School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology
Visual and Performing Arts (BA) with Dance Concentration
Degree Requirements (120 semester credit hours)
Four-Year Degree Plan (Example)
This is an example only. Please see advisor to develop an individual four-year plan.
| Freshman Year | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 - Fall | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | Semester 2 - Spring | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | |
| 010 Core | 010 | 3 | 010 Core | 010 | 3 | |||||
| 050 Core | 050 | 3 | 020 Core | 2 | 020 | 3 | ||||
| 060 Core | 060 | 3 | 040 Core | 040 | 3 | |||||
| Major Preparatory | 3, 4 | 3 | 060 Core | 060 | 3 | |||||
| Major Preparatory | 6 | 3 | Major Preparatory | 6 | 3 | |||||
| AHTC 1100 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 16 | Total | 15 | |||||||
| Sophomore Year | ||||||||||
| Semester 3 - Fall | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | Semester 4 - Spring | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | |
| 030 Core | 030 | 3 | 030 Core | 030 | 3 | |||||
| 070 Core | 070 | 3 | 070 Core | 070 | 3 | |||||
| 080 Core | 080 | 3 | 090 Core | 090 | 3 | |||||
| 090 Core | 090 | 3 | Free Elective | 9 | 3 | |||||
| Free Elective | 9 | 3 | Free Elective | 9 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 15 | Total | 15 | |||||||
| Junior Year | ||||||||||
| Semester 5 - Fall | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | Semester 6 - Spring | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | |
| Major Core | 5 | 3 | Major Core | 5 | 3 | |||||
| Concentration | 7 | 3 | Concentration | 7 | 3 | |||||
| Concentration | 7 | 3 | Concentration | 7 | 3 | |||||
| Free Elective | 9 | 3 | Free Elective | 9 | 3 | |||||
| Free Elective | 9 | 3 | Free Elective | 9 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 15 | Total | 15 | |||||||
| Senior Year | ||||||||||
| Semester 7 - Fall | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | Semester 8 - Spring | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | |
| Major Core | 5 | 3 | Concentration | 7 | 3 | |||||
| Concentration | 7 | 3 | Concentration | 8 | 3 | |||||
| Concentration | 7 | 3 | Free Elective | 9 | 3 | |||||
| Free Elective | 9 | 3 | Free Elective | 9 | 2 | |||||
| VPAS 4389 | 3 | Capstone or Honors | 10 | 3 | ||||||
| Total | 15 | Total | 14 | |||||||
| NOTES: | |
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| 1 | Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from accredited institutions of higher education. The courses listed are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas. |
| 2 | Students completing the 020 requirement with a MATH course must complete ALEKS exam prior to enrollment. PHIL 2303 does not require the ALEKS exam. |
| 3 | NOTE: If the student took one of these courses as their core, then the student may choose any free elective in its place as a lower-level major requirement. |
| 4 | Dance Studies = DANC 1310 or DANC 1305 |
| 5 | Major Core = VPAS 3340 and Professional Development Course (i.e., ARTS 3311 or ARTS 4310 or COMM 4370 or COMM 4371 or ENTP 3301 or ISAH 4V50 or VPAS 4310) and Related Course (i.e., 3000 or 4000-level course from the School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology that is not a DANC prefix). |
| 6 | Studio Prep = 6 SCH of 1000 or 2000-level DANC Studio Course. 3 SCH may be substituted with MUSI or THEA Studio. NOTE: If the student took one of these courses as their 050 core, then the student may choose any free elective in its place as a lower-level major requirement. |
| 7 | Concentration = (DANC 3340 or any other VPA Historical Context), DANC 3347, (DANC 3345, DANC 3346, or DANC 4317), and 12 semester credit hours from 3000 or 4000-level course from the DANC prefix that are studio/ensemble courses. |
| 8 | VPA Elective = 3000 or 4000-level course from the prefix AHST, ARTS, COMM, DANC, FILM, MUSI, THEA, or VPAS. |
| 9 | Free Elective = any lower or upper-level course. Students may need to take some as upper-level to meet the university requirement of earning a minimum of 45 semester credit hours of upper-level courses. |
| 10 | Captone or Honors = VPAS 4390 or VPAS 4v99 |
| Be sure to check prerequisites of 2000-level or higher courses. | |
| 120 semester credit hours required for graduation | |
| This plan is a resource tool only; it does not replace your degree plan or academic advising. | |
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