Visual & Performing Arts: Theatre and Dance

ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS | PROGRAM OF STUDY | CONCENTRATION
EMPHASIS IN DANCE | EMPHASIS IN THEATRE

Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Fine Arts

The Fine Arts Program offers courses leading to the baccalaureate degree (BFA) in the Visual and Performing Arts. The program also delivers fine arts courses as fulfillment of core requirements, as electives, and as advanced courses leading to an area of concentration (15 credit hours) in music, art, dance, and theatre. The program also provides opportunities for student engagement in the performing arts through concerts, plays, exhibits, and displays.

The program seeks to develop student appreciation of culture and aesthetics; to develop individual ability and intellectual curiosity through performance, research, and other scholarly activity; to develop an awareness of social and civil responsibility; to provide special training in art, music, dance, and theatre; and to develop cultural transmitters in our increasingly technological society.

BFA MAJOR IN VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS

In addition to completing the Core Curriculum II, students seeking a major in the Visual and Performing Arts must select a major field of study (area of concentration) and a field of emphasis. The areas of concentration with the corresponding fields of emphasis are as follows: a Concentration in Visual Art with an emphasis in either Art History or Studio Art; a Concentration in Music with an emphasis in either Voice Performance/Choral Instruments or Keyboard Performance, and a Concentration in Theatre and Dance with an emphasis in either Dance Performance or Theatre Performance.

ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS

Dance

Passing audition, at least 75 per cent and above
Previous related experience

Theatre

Audition reading, at least 75 per cent
Previous related experience

Additional program requirements :

Recitals
Critiques
Written Exit Exams
Portfolios
Performance lab work
Internships

PROGRAM OF STUDY
Core Curriculum: Areas A, B. C. D. E, and Additional Requirements		47 hrs
AREA	SUBJECT	CREDITS HRS
A.	Essential Skills	9 hrs
B.	Institutional Options	5 hrs
C.	Humanities/Fine Arts	6 hrs
D.	Sciences, Math, Technology	0 hrs
E.	Social Sciences	12 hrs
Area F courses appropriate to the program of study 18 hrs Major Concentration 39 hrs Field of Emphasis 15 hrs Electives (Chosen in consultation with advisor) 6 hrs TOTAL 125 hrs
A departmental Exit Exam is required of all students applying for graduation from concentrations in Art, Music, Theatre and Dance. A score of no less than 80 percent must be attained. Area F is prerequisite to all areas of concentration.
AREA F Courses appropriate to the BFA program
FINE 2104 FINE 2909 FINE 2999 FINE 2601 MUSC 1201	Portfolio/Career Marketing Business Management Through the Arts Legal Aspects of the Arts Technical Theatre Fundamentals of Music	3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs
Foreign Languages * Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Spanish (1000-2000 levels)		* 0-6 hrs
Music Voice ** Musc 1641, 1642, 1644, 1645, 1651, 1652		** 0-6 hrs
Music Applied Instrumental *** Musc 2421, 2422, 2423, 2431, 2534, 2535		*** 0-6 hrs
Arts/Hedu Dance Techniques & Perform ****Arts/Hedu 1501, 1511		**** 0-2 hrs
TOTAL: Area F		18 hrs

Concentration in Dance and Theatre
THEA 2601 THEA 3004 THEA 3101 THEA 3122 THEA 3123 THEA 3125 THEA 4051 THEA 4055 THEA 4056 THEA 4111 THEA 4211 THEA 4645 DNCE 4201 FINE 4999	Stagecraft Scene Design Acting I Movement I Movement II Stage Make-Up & Costuming Black American Theatre & Performance Theatre History I Theatre History II Performance/Production & Mangaement Auditionng and Directing Musical Theatre Theatre Dance Seminar/Practicum/Internship	3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs
TOTAL		39 hrs

Field of Emphasis: Dance Performance
select three of the following courses
DNCE 2501 DNCE 3501 DNCE 3503 DNCE 4501 DNCE 4504	Modern Techniques & Performance Dance Appreciation & History African-Caribbeean Dance Dance Theory Interpretative Dance & Performance	3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs
TOTAL		15 hrs

Field of Emphasis: Theatre Performance
select three of the following courses
THEA 3101 THEA 4101 THEA 4103 THEA 4104 THEA 4105	Acting I Acting II Advanced Acting /TV/Cinema Acting III Play Writing	3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs
TOTAL		15 hrs

Elective Courses
THEA 2101 THEA 2111	Voice & Diction Oral Interpretation	3 hrs 3 hrs
TOTAL		6 hrs
Any student in consultation with his advisor may minor in Theatre or Dance. A minor requires 6 hours of Theatre History (THEA 4055, 4056) and 9 hours in any THEA or DNCE courses above the 3000 level.

Dance Grid and Map

Dance Grid

The Dance Grid identifies the option of courses to be taken within the dance program over 125 credits

Degree Map

The Degree Map is our suggested battery of classes on a semester basis, showing matriculation of credits and course offerings over 4 years.

DNCE 1000 (Dance Forum) is a supplementary course that is designed to provide intergral opportunities for each student to engage in addressing program matters, discussion of performances, and witnessing live dance as well as immersion in the business of being an artist such as auditioning, nutrition, technical theater and one on one instruction. This class meets every Tuesday from 4:00 to 4:50 p.m. All students seeking the BFA degree with a concentration in Dance are required to attend seven semesters of Forum and receive a passing grade each time.