Performing Arts Major/Dance Concentration (Bachelor of Arts)

First Year - Credits: 34

• Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)

• DAN 105 - Repertory Dance Ensemble (Cr: 1) (Students will take twice)
• DAN 109 - Commercial Dance: Practice and Survey (Cr: 1) (Student will take twice)
• DAN 120 - Ballet Techniques (Cr: 1) (Students will take twice)
• DAN 225 - Dance History (Cr: 3)
• DAN 235 - Mind and Body Awareness (Cr: 3)
• DAN 325 - Dance History II: Dance in Society (Cr: 3)
• DRA 220 - Introduction to Theater Production (Cr: 3)
• DAN 240 - Global Dance (Cr: 3)
• ENG 111 - Critical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)
• ENG 112 - Critical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)
• INT 100 - Internship I (Cr: 2)
• PA 100 - Introduction to Performing Arts (Cr: 3)
• PA 101 - Performance Review (Cr: 1) (Students will take twice)

Second Year - Credits: 33

• Science and Technology General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
• Literary Perspectives General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
• Global Issues General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
• Individual and Society General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
• World Cultures General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)

• ART 265 - Arts Administration I (Cr: 3)
• AET 215 - Dance/Movement Therapy Foundations (Cr: 3)
• DAN 105 - Repertory Dance Ensemble (Cr: 1)
• DAN 200 - Dance Composition (Choreography) (Cr: 3)
• DAN 211 - Modern and Contemporary Dance Aesthetics  (Cr: 1) (Students will take twice)
• DAN 220 - Ballet Techniques II (Cr: 1)
• DRA 105 - Theater Performance (Cr: 1)
• INT 200 - Internship II (Cr: 2)
• PA 101 - Performance Review (Cr: 1) (Students will take twice)

Third Year - Credits: 34

• General Education Electives (Cr: 9)
• Values and Ethical Reasoning General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)

• DAN 105 - Repertory Dance Ensemble (Cr: 1)
• DAN 214 - Dance Improvisation (Cr: 1)
• DAN 220 - Ballet Techniques II (Cr: 1) (Students will take twice)
• DAN 305 - Dance Teaching Methods (Cr: 3)
• DRA 105 - Theater Performance (Cr: 1)
• PA 101 - Performance Review (Cr: 1) (Students will take twice)
• PA 200 - Aesthetics in the Performing Arts (Cr: 3)
• PA 300 - Performance Workshop I (Cr: 3)
• PA 305 - Performance Workshop II (Cr: 3)
• PA 310 - Audition and Portfolio (Cr: 3)

Fourth Year - Credits: 31

Aesthetic Awareness and Creative Expression General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
General Education Elective (Cr: 3)

• DAN 105 - Repertory Dance Ensemble (Cr: 1)
• DAN 300 - Dance Composition II (Cr: 3)
• ENG 365 - Shakespeare (Cr: 3)
• PA 480 - Semester Internship (Cr: 12)
• PA 489 - Senior Thesis I (Cr: 3)
• PA 490 - Senior Thesis II (Cr: 3)