The Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance Studies allows students who have some previous dance experience and a strong interest in another subject area, within or outside of the arts, the opportunity to combine the two into one degree option. The curriculum provides students with a solid foundation in dance techniques and dance academics while allowing flexibility to incorporate another area or minor. The degree program encourages exploration of areas that can be combined with dance to enhance opportunities for future employment.
Program Learning Outcomes
Graduates of this program will be able to:
Articulate and perform standards and skills in one or more areas of dance.
Communicate an understanding of the vocabulary of dance and employ this knowledge to work conceptually with the elements of dance.
Articulate and communicate an understanding of choreographic processes, aesthetic properties of style and the ways these elements shape and are shaped by artistic and cultural ideas and contexts.
Develop and defend critical evaluations.
Through a Capstone project or presentation, students will articulate and communicate a relationship between their dance studies and a secondary concentration, minor or double major, if applicable.
Examples of Possible Careers
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary
Choreographers
Dancers
Tutors and teachers and instructors, all other
September 2025
Kent State University
800 E. Summit Street,
KENT,
Ohio,
44240, United States
New first-year applicants must finish secondary school in their home country by the time of enrollment to be eligible for university (comparable to the completion of senior high school in the U.S.). A student who has previously enrolled in a post-secondary (higher education) institution is required to apply as a transfer student.
All international undergraduate applicants must submit an English language proficiency test score to be considered for a Kent State program unless they meet specific exceptions or apply for conditional admissions.
All undergraduate applicants must obtain one of the following:
TOEFL iBT: 71; Home Edition iBT: 71
Revised PBT: 18 (average score)
IELTS Academic and IELTS indicator: 6.0
Duolingo:100
PTE Academic: 48
Completion of the Kent State University ESL Center Level 8 Intensive English program with a minimum of 3.75 out of 4.0 GPA
ELS Level 112 Intensive English Program completion
SAT: a minimum of 510 evidence-based reading and writing
ACT: a minimum of 21 in English
Application Deadlines: October 1 for Spring Semester; June 1 for Fall Semester.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
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