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Nov 21, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Dance, B.S.
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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.
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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)
Theory Requirements (18 hours)
Core Technique Requirements (20 hours)
Choose 8 credit hours from the following:
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)
Pedagogy Requirement (6 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
- DANC 2000 - First Year Seminar in Dance 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
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
- DANC 4100 - Choreography I 3 credit hours
- DANC 4800 - History of Dance 3 credit hours
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