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Music Theater

The Bachelor of Music in Music Theater is focused on training students with a high proficiency in singing for a career in Broadway-style performance. The degree is one of the most music intensive in the country and couples rigorous music training with equally rigorous courses in dance, acting, performance techniques, stagecraft, and general studies. The faculty is committed to training musical theater majors as professional musicians as well as highly skilled dancers and actors. Our graduates have experienced great success due, in large part, to the music training we provide.

Students in the musical theater program audition for all six of the Bass School of Music annual productions and are cast in musicals and operas alike. Our productions integrate the skills of the curriculum: music and text analysis and preparation, character analysis, acting skills, movement, dance, and diction. Students gain performance skills in not only musical theater but also classical and operatic repertoire. Each student must complete a junior recital consisting entirely of classical repertoire and a senior recital focused on music theater repertoire and related styles. This vocal cross training makes our graduates competitive and versatile.

In addition to the rigorous training our musical theater students receive, graduating seniors audition for a New York City Showcase and have the opportunity to work with professionals in the field and audition for agents and casting directors.

The degree plan below shows the courses required for completion of a Bachelor of Music in Music Theater. The course sequence is a suggestion only, and each student will meet with his or her advisor to discuss the most appropriate sequence for that student.

All degrees require a minimum of 124 earned credit hours. Students must be enrolled in 12 credit hours to be considered a full-time student. Students must receive credit for six semesters of Music Assembly. Students must attain the required proficiency and performance levels as stated in the Undergraduate Catalog.

Freshman Year

First Semester

COURSE NUMBERCOURSE TITLECREDIT HOURS
AMV 1372Applied Voice2
MUENMajor Ensemble1
MUS 1112Theory I2
MUS 1122Aural Skills I2
AMA 1571Class Piano I1
OMT 1381Opera Music Theater Performer's Lab1
THRE 1413Acting Company I3
DANCDance Technique1
ENGL 1113Composition I3
 Total Credits16

Second Semester

COURSE NUMBERCOURSE TITLECREDIT HOURS
AMV 1472Applied Voice2
MUENMajor Ensemble1
MUS 1212Theory II2
MUS 1222Aural Skills II2
AMA 1671Class Piano II1
THRE 1513Acting Company II3
DANCDance Technique2
ENGL 1213Composition II3
 Total Credits16

Sophomore Year

First Semester

COURSE NUMBERCOURSE TITLECREDIT HOURS
AMV 1372Applied Voice2
MUENMajor Ensemble1
MUS 2112Theory III2
MUS 2122Aural Skills III2
AMA 1771Class Piano III1
MUS 1123Music and the Human Experience3
OMT 2382Acting in Music Theater2
DANCDance Technique1
 General Education Course3
 Total Credits17

Second Semester

COURSE NUMBERCOURSE TITLECREDIT HOURS
AMV 1472Applied Voice2
MUENMajor Ensemble1
MUS 35XXTheory Topics Course2
AMA 1871Class Piano IV1
MUS 3133Writing About Music3
DICT 1152English Diction2
THRE 1402Stagecraft2
THRE 1441Stagecraft Lab1
DANCDance Technique2
 Total Credits16

Junior Year

First Semester

COURSE NUMBERCOURSE TITLECREDIT HOURS
AMV 1372Applied Voice2
AMV 3441Junior Recital1
MUENMajor Ensemble1
MUS 3142Conducting Fundamentals2
THRE 2503Acting Company IV: Intermediate Acting OR3
THRE 3203Acting Company V: Shakespeare 
DANCDance Technique2
 General Education Course3
 General Education Course3
 Total Credits17

Second Semester

COURSE NUMBERCOURSE TITLECREDIT HOURS
AMV 1472Applied Voice2
MUENMajor Ensemble1
MUS 4238Music Theater History and Literature3
OMT 3661Music Theater Workshop I1
THRE 2741Costume Lab OR1
THRE 2541Make-Up Lab 
DANCDance Technique1
 General Education Course3
 General Education Course3
 Total Credits15

Senior Year

First Semester

COURSE NUMBERCOURSE TITLECREDIT HOURS
AMV 1372Applied Voice2
OMT 3681Musical Theatre Workshop II1
THRE 3513On Camera Acting3
DANCDance Technique2
 General Education Course3
 General Education Course + Lab4
 Total Credits15

Second Semester

COURSE NUMBERCOURSE TITLECREDIT HOURS
AMV 1472Applied Voice2
AMV 4441Senior Recital1
OMT 4661Musical Theater Workshop III1
DANCDance Technique1
 General Education Course3
 General Education Course3
 General Education Course3
 Total Credits14

*All courses listed on this degree plan are required for the completion of this degree. The course sequence is a suggestion only, and each student will meet with his or her advisor to discuss the most appropriate sequence for that student.

All degrees require a minimum of 124 earned credit hours. Students must be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours to be considered a full-time student. Students must receive credit for six semesters of Music Assembly in their first six semesters at OKCU. Students must attain the required performance levels as stated in the Undergraduate Catalog.

Required Courses: 22 Hours
Philosophy/Ethics: 3 Credit Hours
Literature: 3 Credit Hours
Mathematics: 3 Credit Hours
Social Science: 3 Credit Hours
Modern Language: 6 Credit Hours
Service Learning
The Arts and Cross-Cultural Study
After beginning coursework at OKCU, students may transfer up to 12 credit hours of general education courses from another institution.
All degrees require a minimum of 124 earned credit hours.


Required Courses: 22 Hours

ENGL 1113 Composition I
ENGL 1213 Composition II
POLS 1113 Governance in America
LAS 1063 Liberal Arts Seminar**
HIST 1003/1103 US History to/Since 1876
REL 1003/2513 The Bible & Culture/Intro to World Religions
SCI 1003 & 1041 Methods of Science Inquiry & Integrated Science Lab
**Transfer students with at least 29 transferable hours (excluding CLEP, AP and IB credit) may substitute a single course of three or more credit hours for the LAS requirement. This course may be from the OKC