Music Theatre, B.M.

Minimum Music Credits Required: 64.5

• MUC 001 - Performance Attendance, 0 credit hours (6 semesters)
• MUC 002 - Departmental Recital, 0 credit hours (8 semesters)
• MUC 101 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 102 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 110 - Music Technology and Notation, 1 credit hour
• MUC 111 - Tonal Harmony 1, 2 credit hours
• MUC 113 - Tonal Harmony 2, 2 credit hours
• MUC 112 - Solfège/Eurhythmics 1, 2 credit hours
• MUC 114 - Solfège/Eurhythmics 2, 2 credit hours
• MUC 133 - Keyboard Musicianship 1, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 134 - Keyboard Musicianship 2, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 140 - Singers’ Phonetics, 1 credit hour
• MUC 145 - Music Theatre Workshop 1: Fundamentals of Stage Performance, 1 credit hour
• MUC 146 - Music Theatre Workshop 2: Intro to Music Theatre Techniques, 1 credit hour
• MUC 201 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 202 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 205 - Major Ensembles, 1 credit hour ³
• MUC 220 - Techniques & Materials of the Musical Theatre Repertoire, 2 credit hours
• MUC 222 - Solfege Techniques & Materials of the Music Theatre Repertoire, 2 credit hours
• MUC 225 - Music Theatre History, 3 credit hours
• MUC 227 - History of Music & Drama, 3 credit hours
• MUC 233 - Keyboard Musicianship 3, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 234 - Keyboard Musicianship 4, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 245 - Music Theatre Workshop 3: Acting for Music Theatre, 1 credit hour
• MUC 246X - Music Theatre Workshop 4: Audition Techniques, 1 credit hour
• MUC 301 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 302 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 303 - Partial Junior Recital, .5 credit hour
• MUC 309 - Entrepreneurship and Advocacy, 1 credit hour
• MUC 345 - Music Theatre Workshop 5: Advanced Scene Work/ New Songwriter’s Showcase, 1 credit hour ⁴
• MUC 346 - Music Theatre Workshop 6: Advanced Acting For Music Theatre, 1 credit hour
• MUC 401 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 402 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 404 - Full Senior Recital, 1 credit hour
• MUC 445 - Music Theatre Workshop 7: Professional Aspects of Music Theatre/ Musical-in-concert, 1 credit hour
• MUC 446 - Music Theatre Workshop 8: Showcase, 1 credit hour ⁵

Minimum Theatre Credits Required: 14

• THE 150 - Makeup for the Stage, 1 credit hour
• THE 162 - Backstage Experience, 1-2 credit hours (one credit required)
• THE 190 - Script Analysis, 3 credit hours

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• THE 288I - Theatre History I, 3 credit hours

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• THE 289I - Theatre History II, 3 credit hours

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• THE 460 - Acting IV, 3 credit hours
• THE 461 - Acting V, 3 credit hours

Minimum Dance Credits Required: 19

• HPE 120W - Ballet I Practicum, 1 credit hour
• HPE 121W - Jazz I Practicum, 1 credit hour
• HPE 122W - Modern I Practicum, 1 credit hour
• HPE 123W - Tap I Practicum, 1 credit hour
• DAN 220 - Ballet II Practicum, 1 credit hour
• DAN 221 - Jazz II Practicum, 1 credit hour
• DAN 222 - Modern II Practicum, 1 credit hour
• DAN 223 - Tap II Practicum, 1 credit hour
• DAN 320 - Ballet III Practicum, 1 credit hour
• DAN 321 - Jazz III Practicum, 1 credit hour
• DAN 323 - Tap III Practicum, 1 credit hour
• DAN 324 - Hip Hop I, 1 credit hour
• DAN 331 - Improvisation & Choreography, 3 credit hours
• DAN 420 - Ballet IV Practicum, 1 credit hour
• DAN 421 - Jazz IV Practicum, 1 credit hour
• DAN 423 - Tap IV Practicum, 1 credit hour
• DAN 424 - Hip Hop II, 1 credit hour

Minimum General Studies Credits Required: 27

• 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, 3 credit hours
• Foreign Language, 8 credit hours⁶
• Liberal Arts Electives or Minor Field of Study, 10 credit hours⁷

Notes:

¹ Three credits per semester for 8 semesters.

² Secondary instrument is piano until Proficiency 4 is achieved. Depending upon placement results, piano study may occur in classes, lessons, or a combination. If the requisite proficiency is achieved in fewer than 4 semesters, continued piano study or study on another instrument is required. Secondary study beyond 4 semesters requires an additional fee.

³ One credit per semester for 6 semesters. May be taken as elective in additional semesters.

⁴ To register for MUC 345 (Music Theatre Workshop 5: Advanced Scene Work/ New Songwriter’s Showcase) , students must have earned a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher in all performance classes: specifically, Music Theatre Workshop, Voice, and Dance. Failure to do so will render students ineligible to continue in the Music Theatre program.

⁵ To register for MUC 446 (Music Theatre Workshop 8: Showcase) , students must have 18 credit hours or less remaining to graduate (assuming successful completion of current semester coursework). Any credits earned off campus to satisfy remaining academic requirements must transfer before registering for MUC 446 . Only students registered for MUC 446  will be permitted to participate in the BW New York Music Theatre Showcase.

⁶ A 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.

⁷ See 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 music, theatre, or dance.