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Offered by Department of Music and Performing Arts:

Music Major

Musical Theatre Option
Bachelor of Music

FAH BM 4112

Minimum General Studies = 45
including General Studies coursework required by major
English Language minimum = 9
Humanities minimum = 9 including:
Take 1 course from:
DANC 122GS, Dance Appreciation - 3 hours
THEA 120GS, Introduction to the Theatre - 3 hours
Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
Natural Sciences minimum = 7
Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9
Personal Development minimum = 2 including:
PE 110, Ballroom Dancing - .5 hour
PE 110, Tumbling - .5 hour
Major Option = 87
Minimum total hours required coursework = 132
Unrestricted elective hours in 125 hour program = 0
Minimum total hours required for BM in Musical Theatre-Music Emphasis = 132
All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.

A. Musical Theatre Core Requirements (43 hours required)
Take all of the following:
MUS 101, American Musical Theatre - 3 hours
MUS 145, Diction for Singers I  - 1 hour
MUS 198, Sight Singing and Ear Training I - 1 hour
MUS 199, Sight Singing and Ear Training II - 1 hour
MUS 200, Theory I - 3 hours
MUS 201, Theory II - 3 hours
MUS 324, Musical Theatre Coaching I - 1 hour
MUS 325, Musical Theatre Coaching II - 1 hour
MUS 326, Musical Theatre Coaching III - 1 hour
MUS 327, Musical Theatre Coaching IV - 1 hour
MUS 337, Sight Singing and Ear Training III - 1 hour
MUS 338, Sight Singing and Ear Training IV - 1 hour
MUS 339, Theory III - 3 hours
MUS 340, Theory IV - 3 hours
MUS 430, Vocal Pedagogy - 3 hours (Prereq: junior standing)
MUS 447, Music History and Literature I - 3 hours
MUS 448, Music History and Literature II - 3 hours
MUS 460, Independent Study and Research - 2 hours
MUS 488, Recital (Junior) - 1 hour
MUS 488, Recital (Senior) - 1 hour
Take 4 hours from the following:
Appropriate placement will be made at entrance audition, see advisor.
MUS 140*, Piano Techniques I - 1 hour
MUS 141*, Piano Techniques II - 1 hour
MUS 240*, Piano Techniques III - 1 hour
MUS 241*, Piano Techniques IV - 1 hour
MUS 260*, Keyboard Harmonization - 1 hour
*Requirements may be met through proficiency examination; hours to be replaced by Music Electives. see advisor.

B. Musical Theatre Private Instruction-Voice (14 hours required)
Take 3-7 hours from:
MUS 150, Private Instruction, Primary Instrument - 1 hour
MUS 151, Private Instruction, Primary Instrument - 2 hours
Take 7-11 hours from:
MUS 350, Advanced Private Instruction - 1 hour
MUS 351, Advanced Private Instruction - 2 hours

C. Musical Theatre Vocal Ensemble (8 hours required)
Take 4 hours from:
See advisor to choose specific ensemble.
MUS 173, Choraleers - 1 hour
MUS 174, University Men's Chorus - 1 hour
MUS 176, University Women's Chorus - 1 hour
MUS 178, Nebraskats - 1 hour
Take 4 hours from Opera Workshop:
MUS 177, Opera Workshop - 1 hour

D. Theatre and Dance Curriculum (22 hours required)
Take all of the following:
SPCH 205, Voice and Articulation - 3 hours
THEA 225, Fundamentals of Acting - 3 hours
THEA 226, Scene Study and Auditioning - 3 hours
THEA 306, Movement for the Stage - 3 hours
THEA 425, Acting Styles - 3 hours
DANC 138, Modern Dance Techniques I (Fine Arts) - 2 hours
DANC 139, Modern Dance Technique II (Fine Arts) - 2 hours
DANC 148, Jazz Dance I - 1 hour
DANC 149, Jazz Dance II - 1 hour
DANC 236, Tap Dance - 1 hour

11 May 2006
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