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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Dance B.A.
Sample Plan: Dance BA
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: 16.0 cr
CLA 1001 - CLA First-Year Experience I 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 1626 - Music for Dance : 3.0 cr : AH
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
CLA 1002 - CLA First-Year Experience II 1.0 cr
Language :5.0 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
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
DNCE 3010 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 5 : 2.0 cr
DNCE 3401W - Dance History 1 : 3.0 cr : GP, WI
DNCE 3601 - Dance Composition 1 : 3.0 cr
GWSS 3003 - Gender and Global Politics : 3.0 cr : SOCS, GP
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
DNCE 3020 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 6 : 2.0 cr
DNCE 3402W - Dance History 2 : 3.0 cr : WI
DNCE 3602 - Dance Composition 2 : 3.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
DNCE 4443 - Theorizing Dancing Bodies : 3.0 cr
DNCE 4601 - Dance Composition 3 : 3.0 cr
DNCE 5010 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 7 : 2.0 cr
DNCE 5700 - Performance : 1.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
AMST 3253W - American Popular Culture and Politics: 1940 to the Present : 4.0 cr : HIS, CIV, WI
DNCE 3700 - Performance : 1.0 cr
DNCE 5020 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 8 : 2.0 cr
DNCE 5493 - Choreographing Social Justice: Staging "Equitable" Choreographies : 3.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
DNCE 4901 - Capstone Seminar for Dance : 1.0 cr
DNCE 3487W - Dance and Citizenship: Land, Migration, and Diaspora : 3.0 cr : WI
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
DNCE 3901 - Career Readiness in Dance : 1.0 cr
LE (Literature) :4.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr