Dance (BA)
Programme Overview
The University of the West Indies, Mona, in association with the Edna Manley College offers a BA Degree with a Major or Special in any of the Visual or Performing Arts disciplines offered by the College. The degree runs for three (3) years and students attend classes on the campuses of both institutions.
Programme Objectives
To train students for professional careers in dance education, performance and choreography, offering courses in a wide variety of techniques to ensure that students are expansively nurtured in the art of dance. The curriculum includes technical and performance studies in Jamaican, Caribbean and West African Folk Forms as well as Modern, Ballet and Jazz techniques. Studies in Dance Theory are also critical to the training of our students as they engage in such courses as Dance History, Kinesiology, Dance Composition and Improvisation, Performance and Repertory and Theatre Arts Management.
Admission Requirements
Candidates must meet the academic entry requirements set by the University as well as the Edna Manley College.
UWI MONA ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Subjects at CXC General / GCE O’Level
Minimum of five (5) subjects.
Compulsory - English Language
Strongly Recommended - Geography, a Foreign Language, Mathematics, History, Literature
Advisable - In the absence of Mathematics a Laboratory Science Subject is required.
Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) / GCE A’Level / Other Requirements
Passes in at least two 2-unit CAPE courses or two GCE Advanced Level subjects, one of which must be an Arts (Humanities) subject for which courses are taught at the University.
Programme Structure
MAJORS are required to complete 12 credits over each level for a total of 36 credits
LEVEL ONE
- DANC1099
SIX credits from the following:
- DANC1102
- DANC1201
- DANC1202
- DANC1401
AND
- FOUN1012 / FOUN1099*
- FOUN1002
- Foreign language
- 3 Free Electives
LEVEL TWO
- DANC2099
SIX (6) credits from the following:
- DANC2002
- DANC2101
- DANC2401
- DANC2402
AND
- FOUN1201
- FOUN1301
Four (4) Free Electives
LEVEL THREE
- DANC3099
SIX credits from the following:
- DANC3001
- DANC3100
- DANC3102
- DANC3501**
- DANC3502
- DANC3801
- DANC3802
AND
Six (6) Free Electives
SPECIAL IN DANCE
For the special in dance students are required to complete 18 credits over each level for a total of 54 credits. Students must do all the required compulsory courses for the Major in Drama plus 6 additional credits at each level from list above.
NB. Compulsory: 3 Humanities non-major courses
*Students who are not exempt from the ELPT and who have not been successful in the test are required to register for FOUN1099; this reduces the number of credits which can be taken in free electives at level 1.
**DANC3501 and DANC3502 require students to audition for the course or be recommended by the lecturer.
Careers after Graduation
Cultural Events Management and Planning Documentary Producer/Filmmaker, Cultural Entrepreneur, Variety of areas in the field of Dance