Undergraduate Division

Ballet Degrees

Bachelor of Science in Music and an Outside Field (Ballet Emphasis)

Admission Requirements

See "Admission Requirements" in the Undergraduate Division section of this bulletin.

Major Ensemble

X30 Ballet Ensemble (2 cr.) each fall and spring semester.

Performance Study

56 credit hours

  • J208 Conditioning for the Ballet Body (1-1-1-1-1-1 cr.)
  • J220 Contemporary Dance (1-1 cr.) or THTR T307 Theatre Dance (2 cr.)
  • J340 Ballet Pedagogy (2-2 cr.)
  • J400 Ballet Majors minimum 5 credit hours each fall and spring semester until graduation examination is completed
  • J410 Choreography Workshop (2-2 cr.)

Entrance audition, freshman jury, upper-division examination, graduation examination.

Other Music Courses

12 credit hours. Secondary Piano (4-6 cr.); M120 Ballet History (2 cr.); elective music courses (4-6 cr.).

Outside Field

27 credit hours. Subject to approval of the director of undergraduate studies and the advisor of the outside field department or program.

General Education

See "General Education Requirements" under Curricula for Bachelor's Degrees in Music in this bulletin.

Natural and Mathematical Sciences

Required nutrition course: SPH N231 Human Nutrition (3 cr.)

Required anatomy course: MSCI M115 Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology (3 cr.)

To Complete Degree

Music or non-music electives as needed to bring the total credit hours to 120, excluding I400 and major ensemble.

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