Bachelor of Fine Arts/Dance Performance (B.F.A.)

The Bachelor of Fine Arts/ Dance Performance requires completion of 61 credit hours in dance technique and 24 credit hours in related requirements as follows and including:

A. General Education Requirements

B. Required Technique Courses
DAN 250/251 Ballet I-VIII
350/351
380/381
450/451
DAN 270/271 Modern I-VIII
370/371
390/391
470/471
DAN 377 Jazz I-IV
DAN 201/202 Dance/Theatre/
301/302 Performance I-IV
DAN 252/352 Contemporary Partnering I-II
DAN 272 Dance Improvisation
DAN 273/400 Dance Composition I-II
DAN 373 Historical Dance/Character
DAN 376 Tap
DAN 346 Teaching Theory
DAN 307/310 Pointe/Variations or Men’s Technique
DAN 379 Ethnic/World Dance Forms
DAN 496 Senior Project

C. Related Required Courses:
DAN 275/276 History of Dance I-II
MUS 101 Fundamentals of Music
TRE 161 Fundamentals of Acting *
TRE 266 Elements of Theatre Crafts *
BIO 141 Nutrition Thru the Life Cycle
BIO 257 Anatomy and Physiology
ART 330 Technology in the Arts Classroom
* U of D Mercy

D. Electives
13 credit hours of elective studies