Students must complete a minimum of 120 credits to earn the B.F.A. Degree in Dance. This includes 99 Dance credits (including 8 credits of dance electives), 33 credits of liberal arts, and a one-credit interdisciplinary seminar that is mandatory for first-year students and optional for incoming transfer students. Students must earn a C grade or better in the core curriculum (see table below) or repeat the course. Students must be registered for a minimum of 12 credits each semester to achieve full-time status.
Semester: Year 1 - Fall
Course Number
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Course Name
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Credits
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07:206:130
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African Diasporic Movement Practices 1
|
1.5
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07:206:131
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Classical/Traditional Movement Practices 1
|
1.5
|
07:206:132
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Contemporary Fusion Movement Practices 1
|
1.5
|
07:206:133
|
Somatic Movement Practices 1
|
1.5
|
07:203:115
|
Introduction to Dance Studies
|
3
|
07:206:142
|
Improvisation 1
|
2
|
07:206:101
|
*Concussion Awareness
|
0
|
07:206:100
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**Dance Assembly
|
N.5
|
Semester: Year 1 - Spring
Course Number
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Course Name
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Credits
|
07:206:146
|
African Diasporic Movement Practices 2
|
1.5
|
07:206:147
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Classical/Traditional Movement Practices 2
|
1.5
|
07:206:148
|
Contemporary Fusion Movement Practices 2
|
1.5
|
07:206:149
|
Somatic Movement Practices 2
|
1.5
|
07:203:145
|
Performance Skills 1
|
2
|
07:206:126
|
Rhythm for Dancers
|
2
|
07:206:101
|
*Concussion Awareness
|
0
|
07:206:100
|
**Dance Assembly
|
N.5
|
Semester: Year 2 - Fall
Course Number
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Course Name
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Credits
|
07:206:260
|
African Diasporic Movement Practices 3
|
1.5
|
07:206:261
|
Classical/Traditional Movement Practices 3
|
1.5
|
07:206:262
|
Contemporary Fusion Movement Practices 3
|
1.5
|
07:206:263
|
Somatic Movement Practices 3
|
1.5
|
07:206:243
|
Improvisation 2
|
2
|
07:206:402
|
Laban/Bartenieff for Dance and Dance Education
|
3
|
07:206:101
|
*Concussion Awareness
|
0
|
07:206:100
|
**Dance Assembly
|
N.5
|
Semester: Year 2 - Spring
Course Number
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Course Name
|
Credits
|
07:206:264
|
African Diasporic Movement Practices 4
|
1.5
|
07:206:265
|
Classical/Traditional Movement Practices 4
|
1.5
|
07:206:266
|
Contemporary Fusion Movement Practices 4
|
1.5
|
07:206:267
|
Somatic Movement Practices 4
|
1.5
|
07:206:235
|
Choreography 1
|
2
|
07:206:245
|
Performance Skills 2
|
2
|
07:206:325
|
****Kinesiology for Dancers
|
3
|
07:206:100
|
**Dance Assembly
|
N.5
|
Semester: Year 3 - Fall
Course Number
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Course Name
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Credits
|
07:206:346
|
African Diasporic Movement Practices 5
|
1.5
|
07:206:347
|
Classical/Traditional Movement Practices 5
|
1.5
|
07:206:348
|
Contemporary Fusion Movement Practices 5
|
1.5
|
07:206:334
|
Choreography 2
|
2
|
07:206:319
|
Sound & Movement
|
3
|
07:206:237
|
***Dance Production
|
3
|
07:206:101
|
Concussion Awareness
|
0
|
07:206:100
|
**Dance Assembly
|
N.5
|
Semester: Year 3 - Spring
Course Number
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Course Name
|
Credits
|
07:206:356-8
|
Intensive study in 2 Movement Practices
|
3
|
07:206:345
|
Advanced Improvisation
|
2
|
07:206:441
|
Dance History: World Survey
|
3
|
07:206:431
|
OR
Dance History ONLINE: World Survey (for Ed.M. tracking students OR by permission of the department)
|
3
|
07:206:237
|
***Dance Production
|
3
|
07:206:352
|
Teaching as an Artist
|
3
|
07:206:100
|
**Dance Assembly
|
N.5
|
Semester: Year 4 - Fall
Course Number
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Course Name
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Credits
|
07:206:416-8
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Advanced study in one or two Movement Practices
|
8
|
07:206:450
|
Dance Capstone 1
|
2
|
07:206:442
|
Dance History: 1900-Present
|
3
|
07:206:432
|
OR
Dance History ONLINE: 20th Century (for Ed.M. tracking students OR by permission of the department)
|
3
|
07:206:101
|
*Concussion Awareness
|
0
|
07:206:100
|
**Dance Assembly
|
N.5
|
Semester: Year 4 - Spring
Course Number
|
Course Name
|
Credits
|
07:206:426
|
African Diasporic Movement Practices 8
|
1.5
|
07:206:427
|
Classical/Traditional
Movement Practices 8
|
1.5
|
07:206:428
|
Contemporary Fusion Movement Practices 8
|
1.5
|
07:206:451
|
Dance Capstone 2
|
2
|
07:206:161
|
****Production Study
|
2
|
07:206:100
|
**Dance Assembly
|
N.5
|
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*Students are required to take 07:206:101 Concussion Wise EVERY Fall semester. This course is a pass/fail course and does not count towards total credits for graduation.
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**Students are required to pass 07:206:100 Dance Assembly EVERY SEMESTER. This is a pass/no credit course and does not count towards total credits for graduation.
- ***Dance Production--students may take this course in either the fall or spring semester during their junior year.
- ****These courses also fulfill liberal arts requirements.
Electives
8 credits of dance electives are required from the options below:
07:203:132 History of Broadway Dance Online
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07:203:170 Yoga for Wellness
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07:203:133 Dance in Istanbul Online: Whirling, Belly Dancing an Revolving around East & West
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07:206:154 Pointe Class
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07:203:134 Dance in Israel Online: Body, Ideology, and Culture
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*07:206:155 Ballet Jumps & Turns
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07:203:135 Dance Forms in Africa Online
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07:203:190 Performance Studies
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07:203:136 Dance in India Online
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07:206:175 World Dance
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07:203:160 Pilates Mat
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07:206:274 Jazz Dance
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07:206:311 Ballet 6
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07:206:370 History & Theory of Integrated Dance
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07:206:325 Neuroscience in Partnership with Dance
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07:206:326 Adaptive Movement Through Dance
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07:206:344 Video for Dance
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07:206:447/448 Independent Dance Study
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07:206:360 University DanceWorks (audition required)
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07:206:495 Special Topics in Dance
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07:206:363 Dance Repertory (audition required)
|
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*
Ballet Jumps, Turns, & Partnering for incoming students requires two semesters (1 year) of ballet technique OR permission of instructor. Continuing BFA students require the completion of one semester of Ballet 6 OR permission of instructor.
Mason Gross School of the Arts 
