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:
Placement into the appropriate level piano class will be determined by the piano faculty at the time of the entrance audition.
- 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, Dance Techniques I (Fine Arts)
- 2 hours
- DANC 139, 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
02 Jun 2006
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