| Department: | Department of Performing Arts and Mass Communication / Liberal and Performing Arts |
| Hours Required: | 121-124 |
| 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)
121-124 hours
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:
1. Students must attend the designated audition dates.
2. Students must prepare and perform two (2) contrasting audition musical theatre songs, and one
(1) monologue from a published play script.
3. Students must provide one (1) letter of recommendation from either a music teacher or drama
teacher from their high school.
Please contact the Director of Theatre for more information.
All students are admitted into the program on a probationary period of two semesters. At the end
of the student’s second semester, they will undergo a jury audition 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 (ENGL 2213 World Literature I or ENGL 2223 World Literature II is
required.) Six hours of general education humanities are included in the major.
BFA Core Requirements – 9 hours
THEA 2003 Theatre Appreciation
Select 3 hours from:
ART 2013 Art Appreciation
HUM 2003 Film Appreciation
Select 3 hours from:
MUS 2013 Music Appreciation
MULI 1013 Introduction to Music
Theatre – 41 hours
THEA 2013 Dance and Stage Movement
THEA 2033 Voice and Diction
THEA 2613 Stagecraft
THEA 2633 Fundamentals of Acting
THEA 3301 Theatre Production Practicum
THEA 3423 Advanced Voice and Dialects
THEA 3433 Musical Theatre Literature
THEA 3533 Auditions and Business
THEA 3593 Studies in Musical Theatre
THEA 3613 Costume and Make-Up
THEA 3633 Advanced Acting
THEA 4301 Theatre Production Practicum
THEA 4923 Project in Theatre
Select 3 hours from:
THEA 3643 Theatre History I: Origins to 1600
THEA 3653 Theatre History II: 1600 to the Present
Select 3 hours from:
THEA 4613 Theatre Design I: Scenery
THEA 4623 Theatre Design II: Lights and Sound
Music Literature – 6 hours
MULI 4003 History in Music I
MULI 4103 History in Music II
Music Theory – 8-11 hours
MUTH 1093 Fundamentals of Music Theory*
MUTH 1003 Written Theory I
MUTH 1011 Applied Theory I
MUTH 1103 Written Theory II
MUTH 1111 Applied Theory II
*Exemption with exam. Fundamentals of Music Theory (MUTH 1093) taken in the first semester of
study is a remedial course. Credit for the course does not count towards the major requirements.
Applied Lessons/Music Ensemble – 17 hours
MAVC 1211 Class Voice
MAVC 1001 Applied Voice (2 semesters)
MAVC 2001 Applied Voice (2 semesters)
MAVC 3001 Applied Voice (2 semesters)
MAVC 4001 Applied Voice (2 semesters)
MTHR 1002 Musical Theatre Production Ensemble
MTHR 2002 Musical Theatre Production Ensemble
MTHR 3002 Musical Theatre Production Ensemble
MTHR 4002 Musical Theatre Production Ensemble
Other Requirements – 9 hours
SPCH 1113 Introduction to Public Speaking
6 hours of foreign language
