Oct 08, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Dance, B.S.


Theatre and Dance  
Jade Treadwell, Program Coordinator
615-898-5023
Jade.Treadwell@mtsu.edu

The B.S. in Dance provides students with diverse opportunities to develop theoretical and practical applications of dance. The program is designed to prepare students for the profession or further study at the graduate level. Students should consult with their advisors each semester in order to plan their schedule of courses.

Students majoring in Dance must select a track of study: performance/choreography or dance pedagogy in practice.

Admission to the B.S. in Dance is through audition only, and students must maintain a 2.0 GPA in all dance course work.

Students audition to be accepted into the Dance major through regularly scheduled auditions every year. For additional information and to register for the audition, contact the dance program coordinator.

Academic Map


Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Dance, B.S., Academic Map   

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
Major Requirements 53 hours
     Theory Requirements    18 hours
     Core Technique Requirements    20 hours
     Track of Study    15 hours
Electives 26 hours
TOTAL 120 hours

True Blue Core (41 hours)


True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

NOTE: To enhance their understanding of other art forms, students should choose from ART, MUS, or THEA options in the True Blue Core, Creativity and Cultural Expression area.

Major Requirements (53 hours)


Core Technique Requirements (20 hours)


Tracks of Study


Students will select one of the following tracks:

Performance and Choreography (15 hours)

Composition Requirement (6 hours)

Applied Professional Skills (9 hours)

Choose from the following:

Dance Pedagogy in Practice (15 hours)

Applied Professional Skills (9 hours)

Choose from the following:

Electives (26 hours)


  • Only 6 credit hours may be in DANC courses

Curriculum: Dance


All students pursuing a major within this department must complete the True Blue Core requirements. The following is a suggested pattern of study; however, consultation with the assigned advisor is necessary before each registration.

Freshman


  • 3 credit hours
  • Written Communication 3 credit hours
  • Information Literacy 3 credit hours
  • Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
  • Core dance techniques 4 credit hours
  • Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
  • Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours (students should choose from ART, MUS, or THEA options)
  • History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 29 Hours


Sophomore


  • Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
  • Core dance techniques 4 credit hours
  • Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
  • Human Society and Social Relationships 6 credit hours
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours (students should choose from ART, MUS, or THEA options)
  • History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
  • 3 credit hours
  • 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 29 Hours


Junior


Subtotal: 32 Hours


Senior


Subtotal: 30 Hours