the curriculum leading to the b.f.a. focuses on technique, choreography, and performance. it prepares students for professional careers or further academic study in dance. entrance into the b.f.a. program is provisional during the first year. after evaluation of the year’s work and approval by the faculty, a student is fully accepted into the b.f.a. program.

b.f.a. majors receive integrated training in ballet, modern, and jazz dance techniques. they also take courses in choreography, dance theory, history, dance science, and pedagogy. other b.f.a. courses include flamenco, performing arts administration, classical east indian dance, conditioning and injury prevention for dancers, and musical theatre dance. students must complete a senior project in performance and/or choreography. b.f.a. majors have a variety of performance opportunities as members of the university dance company.