| Department: | Department of Performing Arts and Mass Communication / Liberal and Performing Arts |
| Hours Required: | 120 |
| Categories: | Major, Undergraduate |
| Delivery: | On-Campus |
The theatre and musical theatre curriculum offers a rigorous course of study with options in a wide variety of theatre topics pertinent to careers in these degrees, including performance, design, management, or advanced graduate studies.
Each musical theatre major must audition and be accepted into the program before declaring their major. Auditions for the program will be held once during the fall semester and three times during the spring semester on designated dates.
Learning Goals
- Our graduates communicate effectively.
- Our graduates understand the role that theatre plays in society.
- Our graduates will develop their artistic and creative abilities.
- Our graduates will understand the technology used in their field.
- Our graduates will have learned theatre through practical production experience.
Musical Theatre Coursework includes:
- Dance and Stage Movement
- Voice and Diction
- Stagecraft
- Fundamentals of Music Theory
- Class Voice
- Applied Voice
Major in Performing Arts:
Musical Theatre (BFA)
120 hours
All theatre and musical theatre majors must earn a C or higher in all major courses.
Admission Requirements:
- Each musical theatre major must audition and be accepted into the program before declaring their major. Auditions for the program will be held once during the fall semester and three times during the spring semester on designated dates. The auditions for majoring in musical theatre are as follows:
- Students must attend one of the designated audition dates.
- Students must prepare and perform two sixty-second vocal selections and one monologue.
- Students must provide one letter of recommendation from either a director, music teacher, or drama teacher from their high school.
- Please contact the Director of Theatre for more information.
For the first two years, all students are admitted into the program on a probationary period. At the end of the student’s second semester and fourth semester, they will undergo a jury audition and/or interview examination in which the senior faculty will evaluate their status and progress within the program to be permitted to pursue advanced study.
University Requirement (2 Hours)
- GSTD 1002 – Freshman Seminar
General Education (29 Hours)
- Six hours of general education humanities are included in the major.
BFA Core Requirements (9 Hours)
- ART 2013 – Art Appreciation
- HUM 2003 – Film Appreciation
- MUS 2013 – Music Appreciation or MULI 1013 – Introduction to Music
Theatre Requirements (25 hours)
- THEA 1000 – Production Run Crew (2 semesters)
- THEA 1013 – Acting I
- THEA 2023 – Acting II
- THEA 2503 – Fundamentals of Design
- THEA 2613 – Stagecraft
- THEA 3433 – Musical Theatre History
- THEA 3643 – Theatre History I
- THEA 3653 – Theatre History II
- THEA 3763 – Script Analysis
- THEA 4921 – Project in Musical Theatre
Musical Theatre Requirements (29 hours)
- THEA 1100 – Voice Studio (6 semesters)
- THEA 2042 – Musical Theatre Repertoire
- THEA 2103 – Acting III
- THEA 2203 – Acting IV
- THEA 3423 – Dialects and Accents
- THEA 3513 – Musical Theatre Performance I
- THEA 3523 – Musical Theatre Performance II
- THEA 4513 – Musical Theatre Performance III
- THEA 4523 – Musical Theatre Performance IV
- THEA 3533 – Business of Acting
- THEA 3663 – Performance in Shakespeare
Dance (16 Hours)
- THDA 1002 – Ballet I
- THDA 1102 – Ballet II
- THDA 2002 – Modern Dance I
- THDA 2102 – Modern Dance II
- THDA 3002 – Jazz Dance I
- THDA 3102 – Jazz Dance II
- THDA 4002 – Repertory Dance I
- THDA 4102 – Repertory Dance II
Music Theory (6 Hours)
- MUTH 1113 – Theory and Piano Skills for Musical Theatre I *
- MUTH 1123 – Theory and Piano Skills for Musical Theatre II *
*Exemption with exam. MUTH 1113 & 1123 are remedial courses. Credit for these courses does not count toward the major requirements.
Applied Lessons/Music Ensemble (10 Hours)
- MAVC 1001 – MAVC 1003 Applied Voice (2 semesters)
- MAVC 2001 – MAVC 2003 Applied Voice (2 semesters)
- MAVC 3001 – MAVC 3003 Applied Voice (2 semesters)
- MAVC 4001 – MAVC 4003 Applied Voice (2 semesters)
- MUEN 1141/MUEN 3141 Heritage Singers (2 semesters)
*Must complete 8 semesters of applied voice.
Total Hours – 120
