The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance is designed to prepare students for professional careers as performers and/or choreographers. All students wishing to pursue the BFA in Dance must demonstrate strong technical skill 

Student Learning Outcomes:

1. Majors will demonstrate proficient skills and technique in modern dance and ballet, with competency in jazz dance and/or other forms, enabling them to pursue professional dance careers.

2. Majors will demonstrate competencies in choreographic processes that support the development of creative and collaborative professional opportunities.

3. Majors will demonstrate substantial knowledge of the historical and scientific dimensions of dance, to give depth and perspective to the performance and pedagogical aspects of the dance discipline.

4. Majors will develop and demonstrate current methods and relevant strategies necessary to pursue professional careers in dance and dance-related fields.

5. Majors will demonstrate the skills necessary to analyze and review dance, both orally and in writing the history, concepts, and aesthetic qualities of dance.

6. Majors will demonstrate selected practical skills in the production and technological aspects of dance.