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BA Dance (MAP)
BA Dance Education (MAP)
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BFA Music Dance Theatre
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BA    Dance (64 hours*)

This is a limited-enrollment program requiring departmental admissions approval. Please see item 1 below for information regarding requirements for admission to this major.

Major Requirements

  1. Students must pass a dance audition for acceptance into the major. Please see the Dance Department for further details.

  2. Complete the following prerequisite course:
    PDBio 220.

  3. Complete the following:
    Dance 230, 244R, 261, 264, 342, 355, 459, 460, 461, 469.

    Note: Dance 469 is a capstone course.

  4. Complete one course out of each of the following sets of courses:
    Dance 343 or 351.
    Dance 361 or 362.
    Dance 359R or 477.

  5. Complete the following dance technique courses:
    Dance 241R, 243R, 290, 291R.

      Note: Qualified students may substitute higher-level technique courses for required lower-level technique courses with permission from the Dance Department.

  6. Complete 9 hours from parts a and b below.

    Note: At least 5 hours must be completed in 300-level or above courses. R courses may count only once to complete this requirement, with the exception of modern dance and ballet courses (Dance 340R, 391R, 440R, 490R).

    Note: Dance 173, 273R, 373R offer different ethnic dance styles taught on a rotation basis. Please see the department for a rotation schedule.

    1. Complete at least one course from each of the following categories:
      1. Foot articulation:
          Dance 135, 171, 173R (Irish), 235, 271, 273R (Irish or Spanish), 335, 371, 373R (Irish or Spanish).

      2. Partnering:
          Dance 172, 184, 185, 273R (Hungarian), 280, 284, 285, 373R (Hungarian), 380, 382, 383, 384R, 385R, 483R, 485R, 495R.

      3. Ethnic Dance:
          Dance 173R, 270, 273R, 370, 373R.

          Note: One course may fulfill two of the required foot articulation, partnering, and ethnic dance categories, possibly reducing the number of enrollments for this requirement from three to two: Dance 173R, 273R, 373R (Irish) and Dance 273R (Spanish) will satisfy both articulation and ethnic categories; Dance 273R, 373R (Hungarian) will satisfy both partnering and ethnic categories.

    2. Complete the remaining 6–8 hours from the following technique courses:
        Dance 135, 171, 172, 173R, 184, 185, 231, 235, 270, 271, 273R, 280, 281, 284, 292, 293R, 331, 335, 340R, 370, 371, 373R, 380R, 382R, 383R, 384R, 385R, 390R, 391R, 393R, 440R, 483R, 485R, 490R, 494R, 495R, 500R, 540R.

  7. Complete 2 hours from the following teaching methods courses:
    Dance 336, 365, 366, 367, 376, 386, 396, 486, 487.

  8. Complete 4 hours from the following performance company options:
      Dance 229R, 332R, 348R, 368R, 378R, 388R, 429R, 468R, 478R, 488R, 489R, 498R.

  9. Complete 10 hours from the following elective courses:
      Dance 336, 359R, 361, 362, 363, 365, 366, 367, 376, 386, 396, 399R, 462, 464, 477, 486, 487, 562R, 563R.
    P Mgt 321.
      Up to 2.5 hours of any technique course 300-level or above in addition to previous technique requirements.

      Note: R courses may count only once to complete this requirement, with the exception of modern dance and ballet courses 340R, 391R, 440R, 490R.

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.



BA    Dance Education (75–78 hours*, including licensure hours)

This is a limited-enrollment program requiring departmental admissions approval. Please see item 1 below for information regarding requirements for admission to this major.

Major Requirements

  1. Students must pass a dance audition for acceptance into the major. Please see the Dance Department for further details.

  2. At least 21 hours from items 5 to 7 below must be completed at BYU.

  3. A teaching minor is recommended.

  4. Complete the following prerequisite course:
    PDBio 220.

  5. Complete the following:
      Dance 230, 241R, 243R, 261, 264, 290, 342, 343, 355, 460, 461, 464.

  6. Complete two enrollments of the following:
    Dance 340R, 440R, 500R (Chinese classical dance).

  7. Complete 2.5 hours from the following:
      Dance 231, 235, 270, 271, 273R, 280, 281, 284, 285, 291R, 292, 293R, 331, 335, 370, 371, 373R, 380R, 382R, 383R, 384R, 385R, 390R, 391R, 393R, 440R, 483R, 485R, 490R, 494R, 495R.

  8. Complete the following composition and improvisation courses in the sequence listed:
    1. Complete the following:
      Dance 244R, 362, 363.

    2. Complete one course from the following:
      Dance 361, 462.

    3. Complete the following:
      Dance 469.

  9. Complete one of the following performance courses:
    Dance 348R, 368R, 468R.

  10. Complete the Professional Education Component:
    1. Complete the following:
        CPSE 402.
        Dance 276R, 346, 366, 466 (prerequisite: Dance 243R, 244R, 261).
        IP&T 286.
        Sc Ed 350, 353.

    11. Note: Fingerprinting and FBI clearance must be completed before entry into Dance 466.

    Note: Sc Ed 350 must be taken prior to or concurrently with Dance 466.

  11. Complete 12 hours from the following:
    Sc Ed 476R.

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.



BFA    Music Dance Theatre (76.5 hours*)

This is a limited-enrollment program requiring program admissions approval. Please see the College of Fine Arts and Communications Advisement Center for information regarding requirements for admission to this major.

The BFA in music dance theatre (MDT) is an interdisciplinary degree offered by the College of Fine Arts and Communications through the cooperative involvement of its School of Music and Department of Theatre and Media Arts and the College of Health and Human Performance's Department of Dance.

Major Requirements

  1. Live and taped auditions for entrance into the MDT major are held in the January preceding fall registration. Students may begin the MDT major in the fall only.

  2. Pass a proficiency examination in each of the three areas at the end of each semester.

  3. Complete at least 40 hours in residence at BYU.

  4. Any grade below C– in major courses is not acceptable for graduation. Dance technique courses require a grade of B– for advancement to the next level.

  5. Complete the following:
    Music 113, 161, 261, 290.

  6. Complete 4 hours of the following:
    Music 260R.

  7. Complete 4 hours of the following:
    Music 360R.

  8. Complete the following:
      Dance 131, 135, 231, 235, 241R, 243R, 244R, 290, 291R, 331, 361, 390R.

  9. Complete the following:
    TMA 114, 121, 123, 124, 223, 229, 267, 421, 427.

  10. Complete the following MDT Seminar courses:
    Music 328.
    Dance 328.
    TMA 328.

  11. Complete the following History of Music Dance Theatre courses:
    Music 300.
    Dance 300.
    TMA 300.

  12. Complete the following Senior Performance Project courses:
    Music 426.
    Dance 426.
    TMA 426.

  13. Complete 9.5 hours of electives from the following music, dance, or theatre courses:
      Music 186, 319R, 360R, 363, 386R, 399R, 402A,B, 472.
      Dance 335, 340R, 362, 363, 368R, 390R, 391R, 393R, 399R, 429R, 440R, 462, 468R, 490R, 494R, 495R, 498R, 540R, 562R, 563R.
      TMA 100, 215R, 223, 224, 225, 236, 322, 324, 325, 329, 336, 399R, 420R, 422, 424, 425, 429, 443R, 515R.

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.

 
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