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The School of Theatre & Dance and the School of Music offer a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Musical Theatre with the goal to train students for successful careers in musical and stage performance in the competitive entertainment industry. Over the four-year course of study, musical theatre majors will take classes in acting, voice, dance, choreography, theatre history, stage production, music theory, musical theatre literature, and other special topics.

Freshmen and sophomore students receive four to six hours of acting instruction per week as well as beginning work in music, voice and dance. In the sophomore year, students receive an additional four hours per week in stage movement and in voice and speech. These first two years of performance study coincide with a rigorous and wide-ranging liberal arts course work.

Upon completion of any B.F.A. professional undergraduate degree program:

1. Students must demonstrate achievement of professional, entry-level competence in the area of specialization including significant technical mastery, the capability to produce work and solve professional problems independently, and a coherent set of artistic/intellectual goals that are evident in their work.

2. Students must demonstrate their competence by developing a body of work for evaluation in the major area of study. A senior project or presentation in the major area is required in many concentrations, and strongly recommended for all others.

3. Students must have the ability to communicate ideas, concepts, and requirements to theatre professionals and laypersons related to the practice of the major field. Such communication may involve oral, written, visual, and musical media.

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre

1. Essential Competencies, Experiences, and Opportunities (in addition to those stated for all B.F.A. degree programs above)

   1. Achievement of the highest possible level of performance as an actor-singer. Studies in acting shall continue throughout the entire degree program.

   2. Thorough development of skills in acting and skills in dance as appropriate to musical theatre.

   3. Thorough development in basic musical skills including voice performance, musicianship, and music theory. Studies in voice should continue throughout the degree program.

   4. Opportunities to develop a high level of skill in sight-singing.

   5. Opportunities for performance in workshops and full productions of musical theatre in a variety of formal and informal settings. Performance of a significant role in at least one full production during advanced study is regarded as an essential experience.

   6. Opportunities for developing repertory and techniques for auditions.