Session Description

85 hours to include: Required Dance Courses (41 hours) Required Dance Studies (11 hours) DAN 147 - Orientation to Dance (1 ) DAN 185 - Principles for Dance Health (3 ) DAN 375 - Dance Pedagogy (2 ) DAN 401 - Dance Kinesiology (3 ) DAN 411 - Careers in Dance (2 ) Dance History (6 hours) DAN 360 - Dance History I (World Cultural Dance) (3 ) DAN 361 - Dance History II (Western Concert Dance and Practices) (3 ) Performance and Choreography Studies (19 hours) DAN 148 - Performance Practicum (1 ) DAN 170 - Improvisation I (1 ) DAN 243 - Performance II (2 ) DAN 244 - Performance II (2 ) DAN 270 - Improvisation II (1 ) DAN 343 - Performance III (2 ) DAN 344 - Performance III (2 ) DAN 370 - Elements of Composition I (2 ) DAN 371 - Elements of Composition II (2 ) DAN 443 - Performance IV (2 ) DAN 444 - Performance IV (2 ) Choreography Option (2 hours) DAN 470 - Choreography (2 ) OR DAN 471 - Choreography With the Camera (2 ) Teaching Methods (2 hours) DAN 475 - Teaching Methods - Ballet (2 ) OR DAN 476 - Teaching Methods - Modern (2 ) Dance Technical Studies (1 hour) DAN 215 - Conditioning for Dancers (1 ) Production Technology Option (4 hours) Choose 2 courses from the following DAN 300 - Dance Production I (2 ) DAN 301 - Dance Production II (2 ) DAN 460 - Dance and Technology (2 ) Dance Technical Studies (34 hours) A minimum of three technique/studio courses (4 credits) are required for each semester for credit, audit or through Dance Technique Practicum. Students must study two genres of dance per semester (ballet, modern, and/or jazz). BFA students must achieve/maintain Ballet Technique IV OR Modern Technique IV one semester prior to graduation. Technique/studio courses include Ballet, Pointe, Modern, Partnering Techniques, Variations, Pas de Deux, Men's Technique, Jazz, Hip Hop, Tap, Conditioning for Dancers, Yoga and Pilates DAN B41 - Ballet Technique IV (0 or 2) DAN B48 - Ballet Technique IV (0 or 1) OR DAN M41 - Modern Dance Technique IV (0 or 2) DAN M48 - Modern Dance Technique IV (0 or 1) Senior Project (6 hours) DAN 400 - Senior Project (3 ) (students must complete 2 consecutive semesters of DAN 400) Note: *Dance BFA students are required to graduate with a total of 128 hours.