
Students in the Dance program at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) embrace dance in its many forms, including ballet, modern dance, jazz, tap, Spanish dance, and a changing selection of world dance forms.
Students in the UCI Dance Department discover that performance opportunities, creative projects and theoretical studies complement and reinforce each other. This is a supportive educational environment for students to create, perform, analyze and study dance from historical, philosophical and scientific perspectives.
Courses cover dance history, critical issues in dance, research methods, kinesiology, injury prevention and dance science, choreography, video technology, and more.
There are ample opportunities for dance students to perform at UC Irvine. Each year the department presents five fully mounted, on-stage dance concerts. Two are choreographed by faculty and guest artists; two are choreographed by graduate students; the fifth concert is created by undergraduate students. In addition, informal showings held every quarter are open to all faculty and students.
Students benefit from exposure to many styles and approaches and the result is a stimulating, well-rounded educational experience.
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Applicants for graduate programs must have the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree with a minimum GPA equivalent to 3.4 on a US 4.0 grading scale. Admitted applicants typically have an undergraduate GPA of or better on a 4.0 scale. No exam grade should be lower than 4.5 (European grade scale) or D (American grade scale).
Your GPA (Grade Point Average) is calculated using the grades that you received in each course, and is determined by the points assigned to each grade (e.g. for the US grading scale from A-F).
The Academic Subject Requirements, represent the minimum academic preparation you must meet.
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