2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Major in Dance (BFA)

The BFA dance degree is designed to prepare students for a performance career by training for various skills in multiple techniques, performing in BSU Theatre and Dance productions, and participating in external high impact performance opportunities. All BFA students are required to take beginner technique courses in all styles, Dance History courses, Improvisation, Choreography courses, and complete a Senior Capstone. The Commercial Dance Concentration will particularly hone in on developing skills in the areas of Hip-hop, Jazz, Tap, Musical Theatre Dance, and Commercial Dance, with further emphasis on training for the camera. The Concert Dance Concentration hones in developing advanced skills in Modern, Ballet, Jazz, and Hip-hop with further emphasis on performing in various concert dances spaces. Students will be required to complete a portfolio process and Senior Capstone project that is geared towards their concentration. BFA Dance Students are selected for this degree program by audition.

83 credits

Departmental Core, 10 credits

Students must take 2 credits of DOTD 180.

CFA 111Introduction to the College of Fine Arts

1

CFA 222Creating Your Career: Essential Skills and the Arts

1

CFA 333Transition to the Profession: Careers In, Around, and Beyond the Arts

1

DOTD 180First Year Practicum in Theatre and Dance

1

DOTD 103The Art of Storytelling

1

DOTD 201Building Worlds Through Design and Collaboration

2

DOTD 301Art, Communities, and Social Consciousness

2

Dance Major Core: Dance Foundations, 16 credits

DANC 104Worlds of Dance

1

DANC 200Dance Science

2

DANC 287Improvisation

2

DANC 301Dance History 1

3

DANC 302Dance History 2

3

DANC 387Choreography 1

2

DANC 488Dance Pedagogy

3

Dance Major Core: Dance Forms, 17 credits

THEA 434 should be taken for 3 credits.

DANC 132Tap 1

2

DANC 210Ballet 2

2

DANC 220Contemporary Dance Forms 2

2

DANC 230Jazz 2

2

DANC 240West African Forms 1

2

DANC 241Hip-hop Dance Forms 1

2

DANC 280Musical Theatre Dance 1

2

THEA 434Immersion Experience

1 TO 12

Dance Major Core: Applied Dance Electives, 3 credits from:

DANC 380Dance Production

3

DANC 401Advanced Topics in Dance Studies

3

DANC 498Advanced Dance Pedagogy

3

BFA Dance Major: Foundations, 7 credits

Students must take 2 credits of DANC 289.

DANC 233Acting for Dancers

3

DANC 289Student-Directed Dance Performance

1

DANC 487Choreography 2

2

BFA Dance Major: Performance Electives, 10 hours from:

Students must take DANC 289, 389, or 489 for a total of 10 hours over the course of their degree progress.

DANC 289Student-Directed Dance Performance

1

DANC 389Studio Dance Performance

1-2

DANC 489Mainstage Dance Performance

1-2

Concentration in Concert Dance, 20 credits

Concert Dance Required Technique Courses, 18 credits

DANC 243West African Forms 2

2

DANC 244Hip Hop Dance Forms 2

2

DANC 310Ballet 3

2

DANC 320Contemporary Dance Forms 3

2

DANC 330Jazz 3

2

DANC 342West African Forms 3

2

DANC 343Hip Hop Forms 3

2

DANC 410Ballet 4

2

DANC 430Jazz 4

2

Concert Dance Elective Technique Courses, 2 credits from:

DANC 232Tap 2

2

DANC 281Musical Theatre Dance 2

2

Concentration in Commerical Dance, 20 credits

DANC 232Tap 2

2

DANC 243West African Forms 2

2

DANC 244Hip Hop Dance Forms 2

2

DANC 281Musical Theatre Dance 2

2

DANC 310Ballet 3

2

DANC 330Jazz 3

2

DANC 332Tap 3

2

DANC 342West African Forms 3

2

DANC 343Hip Hop Forms 3

2

DANC 430Jazz 4

2

Total Credit Hours: 83