Selected Educational Outcomes
- Students will articulate a cultural and historical perspective appropriate to dance performance, pedagogy, and choreography.
- Students will demonstrate dance and related skills, based on the career goals of the individual student: teaching, performance, and/or choreography.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to interact and problem solve with colleagues as group participants and leaders.
- Students will demonstrate knowledge of professional opportunities for employment.
Examples of Outcome Assessments
Concluding curricular experiences for the dance student will include:
- Exhibiting advanced performance and choreographic skills.
- Participation in professionally oriented dance and theatrical productions.
- Developing materials geared to individual students’ professional career goals for post-graduation plans.
Requirements for the B.F.A. degree with a Major in Dance
| Core Curriculum | 60 | |
| Core Curriculum Areas A-E (See VSU Core Curriculum) | 42 | |
| Theatre and Dance students are advised to take either THEA 1100 or DANC 1500 in Area C. | ||
| Core Curriculum Area F | ||
| THEA 1100 & DANC 1500 | Theatre Appreciation and Introduction to Dance 1 | 6 |
| THEA 1000 | Voice and Diction | 3 |
| THEA 2730 | Theatrical and Film Makeup | 2 |
| DANC 1600 | Ballet I | 2 |
| DANC 1700 | Modern Dance I | 2 |
| DANC 2800 | Jazz Dance I | 2 |
| DANC 2920 | Dance Improvisation | 1 |
| A minimum grade of “C” is required for all Area F courses in the Communication Arts Department. | ||
| Senior College Curriculum | 60 | |
| THEA 2750 | Basic Technical Theatre and Stage Lighting | 3 |
| DANC 2600 | Ballet II | 3 |
| DANC 2700 | Modern Dance II | 3 |
| DANC 3600 | Ballet III | 3 |
| or DANC 3700 | Modern Dance III | |
| DANC 3800 | Jazz Dance II | 3 |
| DANC 4800 | Jazz Dance III | 3 |
| DANC 1900 | Tap Dance I | 2 |
| DANC 2910 | Social Dance | 1 |
| DANC 3500 | Teaching Dance Technique | 2 |
| DANC 3000 | Dance Composition | 3 |
| DANC 3100 | Choreography | 3 |
| DANC 3410 | Dance History | 3 |
| DANC 3200 | Dance Ensemble | 6 |
| DANC 3420 | Music Analysis for Dancers | 2 |
| DANC 4010 & DANC 4020 | Dance Kinesiology and Conditioning and Wellness for Dance | 6 |
| DANC 4600 | Ballet IV | 3 |
| or DANC 4700 | Modern Dance IV | |
| THEA 4790 | Portfolio and Resume Presentation | 2 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Human Communication | ||
| Introduction to Mass Media | ||
a guided elective | ||
| Guided electives | 6 | |
| Total hours required for the degree | 120 | |
| 1 | If students take THEA 1100 or DANC 1500 in Area C of the Core Curriculum, they should take another Area C elective here. |
