The BFA in Dance offers two concentrations one in Dance Studies and Choreography, and another in Performance. The Concentration in Dance Studies and Choreography focuses student to study in areas of dance scholarship, dance making, and dance production as opposed to an emphasis on stage-based performance study. The Concentration in Dance Studies and Choreography provides students with a strong basis for work in dance research, commercial choreography, dance production, and dance as it impacts our practice of social justice and community building.
BFA graduates can find career opportunities as craft or fine artists, multimedia artists, actors, art directors, art teachers, managers, marketing associates, sound and light engineers, carpenters, editors, or writers. The average yearly salary for BFA graduates is $56,063.
Marketable Skills
Students will develop:
- Confidence: Be self-assured through appreciating your own talents, abilities, skills, and qualities
- Global awareness: Understand and appreciate people, cultures, and ideas from around the world that impact our community
- Leadership: Step up, think, and act critically and creatively to bring others together to accomplish a common task
- Social responsibility: Act ethically and responsibly for the benefit of society and the public good
- Teamwork: Participate as an effective, efficient member of a group in order to meet a common goal
- Time management: Prioritize goals and organize time to be more productive and efficient.
Additionally, students will learn:
- Conflict resolution
- Creative problem solving
- Empathy
- Entrepreneurship
- Pedagogy: specifically radical, embodied and empathic pedagogy
There are two bachelor of Fine Arts concentrations students may choose from: BFA in Dance with concentration in Performance, and the BFA in Dance with concentration in Dance Studies and Choreography. All Dance majors must take a minimum of 120 credits to graduate, 48 of which must be at the 3300-4300 level. Outside of the required Dance credits in the concentrations, all dance students must take 42 credits to satisfy the University Core requirements.
Degree Plan
Required Credits: 120
Concentration
Dance Studies and Choreography
Course List
Code |
Title |
Hours |
| Dance Theatre Lab (Zero credit course- 4 semester required) | |
| Intermediate Ballet I | |
| Intermediate Ballet II | |
| Intermediate Contempor Dance 1 | |
| Intermediate Contempor Dance 2 | |
| American Dance Forms - Jazz | |
| American Dance Forms Hip Hop | |
| Selected Topics in Dance | |
| Advanced Ballet I | |
| Advanced Ballet II | |
| Advanced Contemporary Dance 1 | |
| Advanced Contemporary Dance 2 | |
| Dance Theory and Composition | |
| World Dance | |
| Dances of Mexico and Spain | |
| Performance Activism | |
| Choreography | |
| Choreography II: Group Forms | |
| Seminar | |
| Performance Studies | |
| Performing Arts Management | |
Performance
Course List
Code |
Title |
Hours |
| Intermediate Ballet I | |
| Intermediate Ballet II | |
| Intermediate Contempor Dance 1 | |
| Intermediate Contempor Dance 2 | |
| American Dance Forms - Jazz | |
| American Dance Forms Hip Hop | |
| Selected Topics in Dance | |
| Advanced Ballet I | |
| Advanced Ballet II | |
| Advanced Contemporary Dance 1 | |
| Advanced Contemporary Dance 2 | |
| Acting Fundamentals | |
| Dance Theory and Composition | |
| World Dance | |
| Choreography | |
| Choreography II: Group Forms | |
| Seminar | |
| Performance Studies | |
| |
University Core Curriculum
The department may make specific suggestions for courses which are most applicable towards your major.
All courses require a C or better
Communication (six hours)
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
| |
| 6 |
| |
| Written and Oral Communication | |
| Writing About Literature | |
| Rhetoric & Composition I | |
| Rhetoric & Composition 2 | |
| Rhetoric, Composition & Comm | |
| |
| Expos Engl Compos-Spkr Esl | |
| Res & Crit Writng Spkr Esl | |
Total Hours | 6 |
American History (six hours)
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
| |
HIST 1301 | History of U.S. to 1865 | 3 |
HIST 1302 | History of U.S. Since 1865 | 3 |
Total Hours | 6 |
Language, Philosophy & Culture (three hours)
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
| |
| 3 |
| Intro-African Amer Studies | |
| Latina/o Presence in the U.S. | |
| English Literature | |
| English Literature | |
| Intro to American Fiction | |
| Intro to American Drama | |
| Intro to American Poetry | |
| Making of the "Other" Americas | |
| World History to 1500 | |
| World History Since 1500 | |
| Introduction to Philosophy | |
| Ethics | |
| Introduct to Religious Studies | |
| Seeing & Naming: Conversations | |
| Introduction to Womens Studies | |
| Global Feminisms | |
Total Hours | 3 |
Mathematics (three hours)
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
| |
| 3 |
| College Algebra | |
| Trigonometry and Conics | |
| Math in the Modern World | |
| Math for Social Sciences I | |
| Calculus I | |
| Precalculus 1,2 | |
| Math for Social Sciences II | |
| Statistical Literacy | |
| Elementary Statistical Methods | |
| |
| |
Total Hours | 3 |
Life & Physical Sciences (six hours)
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
| |
| 1-4 |
| Astronomy Lab I | |
| Elem Astronomy-Solar System | |
| Elem Astr Stars & Galaxies | |
| Introductory Biology Lab | |
| Human Biology Laboratory | |
| Topics in Study of Life I | |
| Organismal Biology Laboratory | |
| Introductory Biology | |
| Human Biology | |
| General Biology | |
| Organismal Biology | |
| Human Anat/Physio Lab I | |
| Human Anat/Physio Lab II | |
| Human Anat/Physiology I | |
| Human Anat/Physiology II | |
| Laboratory for CHEM 1305 | |
| Laboratory for CHEM 1306 | |
| Intro General Chemistry Lab | |
| Intro Organic & Biochem Lab | |
| General Chemistry | |
| General Chemistry | |
| Intro to General Chemistry | |
| Intro Organic & Biochemistry | |
| Environmental Sci. Lab | |
| Non-major Lab for ESCI 1301 | |
| Intro to Environment Science 2 | |
| Intro to Environmental Sci | |
| Laboratory for GEOG 1306 | |
| Physical Geography | |
| Lab for GEOL 1313 | |
| Lab for GEOL 1314 | |
| Principles of Earth Sci - Lab | |
| Laboratory for Geology 1212 | |
| Principles of Earth Sciences | |
| Principles of Earth Science | |
| The Blue Planet | |
| Natural Hazards | |
| Intro to Physical Geology | |
| Intro to Historical Geol | |
| Fundamentals of Nutrition | |
| Wellness Dynamics | |
| Microorganisms and Disease | |
| General Physics I | |
| General Physics II | |
| Laboratory for PHYS 2320 | |
| Laboratory for PHYS 2321 | |
| Introductory Mechanics | |
| Introductory Electromagnetism | |
Political Science (six hours)
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
| |
| |
POLS 2310 | Introduction to Politics | 3 |
POLS 2311 | American Gover & Politics | 3 |
Total Hours | 6 |
Social and Behavioral Sciences (three hours)
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
| |
| 3 |
| Intro-Phys Anth/Archeolog | |
| Intro-Cultural Anthropology | |
| Cultural Geography | |
| Intro to Linguistics | |
| Econ for Engrs & Scientists | |
| Asian American Studies | |
| Interpersonal Communication | |
| Mass Media and Society | |
| Principles of Macroeconomics | |
| Principles of Microeconomics | |
| Introduction to Ed Psychology | |
| Action Research in Classrooms | |
| Introduction to Linguistics | |
| Cultural Geography | |
| Community Service | |
| An Intro. to Linguistics | |
| Lang. Inside & Out: Sel Topics | |
| Introduction to Psychology | |
| Introduction to Sociology | |
| Cultural Geography | |
Total Hours | 3 |
Creative Arts (three hours)
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
| |
| 3 |
| Art Appreciation | |
| History of Art I | |
| History of Art II | |
| Chicana/o Fine Arts Appreciat | |
| Dance Appreciation | |
| Intro-Art of Motion Pict. | |
| Music Appreciation | |
| Jazz to Rock | |
| Music, Culture, and Society | |
| Introduction to Theatre | |
Total Hours | 3 |
Component Area Option (six hours)
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
| |
| 6 |
| Intro to Global Business | |
| Public Speaking | |
| Business/Profession Comm | |
| Intro-Computational Thinking | |
| Computer Programming Sci/Engr | |
| Eng Innovation and Leadership | |
| Introduction to Leadership | |
| Inquiry in Math & Science | |
| Seminar/Critical Inquiry | |
Total Hours | 6 |