OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2021-22
[Archived Catalog]
Dance Major (B.A.) |
Major Code: BA5150
College of Fine Arts
School of Dance
Putnam Hall 137
Athens, OH 45701
Phone: 740.593.1828
Fax: 740.593.0749
dance@ohio.edu
www.ohio.edu/finearts/dance/
Travis Gatling, contact person
gatling@ohio.edu
Program Overview
The Bachelor of Arts curriculum offers a program of broad study in dance within a liberal arts degree framework. The B.A. degree develops the dance skills necessary to perform and a facility in the use of principles and procedures that reflect an intellectual grasp of the art. The degree presents strong potential for interdisciplinary studies and provides the preparation for future graduate study. A required core curriculum in the first year emphasizes developing performance skills through the study of technique, and fostering creative abilities through the study of choreography. Other major coursework in dance provides a broad knowledge in dance history, ethnology, kinesiology, music, and the teaching of dance. The B.A. degree in dance also offers different possibilities for double majors with other disciplines in Arts and Sciences than the B.F.A. degree in dance.
Admissions Information
Freshman/First-Year Admission
In addition to general admission requirements to Ohio University, the School of Dance requires a dance application and dance audition. Acceptance to the Dance major or minor program in choreography and performance is by talent audition. Auditions are scheduled to coordinate with various University application deadlines.
The audition class includes modern, ballet, and jazz portions, and improvisation. Each of these provides the dancer with an opportunity to demonstrate his or her talent, level of training, and aptitude for further study in dance. Auditionees are not expected to demonstrate proficiency in all techniques. The audition committee evaluates technical proficiency, physical strength and flexibility, spatial and rhythmic accuracy, and performance quality. Dancers should be prepared to take class in dance wear that allows freedom of movement. You will need to dance barefoot for the modern portion of the audition class and may bring ballet slippers or jazz shoes to wear for the ballet and jazz portions of class.
Although attending a scheduled audition is the best possible means of representing your talent, if you are unable to attend, please call our office at 740.593.1828 to discuss the possibility of other arrangements.
Change of Program Policy
Admission to the dance major or minor is by audition and application. To apply for the dance major, students should fill out the online form “College of Fine Arts Application for Update of Academic Program”: https://ohio.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_25DjACpmC4WKV7v
External Transfer Admission
In addition to University admission requirements, transfer students must complete a dance application and dance audition for consideration of admission to the School of Dance. Transfer students should contact our office at 740.593.1828 to discuss the audition class.
Opportunities Upon Graduation
Approximately 70% of our graduates continue in the field of dance and related arts. Career opportunities available to the dance graduate include preparation and/or studies leading to the following:
- Choreographer for concert, theater, video, film, fashion, or public events;
- Dancer in companies or theatrical productions;
- Company manager or arts administrator;
- Studio teacher of children and adults in modern, ballet, jazz, African technique; teaching in university programs, K-12 programs;
- Body-based therapeutic work such as pilates, Bartenieff Fundamentals, massage therapy, physical therapy, exercise physiology, dance movement therapist;
- Dance critic or dance-related cultural historian, writing in dance;
- Graduate study in dance
Requirements
Total Hours Required
The Bachelor of Arts degree with major in Dance requires a minimum of 120 hours.
Universitywide Graduation Requirements
To complete this program, students must meet all Universitywide graduation requirements .
College-Level Requirements for the College of Fine Arts
View the College-Level Requirements for the College of Fine Arts.
College of Fine Arts (COFA) B.A. Degree Requirements
B.A. Degree and Requirements
General requirements for a B.A. are
- a minimum of 120 semester hours;
- 57 hours of coursework above the 1999 level;
- the equivalent of two years of college-level foreign language;
- at least 9 hours each of humanities, social sciences, and 6 hours of natural sciences coursework;
- OHIO BRICKS ; and
- all requirements stipulated by the school for the chosen major.
Minors are optional.
B.A. Degree Language Options
B.A.: Students must complete 2120 (or its equivalent). Students taking the Spanish, French, or German placement test and who test into 3110 will have fulfilled their foreign language requirement. The placement exam does not count as college credit. Students who test into 3110 are encouraged to take the course they placed into for college credit. These higher-level courses will count as humanities courses (and A&S 2000-level or higher) as well as towards a minor or major in the field.
Students who have prior knowledge of one of the following foreign languages should contact the academic departments listed below for test-out and placement information:
American Sign Language - Contact person: Becky Brooks - saunderb@ohio.edu - 740.654.6711 - Lancaster Campus
French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, or Russian - Modern Languages - Gordy Hall 283 - contact: modern.languages@ohio.edu - 740.593.2765
Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Kikuyu, Khmer, Somali, Sudanese Arabic, Swahili, Thai, Twi, Vietnamese, Wolof, or Zulu - Linguistics - Gordy Hall 383
Greek or Latin - Classics and World Religions - Contact person: Bill Owens owensb@ohio.edu - Ellis 210
Students who have prior knowledge of a foreign language not offered at Ohio University can opt to take the NYU Foreign 12-Point exam (approximate cost $350) to complete their foreign language requirement: www.scps.nyu.edu/academics/departments/foreign-languages/testing/process.html
International Students
For international students whose first or native language is not English, and who completed high school where the first or native language was the one primarily used for instruction, the foreign language requirement may be satisfied by demonstrating competence in English. This must be approved by the assistant dean in the College of Fine Arts, and it generally requires the successful completion of at least one or more courses in English as a foreign language.
You may also satisfy the foreign language requirement by taking a foreign language other than your own first language at Ohio University, or by successfully completing the NYU foreign language exam.
Enrollment in the beginning or intermediate level (under 3000) of your own first language(s) will be considered a noncredit course.
Please contact the Fine Arts Undergraduate Student Affairs office at 740.593.1808 for additional information.
Liberal Arts and Sciences Distribution Requirements
Humanities Area Requirement *
The humanities requirement may be met by selecting 9 semester hours from the following:
- African American Studies: AAS 1060 , 1100 , 1500 , 2100 , 2110 , 2500 , 3100 , 3170 , 3500 , 3520 , 3530 , 3550 , 3560 , 3570
- Academic and Global Communication: AGC 1300
- College of Arts and Sciences: CAS 1110 , CAS 2300 2411 , 2405 , 2500 *
- Art History: AH
- Classical Archaeology, except CLAR 2110 , 2120 , 2130 , 3650
- Classics in English: CLAS
- Communication Studies: COMS 3601 , 3602 , 3603
- Dance: DANC 2700 , 3550 , 4710 , 4750
- English: except ENG D150 , D160 , 1510 , 1610 , 4510 , 4520 , 4911 , 4912 , ENG 1510L
- Fine Arts: FAR 1500
- Foreign language courses other than those used to complete the foreign language requirement and except FR 1199 , FR 2930 , FR 4640 GER 2930 , ITAL 2930 , JPN 3410 , RUS 2930 , SPAN 1199 , and SPAN 2930
- History: HIST 1210 , 1220 , 2270 , HIST 2700 , 2530 , HIST 2600 2950 , 3111J , 3140 , HIST 3141 3144 , 3146 , HIST 3147 3148 , 3224 , 3290 , 3291 , 3292 , 3293 , 3390 , 3501 , 3520 , HIST 3521 3531 , 3532 , 3533 , 3540 , 3541 , 3542 , HIST 3550 3560 , 3562 , 3600 , 3840 , 3860 , 3861 , 3864 , 3900 , 4536
- Humanities: HUM
- Interdisciplinary Arts: IART
- International Literatures in English, International Literature: Linguistics, and International Literature: Modern Languages except ILL 3890
- Jewish Studies: (all), JS 1000 , 2100 , 2900
- Modern Languages: ML 2300 , 2950 , 3210J , 3270J
- Music/Music Literature: 1250 , 1240 , 2240 , 3210 , 3625 , 4210 , 4211 , 4212 , 4213 , 4214 , 4215 , 4216 , 4270
- Philosophy: except PHIL 1200
- Portuguese: PORT 3110 , 3120 , 3180 , 3190 , 4110 , 4120
- Theater: THAR 2710 , 2711
- University Professor: UP 1901 , 1901U , 4901U (class subjects vary; check Course Offerings for more information)
- Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies: except WGS 3910
- World Religions: except CLWR 4340 , 4350
Social Sciences Area Requirement *
The social sciences requirement may be met by a selection of 9 semester hours from the following:
- African American Studies: AAS 1010 , 1900 , 2020 , 2200 , 2250 , 2540 , 3400 , 3410 , 3450 , 3460 , 3680 , 4400 , 4820
- Academic and Global Communication: AGC 1300
- Anthropology: except ANTH 2010 , 3460 , 3550 , 3600 , 4470 , 4480 , 4740 , 4960 , and those listed as natural sciences below
- Business Law: BUSL 2000 , 2550 , 3400
- Classical Archaeology: CLAR 2110 , 2120 , 2130 , 3650
- College of Arts and Sciences: CAS 1120 , 1415 1425 , 1605 , CAS 2300 , 2410 , 2411 , 2405 , 2500 , 2600 , 4410 , 4911 *
- Economics: ECON
- Environmental and Plant Biology: PBIO 2170
- Geography: GEOG except those listed under Natural Sciences (see below)
- History: HIST except those listed under Humanities (see above)
- International Studies: INST
- International Literature: ILL 3890
- Japanese: JPN 3410
- Law, Justice, and Culture: LJC 2000 , 3915 , 4945
- Linguistics: LING
Modern Languages: ML 2400 - Political Science: POLS
- Psychology: except PSY 1110 , 2110 , PSY 2111 PSY 2112 2210 , 3110 , 3230
- Social Work: SW
- Sociology: SOC
- University Professor: UP 1901S , 4901S (class subjects vary; check Course Offerings for more information)
- Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies: WGS 3910
- World Religions: CLWR 4340 , 4350
Natural Sciences Area Requirement *
The natural sciences requirement may be met by selecting 9 semester hours from the following:
- Anthropology: ANTH 2010 , 3460 , 3550 , 3600 , 4470 , 4480 , 4740 , 4960
- Astronomy: ASTR
- Biological Sciences: BIOS, BIOL 1010
- Chemistry: except CHEM D015 , 1100 , 1150 , 1151 , 1152 , 3005 , 3006
- College of Arts and Sciences: CAS 2411 , 1415 , 2405 , 2600
- Computer Science: CS 3000 , 4160
- Environmental and Plant Biology: except PBIO 2170
- Geography: GEOG 1100 , GEOG 2060 GEOG 2680 , GEOG 2710 , 3010 , 3020 , 3031 , 3040 , 3050 , 3150 , 3160 , 3580 , GEOG 3650 , 4035 , 4060 , 4070 , 4080 , 4090 , 4110 , GEOG 4130 , 4170 , 4660 , 4670 , 4712 , GEOG 4730 , GEOG 4760 , 4770 , 4941 , 4942 , 4943 , 4944
- Geological Sciences: GEOL
- Mathematics: except MATH D004 , D005 , 1060 , 1090 , 1101 , 1102 , 1200 , 1300 , 1321 , 1322 , MATH 1500 , 4100
- Physical Science: PSC
- Psychology: PSY 2110 , 2210 , PSY 2111 PSY 2112 , 3110 , 3230
- Physics: PHYS
- University Professor: UP 1901N , 4901N (class subjects vary; check Course Offerings for more information)
* May only count in one area.
Note: Methods courses are not applicable to area requirements.
*These listings must be used as the official guide for the completion of the Arts and Sciences area (distribution) requirements. Exceptions to the 9-hour Arts and Sciences area distribution will be made only under the most unusual of circumstances and by petition only. Consideration for inclusion of courses not listed is not made on an ad hoc basis but requires formal approval of the Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee.
Some courses from these categories may also be applied to the University general education requirements. However, the three Arts and Sciences area categories differ in scope from the five OHIO BRICKS groupings. If you wish to select a course that will apply to both the Arts and Sciences and general education requirements, take care to choose a course that has been approved for the desired category in both the College and the University listings. Courses that can fulfill quantitative reasoning and written communication OHIO BRICKS requirements and the capstone requirement do not apply to the Arts and Sciences area distribution requirements. Exceptions include MATH 1350 and PSY 2110 .
The list of courses appears in the OHIO BRICKS section of the catalog.
Level-of-Study Requirement
Hours at the 2000 level or above : Within the total hours applied to the degree, at least 57 semester hours of courses must be above the freshman level (numbered above 1999). These courses are listed earlier in this section under humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, and include foreign languages, courses from the department major, and courses taught by faculty in the College of Fine Arts or Arts and Sciences intended to meet the advanced writing or capstone.
Single Application of Credit and Exceptions
Excluding the exceptions listed below, no course may satisfy more than one of the three area distribution requirements in foreign language, humanities, social sciences, or the major requirement. For example, a theater major may not apply any courses in theater toward the humanities area distribution requirement. Courses that fulfill freshman OHIO BRICKS requirements or capstone will not apply to the distribution area requirements.
Exceptions are:
- MATH 1350 and PSY 2110 (will fulfill the quantitative reasoning requirement, as well as the natural science area distribution).
- Advanced writing courses offered by departments within the College of Fine Arts or the College of Arts and Sciences apply to the area distribution requirement except when they are required for the major.
Foundational Dance Requirements
Complete the following courses:
- DANC 1210 - Modern Dance Technique I Credit Hours: 2
- DANC 1211 - Modern Dance Technique II Credit Hours: 2
- DANC 1220 - Ballet Technique I Credit Hours: 1.5
- DANC 1221 - Ballet Technique II Credit Hours: 1.5
- DANC 1230 - Beginning Dance Composition I Credit Hours: 2
- DANC 1231 - Beginning Dance Composition II Credit Hours: 2
- DANC 1801 - Dance Production I Credit Hours: 2
- DANC 2700 - Languages of Dance Credit Hours: 3
Studio Dance Technique
Complete a minimum of one-year (2 semesters) of dance studio technique in addition to completion of the freshman dance major/minor requirements and demonstrate proficiency in a studio technique. Studio dance technique must be taken in sequence.
Complete two of the following courses:
- DANC 1240 - Jazz Dance Technique I Credit Hours: 1.5
- DANC 1250 - African Dance Technique I Credit Hours: 1.5
- DANC 2210 - Modern Dance Technique III Credit Hours: 2
- DANC 2211 - Modern Dance Technique IV Credit Hours: 2
- DANC 2220 - Ballet Technique III Credit Hours: 1.5
- DANC 2221 - Ballet Technique IV Credit Hours: 1.5
- DANC 2240 - Jazz Dance Technique II Credit Hours: 1.5
- DANC 2250 - African Dance Technique II Credit Hours: 1.5
- DANC 3210 - Modern Dance Technique V Credit Hours: 2
- DANC 3211 - Modern Dance Technique VI Credit Hours: 2
- DANC 3220 - Ballet Technique V Credit Hours: 1.5
- DANC 3221 - Ballet Technique VI Credit Hours: 1.5
- DANC 4210 - Modern Dance Technique VII Credit Hours: 2
- DANC 4211 - Modern Dance Technique VIII Credit Hours: 2
- DANC 4220 - Ballet Technique VII Credit Hours: 1.5
- DANC 4221 - Ballet Technique VIII Credit Hours: 1.5
Dance History, World Dance and Culture
Complete the following course:
Complete one of the following courses:
- DANC 2710 - Black Dance Forms Credit Hours: 3
- DANC 2550 - Dance Cultures of the World I Credit Hours: 3
- DANC 4750 - Dance in Non-Western Expressive Cultures Credit Hours: 3
Complete one of the following courses:
- DANC 4550 - Dance Ethnography: Intellectualizing the Body’s Motion Credit Hours: 3
- DANC 4711 - Dance, Sexuality and Gender Credit Hours: 3
Dance Kinesiology and Somatic Study
Complete the following course:
- DANC 3300 - Dance Kinesology I Credit Hours: 3
Complete one of the following courses:
- DANC 3301 - Pilates Reformer Training Credit Hours: 1
- DANC 3302 - Pilates Mat Training Credit Hours: 1
- DANC 3303 - Bartenieff Fundamentals Credit Hours: 1
- DANC 3304 - Yoga: Principles and Practice Credit Hours: 1
Movement Analysis
Complete the following course:
- DANC 3150 - Laban Movement Analysis Credit Hours: 3
Capstone
Complete the following course:
- DANC 4904 - Special Topics in Dance - Capstone Credit Hours: 1 - 3