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Twin Cities Campus
Dance B.F.A.Theatre Arts & Dance Dept
College of Liberal Arts
Founded in the context of global contemporary dance, the B.F.A. in dance emphasizes excellence in technique, composition, performance, and dance studies. The program accepts students through a rigorous audition and prepares them through subsequent training designed to support professional careers in performance, creative or discursive work, or further studies.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
Admission into the B.F.A. program is by audition only.
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
General Requirements
All students in baccalaureate degree programs are required to complete general University and college requirements including writing and liberal education courses. For more information about University-wide requirements, see the
liberal education requirements.
Required courses for the major, minor or certificate in which a student receives a D grade (with or without plus or minus) do not count toward the major, minor or certificate (including transfer courses).
Program Requirements
The Dance B.F.A. does not have a second language requirement, but students may choose to complete a second language sequence. Consult the director of dance to find out how this will change your electives requirement. Students may earn a B.A. or a B.F.A. in dance, but not both.
Beginning fall 2012, all incoming CLA freshmen must complete the appropriate First Year Experience course sequence. Specific information about this collegiate requirement can be found at: http://class.umn.edu/degree_requirements/index.html.
Dance Technique
Complete the Modern and Ballet sequences and choose to complete either the Jazz or African Diasporic Movement sequence.
Modern Dance & Ballet Techniques
DNCE 3010 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 5
(2.0 cr)
DNCE 3020 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 6
(2.0 cr)
DNCE 3110 - Ballet Technique 5
(2.0 cr)
DNCE 3120 - Ballet Technique 6
(2.0 cr)
DNCE 5010 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 7
(2.0 cr)
DNCE 5020 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 8
(2.0 cr)
or
African Diasporic Movement
DNCE 3351 {Inactive}
(1.0 cr)
DNCE 3352 {Inactive}
(1.0 cr)
Dance Studies
DNCE 3401W - Dance History 1
[GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
DNCE 3402W - Dance History 2
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
DNCE 4443 - Theorizing Dancing Bodies
(3.0 cr)
DNCE 1626 - Music for Dance
[AH]
(3.0 cr)
DNCE 3433 - Articulate Body
(3.0 cr)
DNCE 3621 - Dance Production I
(2.0 cr)
DNCE 3622 - Dance Production II
(2.0 cr)
DNCE 3901 - Career Readiness in Dance
(1.0-3.0 cr)
DNCE 5858 - Dance Pedagogy
(3.0-4.0 cr)
Dance Performance
Performance credits should be spread throughout four years of coursework. DNCE 3700 & 5700 are repeatable up to four times each. Please note that DNCE 3701 may only be counted once.
Electives
Take at least 12 credits of Academic electives and 6 credits of Technique electives for a total of at least 18 credits. At least 12 credits must be 3xxx or above. This is not an exhaustive list. Other courses in dance or fields related to dance may count here, but must be chosen in consultation with a Dance faculty adviser and approved by the director of dance.
Academic Electives
Take a minimum of 12 credits.
General Academic Electives
Take 9 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
AAS 3251W - Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender
[SOCS, DSJ, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
AFRO 3112 - In the Heart of the Beat: the Poetry of Rap
(3.0 cr)
·
AFRO 3251W - Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
AFRO 3301 - The Music of Black Americans
[AH, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
AMST 2021 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
AMST 3113W - Global Minnesota: Diversity in the 21st Century
[DSJ, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANAT 3001 - Human Anatomy
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3003 - Cultural Anthropology
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3036 - The Body in Society
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3043 - Art, Aesthetics and Anthropology
(3.0 cr)
·
ARTH 3401W - Art on Trial
[AH, CIV, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ARTH 3464 - Art Since 1945
[HIS]
(3.0 cr)
·
CHIC 3213 {Inactive}
[AH, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
CSCL 3425W - Critical Theory and Social Change
[AH, DSJ, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
CSCL 3350W - Sexuality and Culture
[DSJ, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
CSCL 3351W - The Body and the Politics of Representation
[HIS, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
DNCE 3334 - Introduction to Dance/Movement Therapy
(2.0 cr)
·
DNCE 3337 {Inactive}
(2.0 cr)
·
DNCE 3411 - Dance and Popular Culture: Choreographing Race, Class, and Gender
[DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
DNCE 3434 - Nutrition and Body Maintenance for Movement Artists
(2.0 cr)
·
DNCE 4454W {Inactive}
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
DNCE 5334 - Introduction to Dance/Movement Therapy
(2.0 cr)
·
DNCE 5493 - Choreographing Social Justice: Staging "Equitable" Choreographies
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3144 - Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3145 - Global Modernity, the Nation-State, and Capitalism
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3602 - Other Worlds: Globalization and Culture
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 3003 - Gender and Global Politics
[SOCS, GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 4103 - Transnational Feminist Theory
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 4403 - Queering Theory
(3.0 cr)
·
GWSS 4415 - Transnational Body Politics
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
KIN 3001 - Lifetime Health and Wellness
[SOCS]
(3.0 cr)
·
KIN 3027 - Human Anatomy for Kinesiology, Physical Activity, and Health Promotion
(4.0 cr)
·
MUS 5950 - Topics in Music
(1.0-4.0 cr)
·
PA 4101 - Nonprofit Management and Governance
(3.0 cr)
·
SOC 3251W - Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender
[SOCS, DSJ, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
TH 3716 - Stage Management
(4.0 cr)
·
TH 5117 - Performance and Social Change
(3.0 cr)
Dance Ethnology Elective
Take 3 credit(s) from the following:
DNCE 3487W {Inactive}
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
DNCE 3495 {Inactive}
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
Technique Electives
Take a minimum of 6 credits.
General Technique Electives
Take 0 - 4 credit(s) from the following:
·
DNCE 1030 {Inactive}
(1.0 cr)
·
DNCE 1040 - Modern Dance Partnering Technique
(1.0 cr)
·
DNCE 1301 - Tap Technique 1
(1.0 cr)
·
DNCE 1302 - Tap Technique 2
(1.0 cr)
·
DNCE 1323 {Inactive}
(1.0 cr)
·
DNCE 1343 - Urban & Street Dance Forms 1: Introduction
(1.0 cr)
·
DNCE 1347 {Inactive}
(1.0 cr)
·
DNCE 1349 - Contact Improvisation
(1.0 cr)
·
DNCE 3301 - Tap Technique 3
(1.0 cr)
·
DNCE 3302 - Tap Technique 4
(1.0 cr)
·
DNCE 5110 - Ballet Technique 7
(1.0 cr)
·
DNCE 5120 - Ballet Technique 8
(1.0 cr)
World Dance Technique
Please note that DNCE 1313, 1351, 1352, 1353, 1354, 3351 & 3352 may not be counted if you have already completed African Diasporic Movement as part of the Dance Technique sub-requirement.
Take 2 - 6 credit(s) from the following:
·
DNCE 1313 - African Based Movement
(1.0 cr)
·
DNCE 1315 {Inactive}
(1.0 cr)
·
DNCE 1327 - Argentine Tango
(1.0 cr)
·
DNCE 1331 - Yoga
(1.0 cr)
·
DNCE 1335 - T'ai Chi Ch'uan
(1.0 cr)
·
DNCE 1351 - African Diasporic Movement 1
(1.0 cr)
·
DNCE 1352 {Inactive}
(1.0 cr)
·
DNCE 1353 - African Diasporic Movement 3
(1.0 cr)
·
DNCE 1354 - African Diasporic Movement 4
(1.0 cr)
·
DNCE 3311 {Inactive}
(1.0 cr)
·
DNCE 3312 {Inactive}
(1.0 cr)
·
DNCE 3351 {Inactive}
(1.0 cr)
·
DNCE 3352 {Inactive}
(1.0 cr)
Senior Seminar
DNCE 4901 - Capstone Seminar for Dance
(1.0-2.0 cr)
Upper-division Writing Intensive within the major
Students are required to take one upper-division Writing Intensive course within the major. If that requirement has not been satisfied within the core major requirements, students must choose one course from the following list. Some of these courses may also fulfill other major requirements.
Take 0 - 1 course(s) from the following:
·
DNCE 3401W - Dance History 1
[GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
DNCE 3402W - Dance History 2
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
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Course Equivalencies: | AAS 3251W/Afro 3251W/Soc 3251W |
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Course Equivalencies: | AAS 3251W/Afro 3251W/Soc 3251W |
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