Regular Academic Admission

Regular admission to academic programmes requires a recognised High School Leaving Certificate with a grade of 7.5 out of 10 or 15 out of 20 or a rank in the top 50%, or equivalent qualifications.

In addition to the above, applicants interested to study dance must also satisfy the following requirement:

• Successfully pass an audition consisting of a ballet and contemporary class

Note: International students may send a video auditions

Special Academic Admission

This category of admission may be offered to students who possess a High School Leaving Certificate but who do not have the stipulated grades or other requirements for regular admission.

English Language Proficiency

Students may be required to take NEPTON, UNIC’s English Placement Test at no charge, before registering for classes, unless they have passed an internationally recognized English examination which indicates their level of English proficiency.

Students with the following English qualifications will register directly for their academic programme of study:

• TOEFL – 500 and above
• Computer-based TOEFL – 173 and above
• Internet-based TOEFL – 61 and above
• IELTS – 5.5 and above
• Cambridge Exams [First Certificate] – B and above
• Cambridge Exams [Proficiency Certificate – C and above
• GCSE English Language “O” Level – C and above
• Michigan Examination of Proficiency in English Pass
• Michigan Examination of Competency in English Pass

Course assessment usually comprises of a comprehensive final exam and continuous assessment. Continuous assessment can include amongst others, mid terms, projects, and class participation. Letter grades are calculated based on the weight of the final exam and the continuous assessment and the actual numerical marks obtained in these two assessment components. Based on the course grades the student’s semester grade point average (GPA) and cumulative point average (CPA) are calculated.

The student must complete 240 ECTS and all programme requirements. A minimum cumulative grade point average (CPA) of 2.0 is required.

Thus, although a ‘D-‘ is a PASS grade, in order to achieve a CPA of 2.0 an average grade of ‘C’ is required. In addition, all students must complete a Senior Research Project in their fourth year of study as part of the required course DAN-493/Senior Seminar, either written or written with a practical component. All students must perform in the Annual BODYPRINTS Dance Concert at least once, as a mandatory component of the required course DAN-311/Dance Company I, and Performance Concentration students must perform a second time, as a mandatory component of the required concentration course DAN-412/Dance Company II.

On completion of the programme the student will be able to:

1. Perform and interpret contemporary dance on a professional level, demonstrating a high level of technical proficiency, a broad range of movement qualities and dynamics and strong personal expression.
2. Perform classical ballet with adequate proficiency, embodying the aesthetics and qualities of major styles within the technique (i.e. romantic, neoclassical, contemporary).
3. Perform at least one cultural dance form with competence.
4. Demonstrate professional kineasthetic/spatial skills in all techniques.
5. Demonstrate professional partnering technique.
6. Perform and interpret dance before a public audience.
7. Practice, interpret and successfully perform dance in various and diverse professional ensemble/dance company situations.
8. Choreograph, teach and direct dance works.
9. Improvise dance as a creative tool and as a performance genre (contemporary dance based).
10. Formulate and practice a personalised, unsupervised practice routine that incorporates dance technique and body conditioning practices.
11. Interpret and analyse dance in a variety of styles and performance media, besides his/her specialised performance media.
12. Demonstrate a historical, aesthetic and socio-cultural understanding of dance.
13. Classify, differentiate, interpret, analyse, and criticise a broad and diverse dance repertory representing a variety of styles.
14. Teach contemporary based and creative dance to children and adults of all ages from a beginning to a high intermediate level.
15. Create and administer unit-based dance lessons and curricula, implementing the appropriate methods and theories in dance pedagogy.
16. Engage in dance research, using appropriate tools and methods and drawing upon a variety of source material.