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The Performing Arts major is strongly collaborative, allowing students to pursue one area in greater depth while encouraging them to collaborate with other performing arts as much as possible.

The Performing Arts major has 3 tracks - Dance, Music, and Theatre. It includes 12 credits required of all students plus the required courses for one of the tracks. Minors are offered in Dance, Music, Musical Theatre, and Theatre.

Programs

• Performing Arts, B.A.

• Dance, Performance Option Minor
• Dance, Teaching Option Minor
• Music Minor
• Musical Theatre Minor
• Theatre Minor

• Dance Teacher Licensure
• Theatre Teacher Licensure

Courses

• DANC 105 - Yoga
• DANC 107 - Ballet Technique
• DANC 109 - Jazz Dance Technique
• DANC 133 - Creatives in Dance
• DANC 211 - Contemporary Dance Technique
• DANC 218 - Community Dance Performance
• DANC 223 - Choreography and Improvisation I
• DANC 234 - Dance History
• DANC 261 - Directed Study
• DANC 302 - Choreography and Improvisation II
• DANC 311 - Advanced Contemporary Dance Technique
• DANC 343 - Teaching Creative Movement and Dance
• DANC 351 - Anatomy and Kinesiology
• DANC 361 - Special Study
• DANC 377 - Internship
• DANC 382 - The Dancing Body in Aesthetics and Dance Criticism
• DANC 461 - Independent Study
• DANC 463 - Senior Project in Dance
• MUSC 109 - Introduction to Audio Production
• MUSC 115 - Daisy’s Harp
• MUSC 139 - Music in Global Context
• MUSC 143 - Special Topics in Music
• MUSC 148 - Sound on Screen
• MUSC 163 - Musicianship
• MUSC 164 - Musicianship II
• MUSC 175 - Applied Songwriting
• MUSC 177 - Applied Composition
• MUSC 179 - Applied Conducting
• MUSC 181 - Applied Piano
• MUSC 185 - Applied Voice
• MUSC 189 - Applied Guitar
• MUSC 191 - Applied Strings
• MUSC 193 - Applied Woodwinds
• MUSC 197 - Applied Brass
• MUSC 213 - Classical and Romantic Music
• MUSC 225 - Sound Design and Multimedia
• MUSC 227 - Special Topics in Musicology
• MUSC 245 - Concert Choir
• MUSC 261 - Directed Study
• MUSC 267 - Improvisation I
• MUSC 284 - Composition I
• MUSC 303 - Recital
• MUSC 315 - Special Topics in Sound Art
• MUSC 327 - Early Music
• MUSC 361 - Special Study
• MUSC 367 - Improvisation II
• MUSC 377 - Internship
• MUSC 384 - Composition II
• MUSC 461 - Independent Study
• MUSC 463 - Senior Seminar in Music
• THTR 102 - Public Speaking
• THTR 113 - Technology for the Arts
• THTR 189 - Acting I
• THTR 205 - Advanced Technical Theatre
• THTR 212 - Theatre Technology and Design
• THTR 215 - Devised Theatre
• THTR 229 - Production and Performance
• THTR 230 - Play and Screen Writing
• THTR 235 - Musical Theatre Literature: Stage and Screen
• THTR 245 - Dramatic Literature in Film and Theatre
• THTR 248 - Stage Combat
• THTR 261 - Directed Study
• THTR 268 - Script Analysis
• THTR 290 - International Theatre Tour
• THTR 329 - Advanced Theatre Production
• THTR 330 - Special Topics in Theatre History and Literature
• THTR 337 - Shakespeare in Text and Performance
• THTR 344 - Theatre History and Literature
• THTR 361 - Special Study
• THTR 377 - Internship
• THTR 389 - Acting II
• THTR 392 - Directing
• THTR 461 - Independent Study
• THTR 462 - Senior Project Preparation
• THTR 463 - Senior Project

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