pointe/Variations/Rep IA & IB

2

2

4

Men's Class/Variations/Repertory IA & IB

-

-

Ballet Partnering IA & IB

1

1

2

Music Perspectives I

-

2

2

Dance Perspectives I

1

-

1

Intensive Arts Project

2

-

2

Theatrical Concepts

-

1

1

First Year Seminar

3

-

3

Writing About...

-

3

3

General Education Requirements (two courses)^{1, 2}

3

3

6

Year One Total

18

18

36

Year Two

Fall

Spring

Ballet Technique (Ballet Concentration) IIA & IIB

3

3

6

Contemporary Technique and Composition (Ballet Concentration) IIA & IIB

3

3

6

Pointe/Variations/Repertory IIA & IIB

2

2

4

Men's Class/Variations/Repertory IIA & IIB

Ballet Partnering IIA & IIB

1

1

2

Music Perspectives II

2

-

2

Dance Perspectives II

-

1

1

Costuming for Dancers

-

1

1

Intensive Arts Project

2

-

2

Theatrical Concepts

-

1

1

Self, Society and Cosmos

3

-

3

Paths to the Present (choose one course)

-

3

3

General Education Requirement^{1, 2}

-

3

3

Year Two Total

16

18

34

Year Three

Fall

Spring

Ballet Technique (Ballet Concentration) IIIA & IIIB

3

3

6

Contemporary Technique and Composition (Ballet Concentration) IIIA & IIIB

3

3

6

Pointe/Variations/Repertory IIIA & IIIB

2

2

4

Men's Class/Variations/Repertory IIIA & IIIB

Ballet Partnering IIIA & IIIB

1

1

2

Dance Perspectives III

1

-

1

Business Perspectives

-

1

1

Concepts of Dance Instruction: Ballet

-

1

1

Intensive Arts Project

2

-

2

Theatrical Concepts

-

1

1

General Education Requirements (two courses)¹

3

3

6

General Education Requirement¹

-

3

3

Year Three Total

15

18

33

Year Four

Fall

Spring

Ballet Technique (Ballet Concentration) IVA & IVB

3

3

6

Contemporary Tech (Ballet Concentration) IVA & IVB

3

3

6

Pointe/Variations/Repertory IVA & IVB

2

2

4

Men's Class/Variations/Repertory IVA & IVB

Ballet Partnering IVA & IVB

1

1

2

Ballet Emerging Choreographers

-

2

2

Advanced Concepts of Dance Instruction: Ballet

1

-

1

Intensive Arts Project

2

-

2

Theatrical Concepts

-

1

1

Year Four Total

12

12

24

¹Remaining General Education Requirements listed below. See Division of Liberal Arts Bulletin for complete details.
3 credits Natural Science/Mathematics (MAT or SCI class)
3 credits Literature/Writing (LIT or WRI course at 2000 or 3000 level)
3 credits Social/Behavioral Science (HIS, PSY, or SOC class)
3 credits Humanities/Fine Arts (ARH, ARM, HUM, and THH classes as well as available Arts classes outside of the student’s Major)
6 credits Liberal Arts Electives (ARM, COM, FRE, GER, HIS, HUM, ITA, LIT, MAT, MST, PHI, PSY, SCI, SOC, THH, WRI, or available Arts classes outside of the student’s major)

²The School of Dance strongly recommends that students take SCI 1110: Nutrition in their first year and one of the two following sequences of Anatomy in subsequent years: SCI1800: Anatomy of Human Movement and SCI 3200: Biology of Movement or SCI 2101: Anatomy and Physiology I and SCI 2102: Anatomy and Physiology II.