舞蹈艺术学士学位课程为学生提供均衡的学习课程，帮助他们为表演者，教育者，艺术行政人员，健康和健身专家和/或舞蹈研究生学习做好职业准备。舞蹈系是一项严格的计划，旨在为舞蹈提供培训，并在现代和芭蕾舞技术以及舞蹈编舞方面打下坚实的基础。身体练习与理论研究相结合，将舞蹈置于历史，教学，科学和文化背景中。该系还通过非专业课程为普通大学生提供机会。表演，大师班和住宅也为校园和社区的艺术发展做出了贡献。
The Bachelor of Arts in Dance provides students with a balanced course of study that helps to prepare them for graduate study in dance in addition to a range of careers in dance and dance-related fields.<br>Majors will demonstrate competency in modern dance, ballet, jazz, and street and club dances, enabling them to pursue careers in dance and dance-related fields such as dance education, studio-based teaching, performancechoreography, and health and fitness.<br>Majors will describe historical, socio-cultural, and scientific dimensions of dance.<br>Majors will practice the fundamental skills and techniques necessary for the public performance of dance.<br>Majors will demonstrate skills in the production and technological aspects of dance.<br>Majors will analyze and describe the craft and aesthetic qualities of dance orally, practically, and in writing.<br>The Department of Dance offers a variety of movement practices that include technique, improvisation, choreography and Pilates. Dance majors study moderncontemporary dance forms, ballet, jazz, street and club dances, and traditional and contemporary African dance forms; tap may be taken as an elective. Dance majors learn the essentials of dance concert production, and music as it relates to dance, and draw connections between theory and practice by investigating dance through historical, pedagogical, scientific, and cultural lenses. The department also offers numerous GE and activity courses for non-majors, including introduction to dance courses and beginning through intermediate levels of ballet, modern, jazz, street and club dances, tap, and dances of Africa and the African diaspora. Performances, master classes and guest artist residencies enhance the creative vibrancy of the department, campus and community.All new undergraduate students (BA, pre-BFA, pre-BS in Dance Science) enroll in a series of foundation courses taken in the first year of study.