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Musical Theater, BFA (pending SCHEV approval)

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Banner Code: AR-BFA-MTHR

Note: As of catalog publication in April, the program described below has been approved by the Board of Visitors and sent to the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia for consideration as a new degree program. The university cannot accept applications or enroll students in this program until SCHEV approval has been granted. Check the college/school website for current program status.

Web: theater.gmu.edu

College: College of Visual and Performing Arts
Department: School of Theater

The BFA in Musical Theater requires 126 credits and students must earn a minimum 2.50 cumulative GPA to complete the degree.

Degree Requirements

Mason Core (40 credits)

Foundation Requirements

Oral communication Credits: 3
Information technology Credits: 3
Quantitative reasoning Credits: 3
ENGH 101 Composition Credits: 3
ENGH 302 Advanced Composition Credits: 3

Nonnative speakers of English with limited proficiency in the language may substitute ENGH 100 for ENGH 101. Students must attain a minimum grade of C in ENGH 100 or 101, as well as in 302, to fulfill degree requirements.

Core Requirements

Literature Credits: 3
Arts (see below) Credits: 3
Natural science (including one laboratory science) Credits: 7
Western civilization Credits: 3
Global understanding Credits: 3
Social and behavioral sciences Credits: 3
Synthesis requirement: THR 440 - Advanced Studies in Directing/Dramaturgy Credits: 3 or THR 496 - Text in Production Credits: 3 or MUSI 490 - RS: Musical Communication in Context Credits: 3

Mason Core Arts Requirement

Choose one of the following:

DANC 125 - Modern/Contemporary Dance I Credits: 3
DANC 131 - Beginning Jazz Technique Credits: 3
DANC 145 - Ballet I Credits: 3
DANC 161 - Beginning Tap Dance Credits: 3
DANC 225 - Modern/Contemporary Dance II Credits: 3
DANC 231 - Intermediate Jazz Technique Credits: 3
DANC 245 - Ballet II Credits: 3
DANC 331 - Advanced Jazz Dance Credits: 3 (only if repeated)

Major (86 credits)

DANC 331 - Advanced Jazz Dance Credits: 3
MUSI 113 - Aural Skills I Credits: 1
MUSI 114 - Aural Skills II Credits: 1-2 (must be taken for 1 credit)
MUSI 115 - Theory I Credits: 3
MUSI 116 - Theory II Credits: 3
MUSI 171 - Keyboard Skills I Credits: 1
MUSI 172 - Keyboard Skills II Credits: 1
MUSI 221 - Applied Music I Credits: 1 (must be taken for 4 credits)
MUSI 243 - Applied Music in Voice Credits: 2 (must be taken for a total of 10 credits)
MUSI 438 - Music History in Society B Credits: 3 or MUSI 439 - Music History in Society C Credits: 3
MUSI 100-499 Credits: 3
THR 150 - Greeks to Restoration Credits: 3 or THR 151 - Romanticism to Present Credits: 3
THR 210 - Acting I Credits: 3
THR 230 - Fundamentals of Production Credits: 3
THR 300 - Voice and Speech Credits: 3
THR 301 - Advanced Study in Voice Credits: 3
THR 303 - Movement for Actors Credits: 3
THR 306 - Movement in Musical Theater Credits: 3
THR 310 - Acting II Credits: 3
THR 329 - Directing Credits: 3
THR 350 - Script Analysis Credits: 3
THR 365 - Characterization Credits: 3 or THR 421 - One-Person Show Credits: 3
THR 427 - Musical Theater Workshop Credits: 3 (must be taken for a total of 6 credits)
THR 428 - Musical Theater Ensemble Credits: 3

MUSI Ensemble

Must be advisor approved and taken for a total of 5 credits

MUSI 380 - Wind Symphony Credits: 1
MUSI 381 - University Chorale Credits: 1
MUSI 382 - Piano Ensemble Credits: 1
MUSI 383 - Symphonic Band Credits: 1
MUSI 384 - Symphonic Chorus Credits: 1
MUSI 385 - Chamber Singers Credits: 1
MUSI 387 - Symphony Orchestra Credits: 1
MUSI 389 - Jazz Ensemble Credits: 1
MUSI 485 - Chamber Ensembles Credits: 1

One upper-level movement course (3 credits)

DANC 331 - Advanced Jazz Dance Credits: 3
THR 304 - Advanced Movement for Actors Credits: 3
THR 305 - Unarmed Stage Combat Credits: 3
THR 405 - Advanced Stage Combat Credits: 3

One upper-level dramatic literature course (3 credits)

THR 351 - Dramatic Theory and Criticism Credits: 3
THR 352 - Dramatic Literature Seminar Credits: 3
THR 355 - Moral Vision in American Theater Credits: 3
THR 359 - World Stages Credits: 3 (may fulfill global understanding or upper level dramatic literature requirement but not both)
THR 395 - Theater as the Life of the Mind Credits: 3

Total: 126 credits

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