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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

Critical Dialogues

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.

UNCSA Liberal Arts Core:

3 credits FYS 1100: First Year Seminar
3 credits ENG 1200: Writing About …
3 credits HUM 2100: Critical Dialogues
3 credits HUM 2102-2112: Paths to the Present

3 credits Social or Behavioral Sciences
(Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology)

3 credits Language, Literature, and Culture
(Writing, Literature, English, Foreign Language, Communication)

3 credits Humanities
(History, Humanities, Art History, Philosophy, Theater History)

3 credits Math or Science (Math, Science)

6 credits General Education Electives/Interdisciplinary courses (ARH, ARM, ATY, COM, ENG, FRE, GER, HIS, HUM, ITA, LIT, MAT, MST, PHI, PSY, SCI, SOC, TAI, THH, WRI) This includes courses offered by the Division of Liberal Arts, and with specific permission by the Dean of Liberal Arts, can include courses offered by one of the Art Schools, provided that the course is outside the student’s major area of concentration (Dance, Design and Production, Drama, Film, or Music).

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.