About the B.F.A. in Dance
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance prepares students to become independent creative artists by providing the skills, tools, and practice necessary to pursue a career in dance. The program provides strong technical training in which students take artistic risks, expand skills, think critically, and pursue an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach as dancers, choreographers, directors, performers, writers, and/or teachers.
Students accepted to Texas Tech University who wish to seek a B.F.A. 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, jazz, and hip hop. Solos will be submitted virtually with the B.F.A. dance major application online. Students will also be asked to submit a statement of purpose written submission as part of their application. 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. Students should take at least one semester of two technique genres at Advanced Level (4000-level) before graduation.
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 .
