BA/BS in Dance

This Bachelor of Fine Arts is a professional degree offering technical training together with performance experience. Its three-track design gives ballet, modern and jazz equal weight. Students see dance both as art and as a route toward understanding society, history and the human body. Core courses include dance history, world dance research, biomechanics, improvisation, choreography, music, vocal training for musical theatre, production and career planning. The program is housed in the College of Fine Arts and taught in Tucson. It requires a general-knowledge math level and second-semester proficiency in a second language. Related career areas include film, television and theater. Students interested in this program should review the degree page for the full course plan, the math and language requirements and the college that houses the major. Advisers can explain how credits and course sequencing fit together for each student.