This degree includes:

• MU 501 Music Theory
• MU 505 Opera Literature
• MU 510 Music History
• MU 511 Music History
• MU 524 Advanced Vocal Pedagogy
• MU 545 Advanced Italian Diction
• MU 546 Advanced French Diction
• MU 547 Advanced German Diction

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• 8 credit hours of Graduate Applied Voice
• 4 credit hours of Graduate Vocal Coaching
• Graduate Recital

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Cognate Areas of Study:

Students will choose six (6) credit hours of additional cognate electives in any combination from the courses listed below: 

• TH 502 Acting I
• TH 503 Acting II
• TH 505 Beginner Ballet
• TH 506 Beginner Tap
• TH 507 Beginner Jazz
• TH 508 Advanced Ballet
• TH 509 Advanced Jazz
• TH 510 Stage Combat and Movement
• TH 513 History of Musical Theatre
• TH 515 Auditioning in the Global Theatre Marketplace
• TH 521 Theatrical Makeup
• TH 530 Directing I
• TH 531 Production Procedures
• WL 515 Practical Technologies for todays Worship Leader
• WL 552 Relational Issues in Worship
• WL 554 History and Philosophy of Music and Worship
• WL 555 Practical Skill in Worship
• FR 501 Advanced French Composition and Conversation
• FR 502 Advanced French Composition and Conversation II
• FR 512 Introduction to French Literature and Culture
• FR 597 Study in Selected Topics

Music Total Semester Hours: Thirty Eight

Ensemble Participation

1. Vocalists are expected to take four sequential semesters in University Singers.

2. Vocalists are expected to take three sequential semesters in Opera/Musical Theatre Workshop.

Foreign Language Proficiencies

Students are expected to have taken at least one semester of French, German, and Italian as part of their undergraduate studies. If not, they will be required to fulfill that requirement by completing the missing language courses or passing the appropriate CLEP exams.