BS in Dance
Middle Tennessee State University
Key Information
Campus location
Murfreesboro, USA
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
4 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
USD 1,178 / per credit *
Application deadline
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* in-state tuition per credit hour: $385 | out-of-state tuition per credit hour: $1,178
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Introduction
MTSU offers the only Bachelor of Science degree in Dance at a public university in Tennessee. The program promotes diverse intellectual and artistic scholarship while fostering professional and social excellence in a liberal arts setting. Through studio training, dance studies courses, and curricular and co-curricular activities, our students can be prepared to become artists, scholars, educators, arts advocates, and leaders in the field of dance and beyond. Admission to the B.S. in Dance is through audition only. Dance study at MTSU emphasizes a holistic approach that rigorously trains the body and engages the mind. Dancers are encouraged to develop creative and critical perspectives. Students are expected to examine the cultural and historical contexts of dance and to develop the abilities to both move and think logically, critically, and creatively and to communicate clearly.
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Curriculum
Recommended Curriculum: Dance
Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.
All students pursuing a major within this department must complete the General Education requirements. The following is a suggested pattern of study; however, consultation with the assigned advisor is necessary before each registration.
Freshman
- ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
- ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
- COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
- DANC 2000 - First-Year Seminar in Dance 3 credit hours
- Core dance techniques 4 credit hours
- Mathematics 3 credit hours
- Natural Sciences 4 credit hours
- Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
- HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2050 - Survey African American History II 3 credit hours
Subtotal: 29 Hours
Sophomore
- ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) or
- ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) or
- HUM 2610 - World Literatures 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
- DANC 4100 - Choreography I 3 credit hours
- DANC 4800 - History of Dance 3 credit hours
- Core dance techniques 4 credit hours
- Natural Sciences 4 credit hours
- Social/Behavioral Sciences 6 credit hours
- Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
- HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours or
- HIST 2050 - Survey African American History II 3 credit hours
Subtotal: 29 Hours
Junior
- DANC 4570 - The Body Intelligent: A Study of the Alexander Technique 3 credit hours
- DANC 4600 - Dance Kinesiology 3 credit hours
- Core dance techniques 6 credit hours
- Dance specialized track courses 9 credit hours
- General electives 11 credit hours
Subtotal: 32 Hours
Senior
- DANC 4990 - Senior Seminar in Dance 3 credit hours
- Core dance techniques 6 credit hours
- Dance specialized track courses 6 credit hours
- General electives 15 credit hours
Subtotal: 30 Hours
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Career Opportunities
Prior to graduation, MTSU students have opportunities to equip themselves with the knowledge, skills, and experience required to attend graduate programs, work in a variety of dance and arts-related professions, and contribute to dance within a global society. The emphasis on national and international work, creative engagement of mind and body, and a vast array of performance opportunities make MTSU's Dance Program distinctive in the United States, and the success of our students offers testament to the outstanding and visionary instruction in dance and the arts at Middle Tennessee State University.
MTSU Dance students receive training that can lead to many careers, with graduates finding performance opportunities in professional companies, in the entertainment industry, and as entrepreneurial artists and choreographers. Graduates also teach in studios, schools, and community-based programs, further their education in graduate school and teach at the university level, and apply their dance knowledge to a broad range of fields, including exercise science, and somatic training practices like the Alexander Technique, and dance therapy.
Employer examples include, but are not limited to,
- The American School Switzerland
- Blue Moves
- Bridging Souls Productions
- Chattanooga Dance Theatre
- Christopher K. Morgan & Artists
- Company Rose
- Disney
- Kate Weare Company
- FALL
- Inlet Dance Theatre
- Momentum Dance Lab
- Numinous Flux
- Of Bones Brooklyn
- Studio Tenn
English Language Requirements
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