This is a limited-enrollment program requiring that students pass an audition and receive departmental acceptance. Please see the Dance Department for information regarding requirements for application to this major, and for all pre-major requirements.

Proficiency audition is required for placement and registration in technique courses.

Students are required to participate in regular proficiency assessments and are subject to being transferred from the BFA program into the BA program if proficiencies are not maintained.

All technique courses require at least a B- and teacher approval to advance to the next level.

The Dance Department requires a minimum of 30 hours of dance credit to be taken in residency at BYU's Provo campus for this degree program. These hours may also go toward BYU's 30-hour residency requirement for graduation.

Requirement 1 — Complete 3 Courses

Complete the following prerequisite courses:

course - Human Anatomy (with lab) 4.0

course - Contemp Mdrn, Tech & Theory 2 - You may take once 2.0

course - Ballet Accelerated Technique 1 1.5

Requirement 2 — Complete 11 Courses

course - Conditioning 2.0

course - Freshman Seminar in Dance 1.0

course - Music for Dancers 2.0

course - Adv Writing for Dance 3.0

course - Kinesiology for Dancers 4.0

course - Principles of Somatics 2.0

course - Laban Movement Analysis 2.0

course - Dnc Prductn Intro 2.0

course - Seminar in Dance 1.0

course - Dance History and Theory 3.0

course - Capstone in Dance 2.0

Requirement 3 — Complete 1 Course

course - Std Workshop Cont Mdrn Dance - You may take once 2.5

Requirement 4 — Complete 2.5 hours

course - Cont Modrn Tech & Theory 3 - You may take once 1.5v

Requirement 5 — Complete 5 hours

Complete 2 semesters of the following intermediate technique course:

course - Ballet Technique 3 - You may take 2 times 1.5v

course - Ballet Technique 5 - You may take once 3.0

Requirement 6 — Complete 10 hours

Advanced technique:

course - Cont Modrn Tech & Theory 3 - You may take 4 times 1.5v

course - Cntmpry Mdrn Tech Forms - You may take 4 times 2.5

course - Ballet Technique 3 - You may take 4 times 1.5v

course - Ballet Technique 4 - You may take 4 times 3.0

course - Cont Mdrn Dnc Technq & Thry 4 - You may take 4 times 2.5

course - Ballet Technique 5 - You may take 4 times 3.0

Requirement 7 — Complete 2 Requirements

Requirement 7.1 — Complete 3 Courses

course - Std Wrkshp Improv & Choreog - You may take once 1.0

course - Dance Improvisation, Interm - You may take once 1.0

course - Choreo, Adv - You may take once 2.0

Requirement 7.2 — Complete 1 of 2 Courses

course - Cont Mdrn Dnce Choreo Interm 2.0

course - Ballet Choreography - You may take once 2.0

Requirement 8 — Complete 1 of 2 Courses

Complete one additional registration of one of the following courses:

course - Ballet Choreography - You may take once 2.0

course - Cont Mdrn Choreo, Adv - You may take once 2.0

Requirement 9 — Complete 2 hours

Dance 399R requires a minimum of 42 hours of approved off-campus intensive workshop experience per 1 credit hour registration. See advisor for more information.

course - Academic Internship: Dance BFA - You may take up to 2.0 credit hours 0.5v

Requirement 10 — Complete 6 hours

course - DancEnsemble - You may take 6 times 1.0v

course - Ballet Showcase Company - You may take 3 times 2.0

course - Contemporary Dance Theatre - You may take 3 times 2.0

course - Theatre Ballet - You may take 3 times 2.0

Requirement 11 — Complete 2 Courses

Note: Each time Dance 229 is taken, it must be taken for 0.5 credit hours.

course - Dance Perf-1 - You may take 2 times 0.5v

course - Dance Perf-1 - You may take 2 times 0.5v

Requirement 12 — Complete 1 of 5 Courses

course - Ballet Technique, Men - You may take once 1.5

course - Jazz Dance Technique 2 - You may take once 1.5

course - Dance Improvisation, Interm - You may take once 1.0

course - Ballet Pointe 1 - You may take once 0.5

course - Ballet Pointe/Variations - You may take once 0.5

Requirement 13 — Complete 1 of 2 Courses

course - Contemporary Partnering 1.0

course - Pas de Deux - You may take once 1.0

Requirement 14 — Complete 1 of 2 Courses

course - Tchg Mthds of Mdrn & Cont Dnce 2.0

course - Methods of Teaching Ballet 2.0

Requirement 15 — Complete 1 of 3 Courses

course - Dance & Identity 2.0

course - Dance- A Reflection of Culture 2.0

course - Special Topics & Issues - You may take once 2.0

Requirement 16 — Complete 1 hour

Broader Genre Studies

course - American Clog Dance, Beginning 1.0

course - Western Square & Amer Dance 1.0

course - Irish Dance, Beginning 1.0

course - Polynesian Dance, Beginning 1.0

course - Social Dance, Beginning 1.0

course - Cntry Wstrn Soc Dance, Beg 1.0

course - Ballroom Dnc, Intl Beginning 1.0

course - Latin Dance, Intl Beginning 1.0

course - Character Dance 1.0

course - Tap Dance Technique 1 - You may take once 1.0

course - Urban & Street Dance Forms 1.0

course - Cultural Dance Forms 1.0

course - Spanish Dance Tech 1 1.0

course - Indian Dance: prct/thry, tech1 1.0

course - Studies in Dance - You may take once 0.5v

course - Workshop in Ballet - You may take once 0.5v

course - Workshop in Ballroom - You may take once 0.5v

Recommended Courses are not required to complete the program

The following class is strongly recommended:

course - Adv Writing for Dance 3.0