Music Theatre Direction, B.M.

Minimum Music Credits Required: 91.5

• MUC 001 - Performance Attendance, 0 credit hours (6 semesters)
• MUC 002 - Departmental Recital, 0 credit hours (8 semesters)
• MUA 101 - ICTUS (Introduction to Conservatory Training, Understanding, and Skills), 2 credit hours
• MUC 101 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 3 credit hours¹
• MUC 102 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 3 credit hours¹
• MUA 110 - Theory 1, 2 credit hours
• MUC 110 - Music Technology and Notation, 1 credit hour
• MUA 120 - Aural Skills 1, 2 credit hours
• MUC 131 - Secondary Instrument Levels 1, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 132 - Secondary Instrument Levels 2, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 145 - Music Theatre Workshop 1: Core Acting Skills, 1 credit hour
• MUC 146 - Music Theatre Workshop 2: Scene to Song; Freshman Showcase, 1 credit hour
• MUC 181 - Sight-Reading, 1 credit hour
• MUC 201 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 3 credit hours¹
• MUC 202 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 3 credit hours¹
• MUC 205 - Major Ensembles, 1 credit hour (6 semesters) ³
• MUA 210 - Theory 2, 2 credit hours
• MUA 220 - Aural Skills 2, 2 credit hours
• MUC 236 - Jazz Piano Skills, 1 credit hour
• MUA 241I - Music History & Literature 2: Renaissance and Baroque Music History, 3 credit hours
• MUA 242I - Music History & Literature 3: Music of the Classical and the Romantic Eras, 3 credit hours
• MUA 245 - Music Theatre History, 3 credit hours
• MUC 246X - Music Theatre Workshop 4: Audition Techniques, 1 credit hour
• MUC 283 - Collaborative Piano, 1 credit hour

• (2 credit hours required)

• MUC 291 - Conducting, 2 credit hours
• MUC 292 - Advanced Conducting, 2 credit hours
• MUC 301 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 3 credit hours¹
• MUC 302 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 3 credit hours¹
• MUC 303 - Partial Junior Recital, .5 credit hour ⁵
• MUC 309 - Entrepreneurship and Advocacy, 1 credit hour
• MUC 318 - Instrumentation and Orchestration, 2 credit hours
• MUC 345 - Music Theatre Workshop 5: Golden Age of Music Theatre, 1 credit hour
• MUC 401 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 3 credit hours¹
• MUC 402 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 3 credit hours¹
• MUC 445 - Music Theatre Workshop 7: Music Theatre Senior Boot Camp, 1 credit hour
• MUC 446 - Music Theatre Workshop 8: Music Theatre Showcase, 1 credit hour
• MUC 493 - Conducting Apprenticeship, 1 credit hour (6 semesters)
• Music Electives, 10 credit hours ⁴
• Internship in Dance Accompanying, 1 credit hour ⁶

 

Minimum Liberal Arts Credits Required: 29

• ENG 131 - Workshop in Exposition and Argument, 3 credit hours
• MTH 101 - Mathematics Modeling & Quantitative Analysis, 3 credit hours or higher
• FYE 100 - First-Year Experience, 1 credit hour
• HPE - Wellness Courses, 2 credit hours
• Foreign Language, 8 credit hours ⁷
• Liberal Arts Electives or Minor Field of Study, 12 credit hours ⁸

Notes:

¹ Three credits per semester for eight semesters.
² Secondary instrument for Music Directors will be voice for at least one semester. Secondary study beyond two semesters requires an additional fee.

³ One credit per semester for six semesters. May be taken as elective in additional semesters. A minimum of four semesters will be in a choral ensemble.
⁴ An Emphasis Area in music may be substituted for the music elective requirement. Students who have earned six credits in required ensemble may count up to two additional credits toward the music elective requirement.

⁵The Partial Junior Recital will be a minimum 30 minutes classical repertoire, memorized.

⁶The internship credit must be in a Ballet class.

⁷A proficiency exam is administered to determine entry level of foreign language study. Students whose language requirement is reduced may take the equivalent number of credit hours in other liberal arts courses.
⁸See Bachelor of Arts & Sciences Core  for more information about Core requirements. Note that specific University core requirements for Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and a minor field of study do not apply to Bachelor of Music degree programs. Students may select to either take ten credits from any areas of the Humanities, Natural Sciences, and/or Social Sciences, or to complete a minor field of study outside of the Conservatory. Minor field of study must be other than music, theatre, or dance.