Bachelor of Fine Arts – Contemporary Dance Concentration

Undergraduate BulletinBachelor of Fine Arts – Contemporary Dance Concentration

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BFA Degree Total 120 credits
Dance Course Total 90 credits
General Education Course Total1 30 credits

Academic courses are in a suggested order, but can be redistributed over the four years, provided each semester has a minimum 12 credits and does not exceed 18 credits.

Remaining General Education Requirements listed below.

UNCSA Liberal Arts Core:

3 credits FYS 1100: First Year Seminar
3 credits ENG 1200: Writing About …
3 credits HUM 2100: Critical Dialogues
3 credits HUM 2102-2112: Paths to the Present

3 credits Social or Behavioral Sciences
(Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology)

3 credits Language, Literature, and Culture
(Writing, Literature, English, Foreign Language, Communication)

3 credits Humanities
(History, Humanities, Art History, Philosophy, Theater History)

3 credits Math or Science (Math, Science)

6 credits General Education Electives/Interdisciplinary courses (ARH, ARM, ATY, COM, ENG, FRE, GER, HIS, HUM, ITA, LIT, MAT, MST, PHI, PSY, SCI, SOC, TAI, THH, WRI) This includes courses offered by the Division of Liberal Arts, and with specific permission by the Dean of Liberal Arts, can include courses offered by one of the Art Schools, provided that the course is outside the student’s major area of concentration (Dance, Design and Production, Drama, Film, or Music).

The School of Dance strongly recommends that students take SCI 1110: Nutrition and SCI 1800 Anatomy of Human Movement within their first two years.

DAN 4772 Performance Skills,
DAN 4662 Costuming for Dance,
DAN 4612 Current Trends, or
DAN 4089 Internship
Internships may be taken by permission of the Dean in consultation with the Faculty, only.