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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Dance B.F.A.
Sample Plan: Dance BFA
Total Credits: 120.0
The sample plan below shows you one of several possible ways to complete this degree. Your academic plan may look different if you have already fulfilled some requirements, if you have multiple course options to choose from in your major, or if courses don't fit your schedule in a given term. Use Graduation Planner to make your customized plan, and work with your academic adviser to ensure that you are on track to graduate on time.
Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
CLA 1001: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
DNCE 1010 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 3 : 2.0 cr
DNCE 1110 - Ballet Technique 3 : 2.0 cr
DNCE 1210 - Jazz Technique 3 : 1.0 cr
DNCE 1353 - African Diasporic Movement 3 : 1.0 cr
DNCE 1626 - Music for Dance : 3.0 cr : AH
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 17.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
DNCE 1020 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 4 : 2.0 cr
DNCE 1120 - Ballet Technique 4 : 2.0 cr
DNCE 1220 - Jazz Technique 4 : 1.0 cr
DNCE 3433 - Articulate Body : 3.0 cr
DNCE 3700 - Performance : 1.0 cr
DNCE 1354 - African Diasporic Movement 4 : 1.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society, Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
DNCE 3010 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 5 : 2.0 cr
DNCE 3110 - Ballet Technique 5 : 2.0 cr
DNCE 3210 - Jazz Technique 5 : 1.0 cr
DNCE 3401W - Dance History 1 : 3.0 cr : GP, WI
DNCE 3601 - Dance Composition 1 : 3.0 cr
DNCE 5700 - Performance : 1.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Elective :1.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
DNCE 3020 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 6 : 2.0 cr
DNCE 3120 - Ballet Technique 6 : 2.0 cr
DNCE 3402W - Dance History 2 : 3.0 cr : WI
DNCE 3602 - Dance Composition 2 : 3.0 cr
LE (Environment) :4.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 13.0 cr
DNCE 3621 - Dance Production I : 2.0 cr
DNCE 3487W - Dance and Citizenship: Land, Migration, and Diaspora : 3.0 cr : WI
DNCE 4601 - Dance Composition 3 : 3.0 cr
DNCE 4443 - Theorizing Dancing Bodies : 3.0 cr
DNCE 5010 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 7 : 2.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
DNCE 3700 - Performance : 1.0 cr
DNCE 4602 - Dance Composition 4 : 3.0 cr
DNCE 3622 - Dance Production II : 2.0 cr
DNCE 5020 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 8 : 2.0 cr
ARTH 3401W - Art on Trial : 3.0 cr : AH, CIV, WI
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
DNCE 4901 - Capstone Seminar for Dance : 1.0 cr
DNCE 5700 - Performance : 1.0 cr
DNCE 5858 - Dance Pedagogy : 3.0 cr
DNCE 5030 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 9 : 2.0 cr
DNCE 3411 - Dance and Popular Culture: Choreographing Race, Class, and Gender : 3.0 cr : DSJ
DNCE 1331 - Yoga : 1.0 cr
DNCE 3337 - Body Mind Centering : 2.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
DNCE 3901 - Career Readiness in Dance : 1.0 cr
DNCE 5040 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 10 : 2.0 cr
DNCE 5601 - Dance Composition 5 : 2.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr