Dance (BA/BS)

https://musicanddance.uoregon.edu/dance

The goal of the department is to provide comprehensive dance training within the liberal arts framework of the university. The study of dance involves intellectual, artistic, and physical development. The Department of Dance emphasizes all three areas of growth, a commitment made possible by the breadth of its curricular offerings and the depth of faculty expertise. In addition to the academic components, dance students experience the rigorous professional discipline that is inherent in studio classes. The department explores diverse idioms in dance: African dance and drumming, ballet, contact improvisation, contemporary, jazz, hip-hop, modern, partnering, and Salsa.

Regardless of a student’s career goals, education in dance at the University of Oregon provides the opportunity to develop motivation and self-discipline, intellectual curiosity, and creative imagination. These attributes are essential not only for a successful career but also for experiencing a fulfilling life.

Program's Admission Requirements

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Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Synthesize approaches to dance through immersion in multiple dance forms, performance, creative practice, and theory.
• Contextualize and understand dance from philosophical and cultural perspectives.
• Cultivate awareness and responsibility as a global dance citizen.
• Engage in music, science and somatics, history and culture, pedagogy and production of dance.
• Communicate about dance through writing, speaking, embodied practice, and creative inquiry.

Courses required for a dance major must be taken for letter grades when that option is available. A grade of P must be earned in courses designated pass/no pass (P/N) only.

Dance Major Requirements

Students transferring to the UO as dance majors after two years of college work elsewhere should have completed courses for the UO BA foreign language/BS mathematics requirement, two terms of college-level English composition, as many of the university’s core-education requirements as possible, and training in modern dance.

Four-Year Degree Plan

The degree plan shown is only a sample of how students may complete their degrees in four years. There are alternative ways. Students should consult their advisor to determine the best path for them.

Courses that apply to the major must be passed with grades of C– or better.

Bachelor of Arts in Dance

Maintain an overall GPA of 2.50 or higher.

Maintain an overall GPA of 2.50 or higher. Identify a minor, certificate program, or second major.

Maintain good academic standing and complete general-education requirements. A degree audit is recommended.

Maintain good academic standing and complete major, minor, and/or certificate programs.

Bachelor of Science in Dance

Maintain an overall GPA of 2.50 or higher.

Maintain an overall GPA of 2.50 or higher. Identify a minor, certificate program, or second major.

Maintain good academic standing and complete general-education requirements. A degree audit is recommended.

Maintain good academic standing and complete major, minor, and/or certificate programs.