Musical Theatre Minor

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Courses comprising the required hours are selected from those listed and are designed to create a balanced musical theatre experience. Thus, the student seeking a musical theatre minor must complete the minimum indicated from each category as shown.

Music or theatre majors have 18 additional hours above their major degree requirements. Those not majoring in music have 25 required hours. 3 additional hours count as partial fulfillment of the General Core - Humanities requirement in many majors.*

Minor Requirements (18-25)

History (6-9)

Music majors must take THEA 201 & THEA 240 .

Theatre majors must take MUHL 211 & THEA 240 .

All other majors must take THEA 201 , THEA 240 & MUHL 211 .

Theatre (8)

THEA 102 - Dance for the Stage I Credit Hours: 1
THEA 103 - Dance for the Stage II Credit Hours: 1
THEA 211 - Introduction to Acting Credit Hours: 3

Music Theory (5)

MUST 101 - Reading and Writing Music Notation Credit Hours: 2
MUST 102 - Basic Aural Skills Credit Hours: 1
MUSG 101 - Basic Piano - Music Majors Credit Hours: 1

Applied Music (3-4)

Take one of the following groups:

MUSA 101 and MUSA 201

MUSA 102 and MUSA 202

MUSA 103 and MUSA 203

MUSA 101 - Applied Music - Primary Applied Study Credit Hours: 1 to 3
MUSA 201 - Applied Music - Primary Applied Study Credit Hours: 1 to 3
MUSA 102 - Applied Music - Secondary Applied Study Credit Hours: 1-2
MUSA 202 - Applied Music - Secondary Applied Study Credit Hours: 1 to 2
MUSA 103VT - Applied Voice for Musical Theatre Credit Hours: 1 - 2
MUSA 203 - Applied Music - Minor Applied Study Credit Hours: 1 or 2

Performance Seminar (0)

MUSG 185 - Performance Seminar Credit Hours: 0
(2 semesters)

Production (3)

One credit hour from THEA 203 or THEA 204 .
One credit hour from MUSE 102 (Musical Theatre Workshop) or THEA 202 (Musical Theatre Production)
One credit hour from MUSE 102 (Opera Theatre) (taken in the fall semester)

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