May 15, 2026

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Dance BFA Semester Guide

Freshman

1st semester (16 hours)

ENG 101 - Composition One 3 hrs.
DAN 130 - Dance Appreciation 3 hrs.
DAN 201 - Modern Dance Technique II 3 hrs.
DAN 220 - Performance Foundations 2 hrs.
DAN 320 - Dance Production 1 hr.
DAN 202 - Ballet Dance Technique II 2 hrs.
DAN 204 - Jazz Dance Technique II 2 hrs.

2nd semester (15 hours)

ENG 102 - Composition Two 3 hrs.
DAN 201 - Modern Dance Technique II 3 hrs.
DAN 210 - Dance Composition I - Improvisation 2 hrs.
DAN 324 - Repertory Dance Company II 1 hr. or
DAN 420 - Repertory Dance Company 1 hr.
DAN 202 - Ballet Dance Technique II 2 hrs. or
DAN 204 - Jazz Dance Technique II 2 hrs.
DAN 320 - Dance Production 1 hr.

Select 1 course:

MAT 100 - Quantitative Reasoning 3 hrs.
MAT 101 - College Algebra 3 hrs.
or higher level MAT course

Sophomore

1st semester (15 hours)

DAN 212 - Dance Composition II - Elements of Composition 3 hrs.
DAN 301 - Modern Dance Technique III 3 hrs.
DAN 328 - Dance Performance Project 1 hr. or
DAN 420 - Repertory Dance Company 1 hr.
DAN 431 - Dance in Historical Context 3 hrs.
DAN 302 - Ballet Dance Technique III 2 hrs. or
DAN 304 - Jazz Dance Technique III 2 hrs.

Select 1:

2nd semester (16 hours)

ENG 203 - World Literature 3 hrs.
DAN 301 - Modern Dance Technique III 3 hrs.
DAN 310 - Dance Composition III - Theory and Application 3 hrs.
DED 360 - Foundations and Methods in Dance Education 3 hrs.
DAN electives 2 hrs.
DAN 302 - Ballet Dance Technique III 2 hrs. or
DAN 304 - Jazz Dance Technique III 2 hrs.

Junior

1st semester (16-17 hours)

DAN 302 - Ballet Dance Technique III 2 hrs. or
DAN 304 - Jazz Dance Technique III 2 hrs.
DAN 301 - Modern Dance Technique III 3 hrs.
DAN 312 - Choreographic Project 3 hrs.
DAN 380 - Experiential Anatomy for Dancers 3 hrs.
DAN 420 - Repertory Dance Company 1 hr.
DED/DAN electives 1-2 hrs.

Select 1 course:

ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
HHS 100 - Concepts of Wellness 3 hrs.
ECO 101 - Basic Economics 3 hrs.
GHY 101 - World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth 3 hrs.
PS 101 - American Government 3 hrs.
PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.

2nd semester (16 hours)

DAN 302 - Ballet Dance Technique III 2 hrs.
DAN 304 - Jazz Dance Technique III 2 hrs.
DAN 401 - Modern Dance Technique IV 3 hrs.
DAN 420 - Repertory Dance Company 1 hr.
DED/DAN electives 2 hrs.

Select 1:

HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs.
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
HUM 201 - Colloquium on the Pre-Modern World 3 hrs.
HUM 202 - Colloquium on the Modern World 3 hrs.
PHI 151 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hrs.
PHI 171 - Ethics and Good Living 3 hrs.
REL 131 - Comparative Religion 3 hrs.

Select 1:

ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
HHS 100 - Concepts of Wellness 3 hrs.
ECO 101 - Basic Economics 3 hrs.
GHY 101 - World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth 3 hrs.
PS 101 - American Government 3 hrs.
PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.

Senior

1st semester (16 hours)

DAN 404 - Jazz Dance Technique IV 2 hrs. or
DAN 420 - Repertory Dance Company 1 hr.
DAN 491 - Senior Capstone Experience in Dance 3 hrs.
DAN 401 - Modern Dance Technique IV 3 hrs.
DED/DAN electives 2 hrs.
Laboratory Science 4 hrs.

2nd semester (15 hours)

DAN 402 - Ballet Dance Technique IV 2 hrs. or
DAN 404 - Jazz Dance Technique IV 2 hrs.
Laboratory Science 4 hrs.
DAN 401 - Modern Dance Technique IV 3 hrs.
DAN 420 - Repertory Dance Company 1 hr.
DAN 410 - Senior Project for Dance 2 hrs.
DAN 471 - Dance Career Development 1-6 hrs. and
DAN/DED electives 2 hrs.
OR
DAN 499 - British Studies in Performance 3-6 hrs.