Theatre: Musical Theatre Concentration

Theatre majors may use their elective credits to focus on areas of interest. Majors with a particular interest in musical theatre may declare the Musical Theatre Concentration within the theatre major aims to develop the student’s talent and ability with the goal of helping the students discover their own unique abilities in musical theatre. A successful professional in musical theatre must possess strong technical skills in acting, voice, music, and dance with the ability to integrate these skills with ease, expressiveness, and versatility. As such the concentration requires coursework in music, acting, and dance combined with many performance opportunities. In order to concentrate on musical theatre, students must elect either a music or theatre major. This assures that they will have a deep grounding in at least one of the two foundational areas of musical theatre.

Theatre (20 Credits)

• TDF 108 Script Analysis 3 credits-    
• TDF 109 Introduction to Acting 3 credits-  
• TDF 202 History of Theatre 3 credits-  
• TDF 205 Theatrical Production 3 credits-  
• TDF 252 Crew Experience 1/2 credit-  
• TDF 301 Western Drama in Performance 3 credits-  
• TDF 492 Senior Capstone Project 3 credits-  

*Four Crew experiences are required at .5 credits each.

Electives (3 credits)

Theatre Majors in the Musical Theatre Track must also take one (1) upper-level elective selected from among ENG 311 Shakespeare: Histories and Comedies 3 credits- , ENG 312 Shakespeare: Tragedies and Romances 3 credits- , ENG 313 Renaissance Drama 3 credits- , ENG 372 Contemporary Drama 3 credits- , OR TDF 480 Theatre Seminar 3 credits-  

Musical Theatre Track (19 credits)

• MSC 101 Basic Concepts of Music 3 credits-  OR MSC 201 Theory I 3 credits-  MSC 201L Theory I Lab 1 credit-  
• TDF 204 Voice and Speech 3 credits-  
• TDF 206 American Musical Theatre 3 credits-  
• One dance course selected from the following: TDF 111 Introduction to Dance 3 credits- ,  TDF 313 Intermediate Modern Dance 3 credits- , TDF 314 Intermediate Ballet 3 credits- , TDF 316 Intermediate Jazz Dance 3 credits- , TDF 318 Musical Theatre Dance 3 credits- , OR TDF 370 Special Topics 1-3 credits-  
• TDF 483 Musical Theatre: Advanced Analysis and Performance 3 credits-  

In addition, students will be required to take a minimum of two (2) semesters of voice lessons (3 credits total) and two (2) semesters of opera/musical theater workshop (1 credit total), which together equal 4 credits.