Bachelor of Science - Dance

Middle Tennessee State University offers the only Bachelor of Science degree in Dance at a public university in Tennessee. The program promotes diverse intellectual and artistic scholarship, while fostering professional and social excellence in a liberal arts setting. Through studio training, dance studies courses, and curricular and co-curricular activities, the students can be prepared to become artists, scholars, educators, arts advocates and leaders in the field of dance and beyond. Admission to the Bachelor of Science in Dance is through audition only. Dance study at Middle Tennessee State University emphasizes a holistic approach that rigorously trains the body and engages the mind. Dancers are encouraged to develop creative and critical perspectives. Students are expected to examine the cultural and historical contexts of dance and to develop the abilities to both move and think logically, critically, and creatively, and to communicate clearly.