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:
    • Take 1 hour from:
      • PE 110GS, Basic Sports - 0.5 hour
        (Ballroom Dancing and Tumbling)
• 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.

1. 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.
2. 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
3. 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
4. Theatre and Dance Curriculum (22 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • SPCH 205, Voice and Articulation - 3 hours
     • THEA 225, Acting I - 3 hours
     • THEA 226, Acting II - 3 hours
     • THEA 306, Movement for the Stage - 3 hours
     • THEA 425, Acting III - 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