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Apr 18, 2024
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2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Dance, B.F.A.
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TTU’s BFA in Dance is designed to prepare its students to become independent creative artists by providing the skills, tools, and practice necessary to pursue a career in professional dance. The program seeks to provide conservatory-style training within a liberal arts environment, where dancers are encouraged to take artistic risks, expand skills, think critically, and pursue an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to their work as choreographers, dancers, directors, performers, writers, or teachers.
Goals
- To provide our students a competitive advantage as they pursue careers in professional dance and dance-related performance
- To foster interdisciplinary education through merging theatre and dance content and to create interdisciplinary artists who possess the physical, technical, creative, and reflective skills needed to forge their individual artistic voices
- To create opportunities for students to work with experienced dance practitioners
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About the School of Theatre and Dance Undergraduate Program
Grades below C in courses required of theatre and dance majors and minors are not acceptable in fulfillment of degree requirements. A grade of C or better must be achieved in any DAN or THA course that is a prerequisite for another course. Transfer students must complete the following minimum credit hours of major or minor courses in residence at Texas Tech: B.A. theatre majors, 24 hours; B.F.A. theatre majors, 36 hours; B.A. dance majors, 24 hours; B.F.A. dance majors, 36 hours; and theatre or dance minors, 9 hours.
Semester Credit Hour and Contact Hour Equivalents. Pursuant to the Texas Tech University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog, the Texas Administrative Code, and norms stated in the NAST Handbook, the credit and time expectations for the School of Theatre and Dance courses are as follows:
- For studio-based courses, a standard of 30 in-class contact hours per credit hour per term is employed. Further, noncontact hour time expectations for out-of-class student activity typically range from 20 to 30 hours per credit hour per term.
- For traditionally delivered 3-credit-hour lecture- or seminar-based courses during a regular semester, students should expect to be in class for 3 hours per week and work outside of class a minimum of 6 hours per week. For 3-credit-hour courses requiring a non-credit lab, students should expect to be in class for 6 hours per week and work outside of class 3 to 6 hours per week.
About the B.F.A. in Dance
Students accepted to Texas Tech University who wish to seek a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance must also audition for the dance program. Auditions are held every fall and spring semester and consist of prospective students learning and performing movement in contemporary, ballet, and jazz; solos will not be seen. Auditions also include an expository writing component, as well as an interview with the dance faculty. Acceptance to Texas Tech University does not ensure admission as a dance major. The number of hours required for the B.F.A. in Dance is 123, at least 40 of which must be at the junior and senior levels. The degree provides conservatory-style dance training within a liberal arts environment, encouraging students to take an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to their artistic, professional, and academic development through courses in dance, theatre, and design.
Communication Literacy Requirement. Students attending Texas Tech University will complete a Communication Literacy requirement in their program(s) of study.
Texas Tech University’s Communication Literacy requirement signals the university’s awareness that in addition to the fundamental role that writing plays in enabling students to explore, develop, focus, and organize a message, other types of communication must also be taught as appropriate for a student’s discipline. Throughout each program of study, then, students must be given ample opportunity to develop their skills in forms of communication central to that program.
Communication Literacy courses for the B.F.A. in Dance are DAN 3208 , DAN 3209 , DAN 3301 .
Total Hours: 123
*Choose from the university’s core curriculum .
†Course totals reflect only required courses and do not include optional electives.
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