Dance B.A.

Bachelor of Arts - Dance

College of Visual & Perf Arts

Catalog Year: 2014-2015

Degree Specific Credits: 66

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Note: There is an Admission Audition which a prospective major must pass at the end of the first year to continue in the program. All students must take DANC 194: Freshman Seminar prior to auditioning for the major.

BA Dance Major LD Core

Rule: Must complete the following subcategories

14 Total Credits Required

Required Courses

Rule: All courses are required.

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Show Description DANC 129A - Dance Performance Lab I
Offered autumn and spring. Credit for rehearsing and performing in approved Theatre & Dance productions.
 1 Credits
Show Description DANC 165A - Dance Forms: African
(R-8) Offered autumn and spring. Coreq., DANC 129A. Introduction to basic African dance vocabulary and technique.
 2 Credits
Show Description DANC 205 - Improvisation
(R-6) Offered spring. Exploration of stimulus, structure and performance of improvised movement. Elements such as space, shape, motion, time, quality, form and awareness emphasized. Instructor-designed structures, transitioning to student-designed scores, culminating in improvised performance.
 2 Credits
Show Description DANC 220A - Beginning Composition
(R-4) Offered spring. Prereq., DANC 200A. Basic use of space, time and energy in dance. Movement composition studies assigned each week.
 2 Credits
Show Description DANC 298 - Internship: Children's Dance
(R-4) Offered autumn and spring. Students participate and gain beginning-level teaching experience in two of four dance classes for children ranging in ages from 3 ½ to 12 years old.
 1 Credits
Show Description THTR 106A - Theat Prod I:Run Crew
(R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Operation and running a show backstage on a scenery, costume, or prop crew for a major school production.
 1 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 9 Total Credits Required

Costuming Experience

Rule: Select 1 of the 2 options.

Note: For THTR 107A: choose either Section 02: Costume Shop on MW or Section 05: Costume Shop on TR.

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Show Description THTR 107A - Theat Prod I:Constr Crew
(R-9) Offered autumn and spring. The construction and completion of scenery, costumes and props under supervision. Most assignments involve very basic construction techniques. Involves two 4-hour labs a week.
 3 Credits
Show Description THTR 245 - Int Costume Construction
Offered spring. Intermediate costume construction focusing on the development of skills needed to function as a stitcher.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits Required

Production Courses

Rule: Registration and credit load based on casting for Theatre & Dance productions.

Note: Performing in one piece equals one credit.

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Show Description DANC 225 - Rehearsal & Performance
(R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Open to students who are choreographing a dance for a concert or to those who have been selected through audition to perform.
 1 To 4 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 2 Total Credits Required

BA Dance Major UD Core

Rule: Must complete the following subcategories.

52 Total Credits Required

Required Courses

Rule: All courses are required

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Show Description DANC 305 - Contact Improvisation
(R-6) Offered autumn odd-numbered years. The art of moving with one or more partners while using a shifting point of contact and supporting each other's weight. Skills such as rolling, suspending, falling and recovering together explored through physical sensations that use weight, counter-balance and yielding.
 2 Credits
Show Description DANC 320 - Intermediate Composition
(R-6) Offered autumn even-numbered years. Prereq., DANC 220A and 6 credits of dance technique. Explores ways to manipulate several dancers in space, through repetition of shapes, through related rhythms. May include choreography for videotape.
 2 Credits
Show Description DANC 334 - Dance History
Offered autumn odd-numbered years. Discussion of primary movements and major figures in American modern dance, including global influences and its relationship to cultural trends of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
 3 Credits
Show Description DANC 360L - World Dance
(R-6) Offered autumn odd-numbered years. Investigation of dances of diverse cultures. Study of dance as: an emblem of cultural identity, social order, power and gender-specific behavior; an expression of religion and/or ritual; a classical art form; and as a medium for personal expression in Western and non-Western world cultures.
 3 Credits
Show Description DANC 380 - Science of Dance Movement
Offered spring even-numbered years. Study of the skeletal system and how it relates to dance movement. Basic kinesthetic principles, conditioning for dancers, and injury recognition and prevention.
 3 Credits
Show Description DANC 440 - Dance Pedagogy
(R-9) Offered autumn even-numbered years. Prereq., DANC 298. Methods and experiences in teaching modern dance, ballet and jazz.
 3 Credits
Show Description DANC 494 - Seminar/Workshop
(R-6) Offered autumn even-numbered years.  Seminar to discuss both practical and philosophical issues confronting dance students about to enter the "real" world.
 3 Credits
Show Description DANC 497 - Methods: Tchng Movmnt in Schls
Offered autumn odd-numbered years. Prereq., consent of instr. Experience in planning, observing and directing creative movement as a teaching tool in K-5.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 22 Total Credits Required

Modern Courses

Rule: 15 credits required at or above the listed level.

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Show Description DANC 300 - Modern III
(R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., DANC 200A. Extension of the modern dance vocabulary through lengthier combinations of movement.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 15 Total Credits Required

Ballet Courses

Rule: 8 credits required at or above the listed level.

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Show Description DANC 310 - Ballet III
(R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Development of ability to combine steps; carriage of head and arms.
 2 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 8 Total Credits Required

Stage Management Course

Rule: Registration based on production assignment as determined by Dance faculty.

Note: Section 02

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Show Description THTR 371 - Stage Mgmt Pract I
(R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., THTR 370 or consent of instr. Stage management practicum involving stage managing a showcase production or assistant stage managing a major show. Involves evening work.
 1 To 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 1 Total Credits Required

Junior Project

Rule: Students must complete project for graduation.

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Show Description DANC 399 - Jr Creat/Research Proj
(R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., B.F.A. dance major. Independent study in choreography or a research paper which could be on such subjects as teaching styles, multiple intelligence theory, dance historical topics, dance injuries, etc. An initial proposal, a journal, and a paper are required.
 1 To 6 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits Required

Senior Project

Rule: Students must complete project for graduation.

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Show Description DANC 498 - Senior Thesis/Creative Project
(R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., Dance major. Independent study in choreography or teaching. If the student is a B.F.A. candidate the project must take place off-campus in the Missoula community. The student is responsible for setting up the project. An initial proposal, a journal, and a paper are required.
 1 To 6 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits Required