Performing Arts, B.A.

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This degree equips students to become meaningful partners in God’s redemptive story through the arts. Students learn and apply practical creative skills to nurture and serve their communities in the areas of technical production, performance, and arts education and advocacy. Graduates are leaders of cultural development and transformation.

Refer to the link for General Requirements for Music and Theatre degrees .

Student Learning Outcomes

Students will create, collaborate, and perform musical and theatrical literature, demonstrating stylistic insight, technical proficiency, artistry, and a scholarly thought process.
Students will contribute to and demonstrate a thorough understanding of musical and theatrical production processes.
Students will develop a broad knowledge of music and theatre history, styles, and performance practices.
Students will be able to understand performing arts pedagogy and how to apply that pedagogy to the training of others.
Students will demonstrate a working knowledge of technology and technical processes in various contexts as applicable to their concentration.
Students will demonstrate proficiency in essential practices and skills related to their concentration.
Students will be able to apply the skill of reflection and expression of thought as it relates to relationships between Christianity, performance, story, and culture.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree with major in Performing Arts

University Core Curriculum - 42 hours

Program requirements satisfy 6 of the 48 hours in the Core Curriculum.

Six hours of the Arts and Humanities elective area are satisfied by six hours from the following: MUS 2133 , MUS 3213 , MUS 3433 , THE 2213 , THE 3103 , THE 3213 .

Core Curriculum Courses

Required Courses in Music & Theatre - 6-10 hours

Voice and piano students will take MUS courses. Theatre students will take THE courses.

MUS 1000 Performance Attendance (On Campus) (to be taken every semester of full-time enrollment)
MUS 1401 Music & Theatre as Vocation (On Campus)
MUS 4191 Senior Capstone Preparation (On Campus)
MUS 4560 Internship in Music and Theatre (On Campus)
THE 1000 Performance Attendance (On Campus) (to be taken every semester of full-time enrollment)
THE 1401 Music & Theatre as Vocation (On Campus)
THE 4191 Senior Capstone Preparation (On Campus)
THE 4560 Internship in Music and Theatre (On Campus)

One of the following

MUS 4900 Senior Recital (On Campus)
MUS 4910 Senior Presentation (On Campus)
MUS 4920 Senior Production (On Campus)
THE 4910 Senior Presentation (On Campus)
THE 4920 Senior Production (On Campus)

Ensemble

Four semesters of ensemble participation from the following; two hours must be upper-division course work.

MUS 1731 Music Theatre Production (On Campus)
MUS 1732 Music Theatre Production (On Campus)
MUS 1821 University Chorus (On Campus)
MUS 1851 JBU Chapel Band (On Campus)
MUS 3731 Music Theatre Production (On Campus)
MUS 3732 Music Theatre Production (On Campus)
MUS 3801 Cathedral Choir (On Campus)
MUS 3851 The Red Steps (On Campus)
THE 1111 Theatre Production (On Campus)
THE 1112 Theatre Production (On Campus)
THE 3111 Theatre Production (On Campus)
THE 3112 Theatre Production (On Campus)

Performing Arts Courses - 15 hours

MUS 1103 Foundations of Music Theory (On Campus)
MUS 3562 Production Technology (On Campus)
THE 1221 Dance for the Performer (On Campus)
THE 2213 Foundations of Theatre (On Campus)
THE 3213 Theatre in History & Culture (On Campus)

One of the following

MUS 3213 History of Western Music (On Campus)
THE 3103 History of Musical Theatre (On Campus)

Concentrations - 18-19-21 hours

Students must choose one concentration. Eighteen hours are required for the theatre concentration; nineteen hours are required for the piano concentration; twenty-one hours are required for the voice concentration. Please see Music Fee Schedule for courses where fees apply.

Theatre

THE 2113 Fundamentals of Acting (On Campus)
THE 2121 Practicum in Theatre Production (On Campus) (to be taken four times)
THE 2223 Stagecraft (On Campus)
THE 3222 Stage Combat (On Campus)
THE 3413 Acting Styles (On Campus)
THE 4113 Directing (On Campus)

Piano

MUS 1162 Keyboard Musicianship II (On Campus)
MUS 1701 Aural Skills I (On Campus)
MUS 2133 Intermediate Music Theory (On Campus)
MUS 2701 Aural Skills II (On Campus)
MUS 3411 Conducting I (On Campus)
MUS 3433 Advanced Music Theory (On Campus)
MUS 3701 Aural Skills III (On Campus)
MUS 4261 Piano Pedagogy (On Campus)

Applied Lessons

MUS 1981 Applied Voice (On Campus) (to be taken four times)
MUS 3981 Applied Voice (On Campus) (to be taken twice)

Voice

MUS 1152 Keyboard Musicianship I (On Campus)
MUS 1162 Keyboard Musicianship II (On Campus)
MUS 1701 Aural Skills I (On Campus)
MUS 2133 Intermediate Music Theory (On Campus)
MUS 2701 Aural Skills II (On Campus)
MUS 3411 Conducting I (On Campus)
MUS 3433 Advanced Music Theory (On Campus)
MUS 3701 Aural Skills III (On Campus)
MUS 4381 Voice Science & Pedagogy (On Campus)

Applied Lessons

MUS 1981 Applied Voice (On Campus) (to be taken four times)
MUS 3981 Applied Voice (On Campus) (to be taken twice)

Performing Arts, B.A.

Student Learning Outcomes

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree with major in Performing Arts

University Core Curriculum - 42 hours

Required Courses in Music & Theatre - 6-10 hours

One of the following

Ensemble

Performing Arts Courses - 15 hours

One of the following

Concentrations - 18-19-21 hours

Theatre

Piano

Applied Lessons

Voice

Applied Lessons

Successful Completion of the Upper-Division Applied Admittance Exam in the applied concentration

Second major, minor field, area of interest, or electives as necessary to complete minimum total hours

Minimum total semester hours - 120