<p>A good friend of my daughter’s is a freshman dance major at UB (with an Eastern Studies double major, I believe). She’s an excellent dancer, and had many nice college opportunities to choose from. From what I’ve been told, the caliber of dancers in UB’s program is very good.</p>
<p>As I understand it, the entire class of entering freshmen moves through the dance curriculum together. Two points this student’s mom shared with me sounded less than ideal: no pointe until sophomore year (unfortunate considering her daughter’s facility on pointe); and study abroad is difficult, since the dance major requires each class of dancers to study together as a unit.</p>
<p>I hope someone will correct me if I’m wrong!</p>