College Level Requirements

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Limited Access - This major has additional admissions requirements as listed in this section.

The B.F.A. is a limited access program. Students must participate in a selective admissions procedure. At the end of their third semester, students will be assessed by Dance faculty to determine eligibility. Dancers must continue to take technique courses throughout their degree program.

State Mandated Common Course Prerequisites

The College of The Arts encourages students to complete the A.A. degree at a Florida College System institution. Some courses required for the major may also meet Foundations of Knowledge and Learning Requirements thereby transferring maximum hours to the university. If a student wishes to transfer without an A.A. degree and has fewer than 60 semester hours of acceptable credit, the student must meet the university’s entering freshman requirements including ACT or SAT test scores, GPA, and course requirements.

Students are encouraged to complete the following required courses and/or electives (if available) during the program of study at the community college. If these courses are not taken at the community college, they must be completed before the degree is granted. Unless stated otherwise, a grade of "C" is the minimum acceptable grade. If students are coming to the university from a Florida College System institution, the following prerequisite courses will be accepted as meeting lower level requirements.

Although credit or elective credit toward the major will be given for these courses, placement in upper-level technique classes will continue to be based on individual proficiency. Other technique courses in other styles of dance may be accepted toward the major on a case-by-case basis, at the discretion of the University. Transfer dance credits must be evaluated by faculty and the Dance advisor at time of entrance.

Any 24 credit hours from the following 30 hours will be accepted toward the major.

• DAN X610 or DAN X600 (3 credit hours)
• DAN X611 or DAN X601 (3 credit hours)
• DAA X610 (2 credit hours)
• DAA X611 (2 credit hours)
• DAA X680 (2 credit hours)
  • or any lower level Repertory course in the X400-X400 series up to 4 credit hours
• DAA X681 (2 credit hours)
  • or any lower level Repertory course in the X400-X400 series up to 4 credit hours
• DAA X200-X209 (8 credit hours)
  • up to 8 credit hours of any lower-level Ballet Technique courses within the X200-X209 taxonomy
• DAA X100-X109 (8 credit hours)
  • up to 8 credit hours of any lower-level Modern Technique courses within the X100-X109 taxonomy

Total Major Hours: 83 Hours

Concentration Core Courses - 80 Hours

Studio Technique (41 semester hours) :

• DAA 2204 Ballet I
• DAA 2104 Modern Dance I
• DAA 3214 Ballet II
• DAA 3108 Modern Dance II
• DAA 3109 Modern Dance III
• DAA 3209 Ballet III
• DAA 4211 Ballet IV
• DAA 3294 Ballet Variations
• DAA 3395 World Dance Topics

Creative Studio (17 semester hours):

• DAA 3624 Dance Improvisation
• DAA 3614 Choreography I
• DAA 3615 Choreography II
• DAA 4616 Choreography III
• DAA 4617 Choreography IV
• DAA 3686 Junior Performance Project
• DAA 4687 Performance
• DAA 4694 Senior Choreography Project

Dance Studies (23 semester hours):

• DAN 2160 Entry Seminar
• DAN 3584 Technical Theatre in Dance
• DAN 3615 Music for Dance II (Note: The prerequisite for this course is DAN 3614.)
• DAN 3714 Dance Kinesiology
• DAN 4434 Laban Movement Analysis
• DAN 4134 Ballet History (FKL WRIN course)
• DAN 4135 20th Century Dance History (FKL Capstone course)
• DAN 4180 Dance Senior Seminar
• DAE 4340 Dance Pedagogy: Secondary Curriculum

Concentration Elective Courses - 3 Hours

Additional Major Information

Major Faculty

Director: M. Powers; Professors: P. Finelli, B.W. Lee, J. Moy; Associate Professors: M. Foley, F. Green, G.B. Stephens, J. Travers; Assistant Professors: A. Carroll, D. Arreola, Y. Chen, B. Kohlmyer, A. Scott, Y. Zhu; Instructors: C.D. Frankel, L. Bennett, M. Bertch, J. Parks; Academic Advisor/Instructor: M.L. Morris; Professors Emeriti: P. Massie, N. Cole., D. Calandra, S. Robinson, C. Steele, G. Warren.