Bachelor of Arts in Dance

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.
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, performance/choreography, and health and fitness.
Majors will describe historical, socio-cultural, and scientific dimensions of dance.
Majors will practice the fundamental skills and techniques necessary for the public performance of dance.
Majors will demonstrate skills in the production and technological aspects of dance.
Majors will analyze and describe the craft and aesthetic qualities of dance orally, practically, and in writing.
The Department of Dance offers a variety of movement practices that include technique, improvisation, choreography and Pilates. Dance majors study modern/contemporary 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.

Have earned a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA or B' grade according to the CSULB GPA scale.
Fulfill CSULB's English Language Requirement
Have completed at least 1 year of high school mathematics. Applicants to STEM majors must have at least 3 years of high school mathematics.
CSULB has waived the SAT/ACT requirement for all first-time Freshmen applicants. However, if you have taken the test or are planning on doing so, you may have met our English language requirement if you scored at least 550 on the SAT Evidence based Reading & Writing section or ACT 22 or higher in the English section.
IELTS - 6.0
TOEFL IBT - 61
TOEFL PBT - 500
First-time/ first-year auditions consist of an audition class led and adjudicated by CSULB Dance Faculty with phrase work in Modern, Ballet, Jazz, and Street/Club dances.
CSULB Dance is seeking dynamic and distinctive movers and thinkers who are dedicated to the pursuit of a degree in dance. Preparation for admittance into our department comes in many forms: broad academic preparation, the continual study of numerous forms of dance (with emphasis on contemporary/modern dance, jazz, ballet, and hip hop), performance experience, and exposure to dance as a creative and expressive art form. While we look at a dancer's technique and training during our dance auditions, we also look at the individual.