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Catalog Year: 2025 - 2026 General Studies Gold
Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA
College/School: Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Plan Code: FADANBFA
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120
minimum credit hours
45
Upper division minimum
credit hours

Curriculum Checksheet

Requirement Minimum Grade Credit Hours
DCE 132 First-Year Dance Techniques
6 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 6
DCE 136 Introduction to Somatic Movement
OR DCE 236 Somatic Movement Applications: A Closer Look
2 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 2
DCE 160 Creative Practices I
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
DCE 161 Creative Practices II
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
DCE 201 Dance, Culture, and Global Contexts (GCSI)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
DCE 205 How Dance Matters: A Sociocultural Framing (HUAD)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
DCE 226 Musical and Kinesthetic Communication in Dance
2 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 2
DCE 240 Media for Dance (QTRS)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
DCE 260 Creative Practices III
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
DCE 261 Creative Practices IV
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
DCE 300 Dancing Histories (HUAD)
OR DCE 302 History of American Hip Hop Dance (HUAD)
OR DCE 306 History of Salsa: Afro-Latin Social and Global Contexts (HUAD)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
DCE 301 Dance Analysis and Theory (HUAD)
OR DCE 402 Ethnography of Dance Practices (HUAD)
OR DCE 403 Making. Living. Thriving Through the Arts
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
DCE 303 The Body Condition(ed) (SOBE)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
DCE 305 Dance, Health and Wellness (HUAD)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
DCE 333 Hip Hop III
OR DCE 334 Contemporary Modern III
OR DCE 335 Contemporary Ballet III
OR DCE 339 Afro-Latin Salsa III
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
DCE 354 Creative Approaches to Teaching Dance I
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
DCE 356 Creative Approaches to Teaching Dance II
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
DCE 360 Creative Practices V
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
DCE 361 Creative Practices VI
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
DCE 404 Dance and Ethics (CIVI)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
DCE 460 Transitions I
2 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 2
DCE 461 Transitions II
2 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 2
Upper Division DCE Elective
OR DCE 484 Internship
2 Credit Hours
2
12 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 12
9 Credit Hours
9
Each Personal Movement level must be taken twice before moving to the next level.
ASU 101 or College-Specific First-Year Seminar
ASU 101 or college-specific equivalent First-Year Seminar required of all first-year students.
DCE 170 First-Year Seminar I
2 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 2
First-Year Composition
ENG 101 First-Year Composition AND ENG 102 First-Year Composition
OR ENG 105 Advanced First-Year Composition
OR ENG 107 First-Year Composition AND ENG 108 First-Year Composition
6 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 6
Notes
All baccalaureate degree students must fulfill university graduation requirements, including a minimum of 120 credit hours, with at least 45 credit hours in upper-division courses. https://catalog.asu.edu/undergraduatereq
All undergraduate students must complete General Studies requirements. https://catalog.asu.edu/ug_gsr
Mathematics Placement Assessment score determines placement in first mathematics course.
Students should work with their academic advisor, and consider course prerequisites, in order to complete all degree requirements in four years.
General Studies designations listed next to courses were valid for the 2025 - 2026 academic year. Please refer to the course catalog for current General Studies designations at time of class registration. General Studies credit is applied according to the designation the course carries at the time the class is taken.
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