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Bachelor of Fine Arts – Contemporary Dance Concentration

BFA Degree Total

128 credits

Dance Course Total	98 credits
General Education Course Total¹	30 credits

Year One

Fall

Spring

Credits per Semester |

Total Credits

Contemporary Technique (Contemporary Concentration) IA & IB

3

3

6

Ballet Technique (Contemporary Concentration) IA & IB

3

3

6

Fundamentals of Contemporary Partnering

1

-

1

Music Perspectives I

-

2

2

Dance Perspectives I

1

-

1

Dance Composition and Improvisation IA & IB

2

2

4

Contemporary Repertory IA & IB

1

1

2

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

19

18

37

Year Two

Fall

Spring

Contemporary Technique (Contemporary Concentration) IIA & IIB

3

3

6

Ballet Technique (Contemporary Concentration) IIA & IIB

3

3

6

Intermediate Contemporary Partnering

-

1

1

Music Perspectives II

2

-

2

Dance Perspectives II

-

1

1

Dance Composition and Improvisation IIA & IIB

2

2

4

Contemporary Repertory IIA & IIB

1

1

2

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

Contemporary Technique (Contemporary Concentration) IIIA & IIIB

3

3

6

Ballet Technique (Contemporary Concentration) IIIA & IIIB

3

3

6

Dance Perspectives III

1

-

1

Business Perspectives

-

1

1

Concepts in Dance Instruction: Contemporary

-

1

1

Dance Composition and Improvisation IIIA & IIIB

2

2

4

Contemporary Repertory IIIA & IIIB

1

1

2

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

Contemporary Technique (Contemporary Concentration ) IVA & IVB

3

3

6

Ballet Technique (Contemporary Concentration) IVA & IVB

3

3

6

Advanced Concepts in Dance Instruction: Contemporary

-

1

1

Dance Composition and Improvisation IVA & IVB

1

1

2

Contemporary Repertory IVA & IVB

1

1

2

Contemporary Emerging Choreographers I & II

2

2

4

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.