Degree Options
B.A. Major in Dance: 42-43 Credit hours | |||
Special Requirement for Admission to the Major: Audition only | |||
Course Requirements: | |||
The following courses are required of all Dance Majors: | |||
(All of the following) |
DAN 242 | Dance Composition and Theory I | 2 credits | |
DAN 243 | Dance Composition and Theory II | 2 credits | |
DAN 303 | Theory of Teaching Dance to Children I | 2 credits | |
DAN 304 | Theory of Teaching Dance to Children II | 2 credits | |
Either | |||
EXS 331 | Human Anatomy | 4 credits | |
Or | |||
BMS 111 | Basic Human Anatomy | 4 credits | |
Either | |||
EXS 350* | Nutrition | 3 credits | |
Or | |||
NUR 223 | Nutrition | 2 credits | |
Performing Arts Core | |||
MUS 271 | Voice Class | 3 credits | |
THR 131 | Acting I | 3 credits | |
Dance Performance Courses | |||
DAN 398 | Performance-Third Year | 1 credit | |
DAN 498 | Performance-Fourth Year | 1 credit | |
Dance Technique Course | |||
DAN 411 | Advanced II Dance Studies II | 3-4 credits | |
*(prerequisite course | EXS 355 will be waived for Dance Majors) | ||
(14-15 credits from the following) | |||
Dance Technique Courses | |||
DAN 111 | Dance Studies II (title change) | 3 credits | |
DAN 112 | Dance Studies III (title change) | 3 credits | |
DAN 210 | Intermediate Dance Studies I | 3 credits | |
DAN 211 | Intermediate Dance Studies II | 3 credits | |
DAN 212 | Intermediate Dance Studies III | 3 credits | |
DAN 310 | Advanced I Dance Studies | 3-4 credits | |
DAN 311 | Advanced I Dance Studies II | 3-4 credits | |
DAN 312 | Advanced I Dance Studies III | 3-4 credits | |
DAN 410 | Advanced II Dance Studies I | 3-4 credits | |
DAN 412 | Advanced II Dance Studies III | 3-4 credits | |
DAN 492 | Advanced II Ballet | 1-3 credits | |
DAN 493 | Advanced II Ballet | 1-3 credits | |
(3 credits from the following) | |||
DAN 383 | Summer Session Workshop in Advanced Dance I | 1-3 credits | |
DAN 483 | Summer Session Workshop in Advanced Dance II | 1-3 credits | |
THR 215 | Makeup Design | 3 credits | |
THR 154 | Costume Construction | 3 credits | |
DAN 395 | Directed Independent Study | 1-3 credits | |
The Bachelor of Arts Degree in Dance: | |||
Performing Arts Core Requirements | 6 credit hours | ||
Dance Technique | 18 credit hours | ||
Performance | 2 credit hours | ||
Additional requisite courses | 18 credit hours | ||
Total Hours in Dance Required for the B.A., | |||
Dance Concentration | 44 credit hours |
Dance Minor
Dance is offered as a minor at Creighton University's Department of Fine and Performing Arts for students majoring in another discipline.
The Dance concentration requires a total of eighteen semester hours: sixteen hours in Dance techniques courses numbered DAN 110 and above to reach a minimum technical level of DAN 310, and two credits in Dance performance.
Ten of the technique hours have to be taken in Classical Ballet. The remaining six hours are electives and may be chosen from Modern Dance, Jazz, Tap, Theory of Teaching Practicum, Dance Production or Choreography.
Participation in performance is encouraged beyond the two required credits. (One credit in performance represents two semesters work in performance.)
Students have the opportunity to participate in the examination systems of the Royal Academy of Dancing. Students are encouraged to audition for placement into upper division classes.