I hope this will be an asset to future MT Majors!
Please post your schedule, type of program (BA or BFA), school and what semester it is.
KaMaMom
BFA at Nebraska Wesleyan
Fall
Acting I
US Gov & Politics
Dance
Musical Theatre I
Freshman Seminar (On tattoos I think??)
Script Analysis
I’ll give my freshman and sophomore schedules, just to give some more perspective!
BFA Musical Theatre and Arts Administration (Double Major), Viterbo University
Freshman Fall:
Acting I (3 credits)
Theory I (3 credits)
Fundamentals of Dance (1 credit)
Private Voice Lessons (2 credit)
Musical Theatre Lab (1 credit)
Theatre Practicum: Lighting Crew Assignment (1 credit)
Performing Arts Management (3 credits)
Honors Program: Franciscan Values and Traditions (3 credits)
Freshman Spring:
Acting II (3 credits)
Theory II (3 credits)
Tap I (1 credit–but I ended up dropping it because I sprained my knee and tap is all about loose knees :()
Ballet I (1 credit)
Private Voice Lessons (2 credits)
Musical Theatre Lab (1 credit)
Theatre Practicum: Dramaturgy Assignment (1 credit)
Arts Marketing (3 credits)
Honors Program: English Writing Seminar (4 credits)
Sophomore Fall:
Acting III Scene Study (3 Credits)
Text Analysis (3 credits)
Women in Theatre (3 credits)–contracted for the Honors Program, as I opted to take this instead of Multicultural American Literature, which was my Honors Program sequence for this semester
Jazz I (1 credit)
Private Voice Lessons (1 credit–we’ve had a curriculum restructuring, but we still get the same amount of voice lessons as we always have. This just makes it easier for us to schedule everything!)
Musical Theatre Lab for Underclassmen (1 credit)
Theatre Practicum (1 credit)
Principles of Arts Administration (3 credits)
Business Law I (3 credits)
I will also test out of Piano Proficiency, giving me one additional credit without having to take the course.
NYU Tisch, BFA Drama, MT Studio – may not be current
This was the Tisch MT first semester freshman course list back in 2012 so take it for what it is worth. One can add in an additional 2 credit class to the list without paying more but most first semester freshman don’t and would be advised against it first semester while adjusting. I think this is probably fairly close enough to current but things can change year to year in any program. Feel free to correct it if someone knows better. This is info I’d like to have had easy access to when we were looking at schools (along with how many hours were spent/week in each class to get a true sense of the load) and it isn’t always easy to tease it out. Good idea @KaMaMom.
• Private Voice
• Introduction to Theatre Studies (FYI, you either take this first semester or you take Intro to Theatre Production then the opposite the following semester)
• Writing the Essay (this is the equivalent of Freshman English and you take it two semesters)
• Ballet
• Voice
• Song Performance
• Sight Singing
• Acting
• Vocal Performance
• Music Theory
• Contemporary
• Keyboarding
• Speech
Spring semester freshman was more or less a continuation of the same classes except that instead of keyboarding, they added in an additional music theory class session. Some students took a 2 credit keyboarding/piano class through Steinhardt that semester to continue that skill building on top of the above.
I have all of the other semester’s details through junior year and if anyone ever wants it, feel free to PM me since you will never find it on the Tisch website. (It isn’t there.)
To add on to the info halflokum posted, I thought I would share my D’s schedules at NYU Stella Adler studio. Thought the differences between acting and MT might be interesting.
ITS and ITP are same- kids from all studios take together (nice way to meet others) ITP more “hands on”, included crew requirement. I think the advice on NOT taking an “extra” 2 credits 1st semester is very sound. 2nd semester last year D took private voice as 2 credit elective.
Studio Classes:
Voice and Speech
Adler technique
Scene study
Movement (lots of flexibility work)
Character
Modern dance
Shakespeare
Improv
U of Utah, BFA in MT Freshman schedule:
Core Dance
Acting 1
Script Analysis
Music Theory 1
Private Voice
Performance and Critique Workshop
Production
Writing
@halflokum reminded me that I forgot to add 2 semesters of the infamous “writing the essay” (WTE- which often had a different and more colorful nickname among D’s peers) Easily the most academically challenging class from this year- This made up a fat chunk of D’s “HW”. But, much as D grumbled, it really pushed her to Improve her writing. Plus it has a delightful “right of passage” element- something all NYU students have shared…
My daughter is a BFA Physical Theatre major at Coastal Carolina University, but I thought I’d still contribute if y’all don’t mind.
Fall freshman year:
Acting 1
Intro To Physical Theatre
English 101 (core requirement)
Intro to Dramatic Analysis (satisfied core
requirement)
Common Hour (all BFA majors)
Stage Auditions
Spring freshman year:
Intro To Costuming
Acting 1 Studio
English 102 (core requirement)
Calculus (core requirement)
Ballet 1
Intro To Music
Common Hour
Fall sophomore year:
Acting 2
Jazz 1
Theatre History 1
Movement for the Actor
Music Skills For Actors
US History (core requirement)
Common Hour
Also, there is an old thread with this topic. I just can’t seem to find it.
BM MT and VP at Oklahoma City
Fall freshman year
Private voice
Private vocal coaching
Class piano
Music Theory
Aural skills
OMT lab ( opera music theater lab)
Acting 1
Ballet
English composition
Freshman year spring
Private voice
Private vocal coaching
Acting 2
Music Theory
Aural skills
Tap
Class piano
Liberal arts Seminar: children’s theater
Texas State BFA in Musical Theatre
Freshman Year
Fall
Intro to Musical Theatre
Beginning Acting
Theatre Activities
Musicianship I
Vocal Techniques
Ballet
Jazz
University Seminar
3 hours University Core
16 hours
Spring
Intro to Musical Theatre II
Intermediate Acting
Musicianship II
Vocal Techniques
Jazz
Ballet
Intro to Theatrical Design
3 Hours University Core
17 hours
Western Kentucky University BFA in Musical Theatre
Freshman Year
Fall
Acting I
Music Theory
Private Voice
Ballet
Fundamentals of Theatre
University Experience
English - Writing
17 credits
Spring
Acting II
Group Piano
Private Voice
Jazz
Production Lab
Stagecraft
Speech
World History
17 credits
Point Park U BFA Musical Theatre Freshman Year First Semester
(Transfer student: HS AP classes and classes from Shenandoah actually transfered. The conservatory classes go towards MT electives. Her World History AP score took care of 2 history gen eds and the First Year Seminar from freshman year is similar to a course at PPU so she 's taking another core course instead)
Classical Ballet 1
Problem Solving with Information (core)
Oral Communication and Presentation (core)
Private Voice
Music Theory/Piano/Sightsinging
Acting Level 1
Voice and Speech Level 1
Production 1
(18 credits)
James Madison University, BA Musical Theatre
Fall
Theatre & Dance Colloquium
Introduction to Visual and Performing Arts (if living in the arts living learning community dorm)
2 dance classes (varies per student – assigned from ballet, jazz, modern, tap)
Acting
Voice
Musical Theatre Performance Lab
2 General Education classes (or 1 General Education class and Fundamentals of Music, depending on music reading ability)
Theatre Practicum (if cast in a mainstage show)
(15 - 17 credits)
Spring
Theatre & Dance Colloquium
2 dance classes (varies per student – assigned from ballet, jazz, modern, tap)
Performance Production
Performance Analysis
Voice
Musical Theatre Performance Lab
2 General Education classes
Theatre Practicum (if cast in a mainstage show)
(18 - 19 credits)
WRIGHT STATE - BFA [fall schedule]
Ballet for the MT Major (2cr) [3 days/week]
Jazz for the MT Major (1cr) [2 days/week]
Acting I (3cr)
Singing for MT Major (2cr) [private voice]
Theatre in Western Culture (3cr)
Movement I (2cr)
Speech I (2cr)
Academic Writing and Reading (3cr) [english core]
18 credits total
Molloy College/CAP 21, BFA in Theater Arts:
Fall: (At the CAP 21 studios)
Ballet, 3 cr
Jazz, 2 cr
Acting Technique, 3cr
Vocal Technique, 3cr
Private Voice, 1cr
Fall (at Molloy)
“Freshman Experience” - every freshman has to take it!
Writing seminar
Piano
Spring (at CAP 21)
Jazz, 3cr
Acting Technique, 4 cr
Vocal Technique, 3cr
Voice and Speech, 1cr
Private Voice, 1cr
Spring (at Molloy)
D took Philosophy, Sociology and Sight Reading in the music department
This was my daughter’s freshman schedule BFA MT at Montclair:
1st semester:
Ballet (leveled)
Tap (leveled)
Jazz (leveled)
Acting I
Music Theory I
Aural Skills I
Freshman Studio (An MT studio class involving lots of singing; that’s all I know)
Vocal Technique For Musical Theater
New Student Seminar (Discussions of MT-related topics)
College Writing I
2nd semester:
Ballet (leveled)
Tap (leveled)
Jazz (leveled)
Acting II
Acting For The Singer I
Music Theory II
Aural Skills II
Applied Voice
Performance Practicum
College Writing II
Ok dumb question … In these BFA programs the kids aren’t really required to take like math etc?
@theaterwork - in many of the programs there are minimal gen ed requirements. Some kids come in with the AP credit and don’t have to take it. Each school is different and often you can find a theatre equivalent. At most my D has had two gen eds in a semester and it’s just because she wants them done by the end of junior year. And they happen to fit in her schedule that semester
Molloy requires math, a foreign language and a religion class, among other core requirements.
My son will take one math class at some point…
BFA MT program at Hartt
Freshman Year
Fall Semester:
Vocal Study (private lesson)
Ballet I
Voice I
Stagecraft
Acting I
Music Theory Fundamentals
Elementary Ear-Training I
Music Theatre Chorus
Paranov Performance Hour
Rhetoric and Writing I
Information Literacy in the Performing Arts
(18.5 credits)
Spring Semester:
Vocal Study (private lesson)
Ballet I
Voice II
Wardrobe & Make-up
Acting II
Diatonic Harmony
Elementary Ear-Training II
Music Theatre Chorus
Paranov Performance Hour
Rhetoric and Writing II
(18 credits)
They do take a math course, but not until senior year. In Sophomore year, there are All University Curriculum (AUC) courses added (one 3 credit course per semester) and an elective thrown in there somewhere, but it is definitely a conservatory-style program. My D has AP credits that place her out of both semesters of Rhetoric and Writing, as well as Music Theory Fundamentals but those will be replaced with some other courses in that track that have yet to be determined. She has not gotten her finalized schedule yet, but her days will be pretty jam packed.