(132 units)
This degree is approved for distance education by the WSCUC.
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance is designed to prepare students for professional careers as performers and/or choreographers. Students wishing to pursue the BFA in Dance must participate in a supplemental audition and interview process in which they must demonstrate strong technical and/or choreographic ability as well as a keen understanding of themselves and a commitment to a professional career in dance. To apply to audition to the BFA, students must have reached sophomore standing, have completed the GE Foundation requirements, and have successfully completed the following course work with a minimum GPA of 3.0: DANC 100 or DANC 300 ; DANC 120 ; DANC 161 ; DANC 182 ; one unit from DANC 181 or DANC 381 ; 10 units of dance technique from at least three idioms of dance. Students enrolled in required courses at the time of the audition may audition with a signed Grade-In-Progress form from the instructor(s) of the in-progress courses. Students may not apply after they have earned 90 Timely Graduation Units.
Each semester, BFA in Dance students must attend required periodic meetings with BFA coordinators and maintain a 2.5 GPA in the BFA Dance major. Students dropping below a 2.5 GPA in the BFA Dance major will be placed on administrative academic notice and required to meet with BFA coordinators to discuss progress in the degree. Students dropping below a 2.5 GPA in the BFA Dance major for two consecutive semesters will be removed from the BFA in Dance.
