Major in MUSICAL THEATRE DEGREE REQUIREMENTS, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2017-2018

This checksheet is intended for assistance in schedule planning and advising. Refer to DegreeWorks for official degree requirements.

NAME:______________________________________ ID:__________________________________________

I. BELL CORE Requirements (43 hours)

SEMINAR SEQUENCE (6 hours)

GND 1015 First-Year Seminar (3) _______ Must be taken first semester at Belmont

MUG 4015, Senior Capstone Seminar (3) _______ Must be taken during the Senior Year

WRITTEN COMMUNICATION (6 hours)

ENG 1010 First-Year Writing (3) _______ Must be taken first semester at Belmont

ENG 3010 Third-Year Writing (3) _______ Must be taken during the Junior Year

GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES ORAL COMMUNICATION (3 hours)

Must be taken during first 60 hours COM 1100 Fundamentals of Speech Comm (3) ______

QUANTITATIVE REASONING (3 hours)

Must be taken during first 60 hours Choose one:

MTH 1020 Intro Mathematical Reasoning (3) _______

MTH 1080 Mathematical Inquiry (3)

CSC 1020 Introduction to Computer Science (3)

Students with a score of 25 or above on ACT Math subtest (or a score of 570

or above on Math SAT) should take MTH 1080 rather than MTH 1020

RELIGION (6 hours) Choose path a or b:

1000 level Religion must be taken during first 60 hours 3000 level Religion may NOT be taken until Junior Year a. REL 1020 Intro Old Testament History (3) _______

REL3050 Intro New Testament History (3) _______

OR OR

b. REL 1010 Understanding the Bible (3) _______

plus one of the following: _______

REL 3060 Jesus in the Gospels and in Film (3)

REL 3020 Anc Wisdom for Cont Issues (3)

REL 3080 Certainty & Ambiguity in Religious Thought (3)

REL 3090 Comp Spirituality in World Rel (3)

FINE ARTS (3 hours)

MUH 1200 Intro to Music: History, Style & Culture (3) _______

NON-MUSIC ELECTIVE IN GEN ED AREA (3 hours)

Choose 3 hours from any General Education disciplinary areas (as identified in this listing of the BM degree), except music: _______

Musical Theatre majors should take TDR 2030 Play Analysis

SCIENCES (4 hours)

Any four–hour science class that includes a lab will _______ meet the BELL Core Science Requirement.

Suggested entry level classes include:

PHY 1010 Science, A Process of Inquiry (4) PHY 1100 Acoustical Physics (4) BIO 1010 Biological Science (4) PSY 1200 Intro to Psychological Science (4) See DegreeWorks and 2017 catalog http://www.belmont.edu/catalog/undergrad2017jun/general-ed/bfa.html for additional information about these courses.

SOCIAL SCIENCES (3 hours)

Suggested courses to fulfill this requirement: ______

ECO 2210 or 2220 Principles of Macro or Microeconomics (3)

HIS 1010 World History to 1500 (3)

HIS 1020 World History since 1500 (3)

HIS 2010 Am Exp to Civil War (3)

HIS 2020 Am Exp from Reconstr to Cold War (3)

MDS 1500 Mass Media and Society (3)

PSC 1210 American Government (3)

PSC 1300 The United States & World Affairs (3)

SOC 1010 Intro to Sociology (3)

See DegreeWorks and 2017 catalog http://www.belmont.edu/catalog/undergrad2017jun/general-ed/bfa.html for additional course options that will fulfill this requirement.

WELLNESS* (3 hours) Choose path a or b*:

a. DAN 1 _ 01 (1) _______

WEL 1600 Health & Fitness Concepts (2) _______ OR

b. DAN 1 _ 01 (1) _______

WEL 1500 Lifetime Fitness (1) _______

plus one of the following courses: _______

NUR1100 Wellness Nutrition (1)

NUR 1310 Healthy Beginnings (1)

NUR 1320 Women’s Health (1)

NUR 1330 Health Promotion of the Family (1)

NUR 1340 Men’s Health: Wellness (1)

* You may choose to take WEL 3015 Junior Cornerstone Seminar to completely fulfill this WELLNESS requirement.

HUMANITIES (3 hours)

Choose a course in humanities (HUM), philosophy (PHI), ______ English Writing (ENW), English Lit (ENL) or a language (1020 level or higher) to meet this requirement.

See DegreeWorks and 2017 Catalog for specific course options

Note: A 1010 level language course will NOT meet this requirement

If a student takes a 4-hour language (instead of a 3-hour language)

for their humanities requirement, the student’s required number of electives (see inside) are decreased by one hour.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCES See descriptions on back page of this advising folder

GLOBAL STUDIES EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING JUNIOR CORNERSTONE LEARNING COMMUNITY COURSES

_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ MUH1200 and _______

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION about the BELL CORE Requirements

Learning Community Courses Requirement:

All Music Majors must take two “linked” Learning Community General Education courses during the spring semester of their Freshman year. One of the courses must be MUH 1200 Introduction to Music: History, Style and Culture. The two linked courses include the same students and are connected by a natural overlap in content, allowing students to encounter a subject using the perspective, methods, and questions of two different disciplines. These are NOT extra courses; rather, each is one of the General Education courses required in the BELL core.

Global Studies Requirement:

Students must take four Global Studies courses (12 hours) before graduating. These are NOT extra courses. Rather, they are courses (in either the general education BELL Core or in Music) that are designated “GLOBAL STUDIES in ClassFinder. Music Majors will receive 9 hours of global studies in their music history course sequence. Because both 1000-level religion courses carry the global designation, meeting this requirement is not a problem for music majors.

Junior Cornerstone Requirement

Should be taken during the Junior Year

Is NOT an extra course. Rather it is a course from the General Education categories (see front page of check sheet) that is offered with the designation “Junior Cornerstone” in ClassFinder. The number will be _ _ _ 3015.

For music majors, the Junior Cornerstone should be in an area other than music.

All Junior Cornerstone courses are problem-based courses, and are, by definition experiential in nature. Thus the Junior Cornerstone course helps meet the Experiential Learning Requirement (see below).

Experiential Learning Requirement

Experiential Learning (EL) courses at Belmont include an out-of-class component that involves the students in "doing" an aspect of the course. These active learning experiences complement the students' in-class learning. Essentially, the experience applies the course of study, giving it greater resonance, while the classroom studies give the students' "doing" greater contextualization. Consequently, students' understanding is deepened and enriched within these EL courses. Music students will take TWO Experiential Learning courses, one of which will be the Junior Cornerstone course, and the other will be their 25-minute recital.

Revised 04/17

Major in MUSICAL THEATRE DEGREE REQUIREMENTS, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2017-2018

NAME:______________________________________ ID:__________________________________________

II. MUSIC Requirements (49 hours) Theory & Aural Skills (8 hours)

MUT 1310 & 1320 Theory I and II (6) ____ ____ MUT 1330 & 1340 Aural Skills I and II (2) ____ ____ Music History & Literature (3 hours)

MUH 1200 Intro to Music: History/Style/Culture (part of BELL Core) (____) MUH 4130 History of Musical Theatre (3) ____

Applied Music / Musical Theatre & Support Courses (21 hours)

MAA 1210 & 1220 Applied (4) ____ ____ MAA 2210 & 2220 Applied (4) ____ ____ MUG 2020 Sophomore Technical (0) ____ MAA 3310 & 3320 Applied (6) ____ ____ MAA 4310 & 4320 Applied (6) ____ ____

MAA 3000 & 4000 Recitals (0) ____ ____ MAA 3070 Seminar ____ ____ ____ ____ (8 semesters)

____ ____ ____ ____ MAA 1060 Diction/Lit I (1) ____ Piano Study (4 hours)

MFB 1110 & 1120 Class Piano I & II (2) ____ ____ MFB 2110 & 2120 Class Piano III & IV (2) ____ ____ MUG 2010 Piano Proficiency (0) ____ Music Ensembles (2 hours)

MUN ____ Choral Ensembles (2) ____ ____ MUN 3900 Oratorio Chorus (0) ____ ____ (2 semesters – Freshman year) Additional Musical Theatre Courses (8 hours)

MAA 3010 & 4010 Musical Theatre Coaching (2) ____ ____ MUN 3970 Musical Theatre (0) ____ ____ (2 semesters – Freshman year) MUN 3970 Musical Theatre (6) ____ ____ ____ ____ (6 semesters) ____ ____ MAA 4070 Musical Theatre Seminar (0) ____ ____ ____ ____ (8 semesters) ____ ____ ____ ____ Other Music Courses (3 hours)

MUE 3230 Basic Conducting (3) ____ MUG 2000 Recital Attendance (0) ____ ____ ____ ____ (7 semesters) ____ ____ ____

NOTE: Junior Level Standing in School of Music must be attained before registering for 3000-level applied study in principal area. Requirements include:

1. Music Theory 1320 & 1340 2. Music History 1200 3. MUG 2020, Sophomore Technical 4. Successful completion of second semester 2000-level applied study – minimum grade of C. 5. Successful completion of three semesters of MUG 2000, Recital Attendance

III. THEATRE (21 hours)

A total of 24 hours in Theatre is required for this degree. Three hours (TDR 2030), however, is counted

as meeting the 3-hour Non-Music Elective requirement in the BELL Core.

TDR 2030 Play Analysis (3-counted in BELL core) (____) TDR 2200 Stage Movement for Musical Theatre (2) ____ TDR 2080 Acting I (3) ____ TDR 3080 Acting II (3) ____ TDR 4080 Acting III (4) ____ TDR 2100 Stage Voice & Diction (3) ____ TDR Electives (6) ____ ____

IV. DANCE (13 hours)

A total of 14 hours in Dance is required for this degree. One of the hours, however, is counted

as meeting the activity component of the Wellness requirement in the BELL Core.

Musical Theatre majors should take dance courses in 3 different styles selected from the courses listed below:

(Placement by audition)

Choose 14 hours from:

Ballet I (1) Jazz I (1) Modern I (1) Tap I (1) Theatre Dance Styles (1) Ballet II (2) Jazz II (2) Modern II (2) Tap II (2) Ballet III (2) Jazz III (2) Modern III (2) Tap III (2)

Dance Style I Dance Style II Dance Style III Other Class: # of hours Class: # of hours Class: # of hours

____ __ ____ __ ____ __ ____ __ ____ __ ____ __ ____ __ ____ __ ____ __ ____ __ ____ __

Remember: one (1) of the 14 required hours of dance hour fulfills the BELL core Wellness activity course requirement

V. ELECTIVES (3 hours)* Electives may be music or non-music

___________________________________ ________

*Extra ensemble and principal hours do not count as electives. If a student elects to take a 4-hour language for the 3-hour humanities requirement or a 4-hour course

for the 3-hour non-music elective (see BELL Core), the required number of electives decreases accordingly.

This major requires 129 hours.