Graduate Study at the School of Dance
The School of Dance is a unit of the College of Fine Arts, one of several colleges within the University of Arizona. For information on the structure of this University, see page 1 of the Graduate Catalog.
Because the School of Dance is affiliated with the School of Dance, a lot of administrative paperwork (including your paycheck if you are a T.A.) is processed through the School of Dance. The office of the Dean of Fine Arts is located in the Music Building, room 111, phone 621-7886.
The graduate degrees offered by the School of Dance are in cooperation with the Department of Theatre Arts. When you receive your MFA or MA degree from the UA, it will officially be an MFA or MA in Theatre Arts with a dance emphasis.
Graduate degrees are processed through the Graduate College. The office is on the third floor of the Administration Building, room 322, phone 621-3471. The signature of the Dean of the Graduate College is required on the Change of Registration form to add or drop a graduate level course. The Graduate College office also handles the paperwork involved in getting your Master's degree, some types of financial aid, and petitions for graduate students to do things out of the ordinary, such as take a leave of absence, register for over 16 units, etc.
From The University of Arizona Record, Graduate Catalogue:
Building on a well-balanced undergraduate education, graduate students are expected to develop a thorough understanding of a specific academic discipline. The fundamental purpose of the Graduate College is to encourage each graduate student to demonstrate excellent standards of scholarship and to produce high quality, original research.
The status of graduate students is different from that of undergraduates. Satisfying degree requirements should not be the primary aim of graduate students. Graduate education provides an opportunity to increase knowledge, to broaden understanding and to develop research capabilities. Consequently, the student's academic achievements should reflect a personal commitment to the discipline and to scholarly standards.