Feb 20, 2026

2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Dance 4-Year Plan

The Bachelor of Arts in Dance requires a minimum of 120 credit hours.

Suggested Four-Year Plan

Year 1

First Semester

CIS 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours
OR
WRD 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours
TAD 140 - Introduction to Dance 3 Credit Hours *
UK Core - Quantitative Foundations Credit(s): 3
Required Dance Technique Credit(s): 2
Elective Credit(s): 3

*Fulfills UK Core - Arts and Creativity.

Second Semester

CIS 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
OR
WRD 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
UK Core - Humanities Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Statistical Inferential Reasoning Credit(s): 3
Practicum Credit(s): 1
Required Dance Technique Credit(s): 2
Elective Credit(s): 3

Year 2

First Semester

TAD 244 - Dance Improvisation 1 Credit Hours
Required Dance Technique Credit(s): 2
Theatre Elective Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Social Sciences Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

TAD 344 - Choreography 1 2 Credit Hours
Required Dance Technique Credit(s): 2
Dance Practicum Credit(s): 1
UK Core - Natural, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Credit(s): 3
Wellness Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Year 3

First Semester

TAD 370 - History and Philosophy of the Dance 3 Credit Hours
TAD 470 - Dance Teaching Methods 3 Credit Hours
Required Dance Technique Credit(s): 2
UK Core - Citizenship - USA Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

TAD 444 - Choreography 2 2 Credit Hours
TAD 392 - Dance Practicum 1 Credit Hours
OR
TA 390 - Theatre Practicum 1 Credit Hours
Required Dance Technique Credit(s): 2
UK Core - Global Dynamics Credit(s): 3
Theatre Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Year 4

First Semester

TAD 492 - Senior Thesis 3 Credit Hours
Dance Elective Credit(s): 2
Theatre Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

Dance Elective Credit(s): 2
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3