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BFA Degree Total

120 credits

Dance Course Total	90 credits
General Education Course Total¹	30 credits

Year One

Fall

Spring

Credits per Semester |

Total Credits

Contemporary Technique and Partnering (CC) IA & IB

3

3

6

Ballet Technique (CC) IA & IB

2

2

4

Music Fundamentals for Dancers

-

2

2

Dance Perspectives

1

-

1

Dance Composition and Improvisation IA & IB

2

2

4

Contemporary Repertory IA & IB

2

2

4

Supplemental Topics in Dance

1

-

1

First Year Seminar

3

-

3

Writing About...

-

3

3

Year One Total

14

14

28

Year Two

Fall

Spring

Contemporary Technique and Partnering (CC) IIA & IIB

3

3

6

Ballet Technique (CC) IIA & IIB

2

2

4

Dance Music History

2

-

2

Dance History I

-

1

1

Dance Composition and Improvisation IIA & IIB

2

2

4

Contemporary Repertory IIA & IIB

2

2

4

Supplemental Topics in Dance

1

-

1

Self, Society and Cosmos

3

-

3

Paths to the Present (one course)

-

3

3

General Education Requirement (two courses)^{1, 2, 3}

3

3

6

Year Two Total

18

16

34

Year Three

Fall

Spring

Contemporary Technique (CC) IIIA & IIIB

3

3

6

Ballet Technique (CC) IIIA & IIIB

2

2

4

Dance History II

1

-

1

Career Preparation I

-

1

1

Foundations of Dance Pedagogy: Contemporary

-

1

1

Dance Composition and Improvisation IIIA & IIIB

2

2

4

Contemporary Repertory IIIA & IIIB

2

2

4

Supplemental Topics in Dance

1

-

1

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

3

3

6

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

3

3

6

Year Three Total

17

17

34

Year Four

Fall

Spring

Contemporary Technique (CC) IVA & IVB

3

3

6

Ballet Technique (CC) IVA & IVB

2

2

4

Applied Dance Pedagogy: Contemporary

-

1

1

Career Preparation II

1

-

1

Contemporary Repertory IVA & IVB

2

2

4

Emerging Choreography and Production I & II

3

3

6

Supplemental Topics in Dance

1

-

1

Elective⁴

-

1

1

Year Four Total

12

12

24

¹Academic courses are in a suggested order, but can be redistributed over the four years, provided each semester has a minimum 12 credits and does not exceed 18 credits.

²Remaining 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)

³The School of Dance strongly recommends that students take SCI 1110: Nutrition and SCI 1800 Anatomy of Human Movement within their first two years.

⁴DAN 4772 Performance Skills,
DAN 4662 Costuming for Dance,
DAN 4612 Current Trends, or
DAN 4089 Internship
Internships may be taken by permission of the Dean in consultation with the Faculty, only.