Degree Programs - Dance - Meadows School of the Arts

B.F.A. Course of Study: The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance Performance is approved by the National Association of Schools of Dance. Successful completion of this program will enhance the student's personal growth as well as technical development in ballet, modern dance, and jazz dance. The degree requires 73 credit hours in dance, of which a minimum of 38 credit hours are in studio training. The remaining 35 credit hours provide students with the opportunity to develop scholarly and creative abilities in dance and related areas of interest.

Students whose hours in the General Education Curriculum, the major requirements, and the major’s supporting course requirements exceed a total of 122 will be exempt from three hours of Perspectives and an additional three hours of either Perspectives or Cultural Formations.

Credit Hour Distribution for the BFA

General Education Curriculum (GEC)*	35 hours
Required Electives	12 hours
Performance Technique A minimum combined total of 32 credit hours are required in: Ballet (12) Modern Dance (12) Jazz Dance (8) These courses are taken during the first two/three years of study.	32 hours
Advanced Performance Technique These hours must be at the 3000 or 4000 level of proficiency in at least one major area of performance technique.	6 hours
Ensemble Performance A minimum of four terms of ensemble work is required for a grade without credit. Enrollment will be processed by the administration after casting is determined for each term.	0 hours
Composition Four terms of course work in dance composition are required beginning in the sophomore year.	8 hours
Theoretical and Applied Studies Required course work consists of Dance Orientation, Dance Production I and II, Introduction to Pilates, The Art of Listening (MUHI 1321), Musical Concepts, Dance Notation I, Dance History I and II, and Kinesiology for Dance.	19 hours
Dance Electives These hours may be taken in Advanced Performance Technique, Theoretical and Applied Studies, or Directed Studies. Electives taken within the Meadows School may also be used to fulfill this requirement. However, no single course may fulfill the Dance Electives requirement and the Meadows cocurricular requirement simultaneously.	8 hours
Meadows Elective/Corequirement The Meadows School requires three term credit hours of course work within the Meadows School but outside of the Division of Dance. Dance Electives may not be used to fulfill this requirement.	3 hours
Total Credit Hours	123 hours

* Two credit hours of Wellness to be fulfilled by one semester of Wellness Choices I in the first year and one semester of Introduction to Pilates (fulfilling Wellness Choices II requirement) completed by the end of sophomore year.