Cognate Areas of Study:
Students will choose six (6) credit hours of additional cognate electives in any combination from the courses listed below:
1) Vocal Pedagogy Cognate Courses:
MU 544 Advanced Vocal Pedagogy (Since this course is included in the MM required courses listed above, students who choose this cognate will need to take another 3 hour elective course in order for the student to earn the required hours for graduation.)
MU 645 Comparative Vocal Pedagogy
MU 646 Historical Vocal Pedagogy
MU 647 Musical Theatre Vocal Pedagogy
2) Theatre Cognate Courses:
TH 502 Acting I
TH 503 Acting II
TH 505 Beginning Ballet
TH 506 Beginning Tap
TH 507 Beginning Jazz
TH 508 Advanced Ballet
TH 509 Advanced Jazz
TH 510 Stage Movement
TH 511 Advanced Tap
TH 513 History of Musical Theatre
TH 515 Auditioning in the Global Marketplace
TH 521 Theatrical Makeup
TH 525 Stage Combat I
TH 526 Stage Combat II
TH 530 Directing I
TH 531 Production Procedures
3) Worship Leadership Cognate Courses:
WL 515 Practical Technologies for Today’s Worship Leader
WL 552 Relational Issues in Worship
WL 554 History and Philosophy of Music and Worship
WL 555 Practical Skills in Worship
Ensemble Participation
1. Students are required to participate in the University Chorale for four (4) sequential semesters.
2. Students are required to participate in the Opera/Musical Theatre Workshop for three (3) sequential semesters.
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.