2024-2025 Catalog and Student Handbook

Theatre: Musical Theatre Track, Bachelor of Fine Arts

Requirements for a major in Theatre: Musical Theatre Track

BFA Theatre Core (27 Hours)

THEA 106Acting I

3

THEA 210Backstage Experience

3

THEA 211Theatre History I: Ritual to Renaissance (500BCE-1800CE)

3

THEA 212Theatre History II: Romanticism to Post-Modernism (1750-Present)

3

THEA 301Script Analysis

3

THEA 336Stage Management

3

THEA 366Professional Preparation & Ethics in Entertainment

3

THEA 397Theatre Internship

3

THEA
One 300-Level Dramatic Literature

3

Musical Theatre Track (23 Hours)

THEA 215Voice & Movement

3

THEA 217Stage Combat

3

THEA 218Fundamentals of Musical Theatre Acting

3

THEA 266Auditioning

3

THEA 318Advanced Acting: Musical Theatre

3

MUSC 110Fundamentals of Music

3

MUSC 111Music Theory I

3

MUSC 141Keyboard Skills I

1

MUSC 171Aural Skills I

1

Students with keyboard proficiency may take MUSC 151 Applied Piano Lessons in place of MUSC 141.

Theatre Practicum (4 Hours)

THEA 225Performance Practicum

1

  

THEA 225Performance Practicum

1

Or

THEA 325Advanced Performance Practicum

1

  

THEA 325Advanced Performance Practicum

1

Plus ONE of the following:

THEA 226Technical Theatre Practicum

1

THEA 326Advanced Technical Theatre Practicum

1

Vocal Lessons & Choir (10 Hours)

A vocal ensemble must be taken concurrently with the first four semesters of Applied Voice.
MUSC 151Applied Music

1

An approved ensemble

4

MUSC 151Applied Music

1

An approved ensemble

4

MUSC 251Applied Music

1

An approved ensemble

4

MUSC 251Applied Music

1

An approved ensemble

4

MUSC 351Applied Music

1

MUSC 351Applied Music

1

Dance (7 Hours)

DANC 110Dance for Theatre

3

DANC 201Ballet/Modern

1

DANC 202Tap

1

DANC 203Jazz for Musical Theatre

1

DANC 303Advanced Jazz for Musical Theatre

1

Capstone (3 Hours)

THEA 481Theatre Capstone

3

Total Credit Hours: 74