Require students to pass audition in dance skills before admission to the dance program
Objective
Implement Audition For Admission To The BA Program
Prospective students will be required to demonstrate basic technical skill in ballet and modern technique through an audition prior to admission to the program
Indicator
Audition Process
Dance program will schedule an audition in the fall and spring. prospective dance majors will be assessed, and program admission letter will be sent to each applicant.
Criterion
Students admitted to majors level technique classes
Students admitted as dance majors should be technically ready to succeed in the beginning levels of majors technique classes
Finding
Audition procedure finding
Requirement of an audition for the BA was not yet enforced, in part because the catalog for 2006-08 specified no audition. We need a better mechanism for informing prospective students of this change in admission policy
Action
delay implementation of the audition for the BA pr
Delay implementation of the audition for BA admission for the 2006-07 academic year. Publicize the new requirement in dance program publicity and website.