Dance

College: Fine Arts

Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts

Hours for the Degree: 124

Specialization: Performance

Minor: Yes

Combined-Degree Program: No

Website: www.arts.ufl.edu/theatreanddance

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance is intended for students who are pursuing professional careers, allied fields or graduate study. This B.F.A. also is offered at the New World School of the Arts in Miami.

• 2.0 UF GPA required for semesters 1-5
• Complete 3 of 12 critical-tracking courses DAA 2381, DAN 2100, DAA 2610, DAA 2611, TPA 2232C, six DAA – dance technique courses and DAN 4180 with a grade of C or better

• Complete 2 additional tracking courses with a grade C or better

• Complete 3 additional tracking courses with a grade of C or better

• Complete 3 additional tracking courses with a grade of C or better
• Complete successful audition

• Complete DAN 4180 with a grade of C or better

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Semester 1	Credits
DAA 2381 World Dance and Intercultural Performance (GE–H, I)	3
DAA #### Dance Technique *	2
DAN 2100 Dance Appreciation for the Twenty-first Century (GE–H, I)	3
Mathematics (GE)	3
Physical or Biological Science	3
Total	14
Semester 2	Credits
DAA #### Dance Technique *	2
TPA 2232C Beginning Costume	3
DAN 4180 Professional Development for Dance	1
Composition (GE)	3
Mathematics (GE)	3
Social and Behavioral Sciences (GE)	3
Total	15
Semester 3	Credits
DAA 2610 Dance Composition 1	2
DAA#### Dance Technique *	2
DAA #### Dance Technique *	2
MUL 2010 Introduction to Music Literature	3
DAA 2381 World Dance and Intercultural Performance	3
Social and Behavioral Sciences (GE)	3
Total	15
Semester 4	Credits
DAA 2611 Dance Composition 2	2
DAA #### Dance Technique *	2
DAA #### Dance Technique *	2
THE 4950 Production and Performance	1
Social and Behavioral Sciences (GE)	3
Physical or Biological Science (GE)	3
TPP 2110 Acting 1 – Instrument and Discipline *	3
Total	16

* A minimum of 48 credits must be completed at the 3000-4000 levels.

Semester 5	Credits
DAA 3108 Intermediate Modern Dance *	2
DAA 3508 Intermediate Jazz * or DAA 3208 Intermediate Ballet *	2
DAA 3614 Dance Composition 3	2
TPA 3214 Introduction to Lighting and Sound	4
Humanities (GE)	3
Approved electives	3
Total	16
Semester 6	Credits
DAA 3108 Intermediate Modern Dance *	2
DAA 3508 Intermediate Jazz * or DAA 3208 Intermediate Ballet *	2
THE 4950 Production and Performance	1
DAA 3615 Dance Composition 4	2
PET 2320C Applied Human Anatomy with Laboratory (GE)	4
Humanities (GE)	3
Total	14
Summer Semester	Credits
DAA 4920 Summer Dance Intensive	3
Total	3
Semester 7	Credits
DAA 4110 Advanced Modern Dance *	2
DAA 3548 Musical Theatre Dance Styles or DAA 4210 Advanced Ballet *	2
DAN 4959 Senior Project	2
DAN 4124 Dance History	3
Approved electives **	7
Total	16
Semester 8	Credits
DAA 4110 Advanced Modern Dance *	2
DAA 4510 Advanced Jazz	2
DAA 4210 Advanced Ballet *	2
DAN 4959 Senior Project	2
DAN 4180 Professional Development for Dance	1
DAE 4300 Dance Teaching Methods	3
Approved electives**	3
Total	15

* Specific courses approved by the dance adviser and appropriate to the student's technical level. At least two semesters each of intermediate and advanced modern dance and one semester each of intermediate and advanced jazz and ballet are required.

** Approved electives are chosen with the dance adviser's approval; the choice may provide an emphasis in theatre, performance/choreography, world dance or dance in medicine.