Dance B.F.A.

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Dance

College of the Arts and Media

Degree Specific Credits: 79-83

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Catalog Year: 2021-22

Note: Students who intend to pursue the Bachelor of Fine Arts will normally enter the University as Bachelor of Arts students in Dance. There is an Admission Audition that prospective majors must pass during the first year to continue in the program.

General Education Requirements

Information regarding these requirements can be found in the General Education Section of the catalog.

Summary

Lower-Division Core		22
Required Courses
Costuming Experience
Jazz Experience
Production Experience I
Community Experience
Upper-Division Core		32
Advising Track		25-29
Required Courses
Ballet Experience
Stage Management Course
Junior Project
Senior Project
Choreography & Performance Track
Teaching Track
Total Hours		79-83

Lower-Division Core

Rule: Complete the following subcategories. 22 total credits required.

Required Courses

Code	Title	Hours
Complete all of the following courses:
DANC 165A	Dance Forms: African	3
DANC 194	Seminar/Workshop	1
DANC 200A	Contemporary Modern II	2
DANC 220	Creative Practice I	2
DANC 295	Student Teaching: Children's Dance	1
THTR 102A	Introduction to Theatre Design	3
THTR 106	Theat Prod I: Run Crew	1
Total Hours		13

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Costuming Experience

Note: For THTR 107A: choose either Section 02: Costume Shop on MW or Section 05: Costume Shop on TR.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following courses:		3
THTR 107A	Theat Prod I: Constr Crew (either Section 02 or 05)
THTR 245	Int Costume Construction
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Jazz Experience

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following courses:		2
DANC 215A	Jazz Dance II
DANC 315	Jazz III
Total Hours		2

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Production Experience I

Note: Registration and credit load based on casting for Theatre & Dance productions. Performing in one piece equals one credit. May be taken credit/no credit.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 2 credits of the following course (two semesters):		2
DANC 225	Rehearsal & Performance
Total Hours		2

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Community Experience

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 2 credits of the following course (two semesters):		2
DANC 227	Community Dance Initiatives
Total Hours		2

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Upper-Division Core

Rule: Complete the following subcategories.

Required Courses

Code	Title	Hours
Complete all of the following courses:
DANC 305	Contact Improvisation	2
DANC 334	Dance History	2
DANC 360L	World Dance	3
DANC 380	Science of Dance Movement	3
DANC 406	Dance as a Healing Art	2
DANC 440	Dance Pedagogy	2
DANC 494	Junior/Senior Seminar	3
Total Hours		17

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Ballet Experience

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 12 credits in the following courses (six semesters):		12
DANC 310	Ballet III
DANC 410	Ballet IV
Total Hours		12

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Stage Management Course

Note: Registration will be based on production assignment as determined by Dance faculty.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete the following course:
DANC 329	Dance Stage Management Practicum	1
Total Hours		1

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Junior Project

Note: Junior projects must be planned with the student's project advisor and all journals and papers will be submitted to that advisor. All choreography and performance BFA candidates are required to choreograph for their junior projects.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete the following course:
DANC 399	Jr Creat/Research Proj	1
Total Hours		1

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Senior Project

Note: Senior projects must be planned with the student's project advisor and all journals and papers will be submitted to that advisor.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete the following course:
DANC 499	Senior Thesis/Creative Project	1
Total Hours		1

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Advising Tracks

Choreography & Performance Track

Note: This is an advising track only and not an official program as recognized by the University of Montana (UM) or the Montana University System. This information will not appear on your UM transcript, diploma, university lists, student data system, or university publication. You do not fill out a major change for a track.

Rule: Complete the following subcategories. 29 total credits required.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete all of the following courses:
ACT 250	Pilates (May be taken credit/no credit)	1
DANC 320	Creative Practice II	2
DANC 405	Advanced Improvisation	2
Total Hours		5

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Production Experience II

Note: Registration and credit load based on casting for Theatre & Dance productions. Performing in one piece equals one credit.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete the following course:		2
DANC 327	Advanced Rehearsal and Performance
Total Hours		2

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Modern Experience II

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 6 credits in the following course (two semesters):		6
DANC 300	Contemporary Modern III
Total Hours		6

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Modern Experience III

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 6 credits in the following course (two semesters):		6
DANC 400	Contemporary Modern IV
Total Hours		6

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Modern Experience IV

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 6 credits in the following course (two semesters):		6
DANC 400	Contemporary Modern IV
Total Hours		6

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Cross-Training Elective

Note: May be taken credit/no credit.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one credit in any ACT course chosen with your advisor.		1
Total Hours		1

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Acting Experience

Code	Title	Hours
Complete the following course:
THTR 220	Acting I	3
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Teaching Track

Rule: Complete the following subcategories. 25 total credits required.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete all of the following courses:
DANC 320	Creative Practice II	2
DANC 345	New Visions Dance	1
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Teaching Assistant Experience

Note: Completion of these two credits must include serving as teaching assistant for at least one 100-level technique course offered in DANC rubric on campus. It is optional to earn credits through the Flagship Program.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 2 credits in the following course:		2
DANC 446	Teaching Projects
Total Hours		2

Minimum Required Grade: C-

In-Schools Experience

Code	Title	Hours
Complete the following course:
DANC 497	Methods: Tchng Movmnt in Schls	2
Total Hours		2

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Modern Experience II

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 18 credits in the following courses (six semesters):		18
DANC 300	Contemporary Modern III
DANC 400	Contemporary Modern IV
Total Hours		18

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Secondary Teaching Licensure

Note: For endorsement to teach Dance, a student also must gain admission to the Teacher Education Program and meet all the requirements for secondary teaching licensure. For more information, see the Teaching and Learning Department.