Academic Admission

The minimum admission requirement to an undergraduate programme of study is a recognized High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) or equivalent internationally recognized qualification(s). Students with a lower HSLC grade than 7.5/10 or 15/20 or equivalent depending on the grading system of the country issuing the HSLC are provided with extra academic guidance and monitoring during the first year of their studies.

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

English Language Proficiency

The list below provides the minimum English Language Requirements (ELR) for enrollment to the programme of study. Students who do not possess any of the qualifications or stipulated grades listed below and hold IELTS with 4.5 and above, are required to take UNIC’s NEPTON English Placement Test (with no charge) and will receive English Language support classes, if and as needed, from UNIC’s International Gateway Centre (IGC).

• TOEFL – 525 and above
• Computer-based TOEFL – 193 and above
• Internet-based TOEFL – 80 and above
• IELTS – 6 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 (CaMLA) – Pass
• Pearson PTE General – Level 3 and above
• KPG (The Greek Foreign Language Examinations for the State Certificate of Language Proficiency) – Level B2 and above
• Anglia – Level B2 and above
• IEB Advances Programme English – Pass
• Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English (ECPE) Michigan Language Assessment by: Cambridge Assessment English & University of Michigan – 650 average score for ALL skills and above

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.