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Dance Major (BA)

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DanceBA - Bachelor of Arts

Requirements

Standards

About this Program

Learning Outcomes

Completion requirement
Fulfill ALL of the following requirements:
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
AND

Placement exam or consent of instructor required for entrance

Earn at least 3 credits from the following:
AND
Earn at least 6 credits from the following:

DNCE 214 and DNCE 314 should be taken for 3 credits each

AND
Earn at least 7 credits from the following:

DNCE 215 should be taken for 3 credits

Note: We recommend that if you are interested in continuing your dance technique studies, you should take two core classes per semester and participate in summer dance workshops.

Complete ALL of the following Courses:
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
Complete ANY of the following Courses:
Earn at least 4 credits from the following:
Complete Practicum

Required Dance Practicum

For Dance Majors: Register for a practicum each of your first six semesters as a major. Practicum areas are scene shop, costume shop, deck run crew, costume run crew, house/public relations, design, directing/choreography/management, and performance. You may repeat an area after you have completed 6 different activities.

For Majors and Minors:

  1. Practicum areas are scene shop, costume shop, deck run crew, costume run crew, house/public relations, design, directing/choreography/management, media marketing, and performance.

  2. Students assigned to work in one of the technical shops must complete 40 hours of work.

  3. All other assignments must attend/work all scheduled meetings, calls, rehearsals, and performances as appropriate.

  4. Credit for practicum includes DNCE 426 or THEA 426 as appropriate.

  5. Dance majors and minors must explore different areas of Practicum each time they enroll.

  6. If you do not register for a practicum or do not complete the activity satisfactorily, you are placed on department probation and must make up the missed work in the next semester. If you must make up missed work, you must also register for a practicum for the current semester. If the work is not made up, you will be dropped from the major or minor.

  7. Normally a practicum may only count in the current semester. If a production occurs unusually late in a semester, the practicum for that production may count for the following semester.

Complete World Language Requirement

Complete a two-semester sequence of university entry-level world language courses (101, 102). The requirement may be fulfilled through equivalent coursework or other language acquisition as demonstrated through a test-out policy (including Native American languages and American Sign Language). If your native language is not English and you can document formal high school or university study of your native language, you may use ENGL 101 and ENGL 202, or ENGL 150 as a means of fulfilling this world language requirement. Please see the Department of World Languages and Literatures for details.