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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Applied Music - Musical Theatre (BM) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
MUSIC 101  - A New Rhythm: Cultivating a Healthy Life in College and Beyond   1      
Orientation Course 3      
MUSIC 210   - Music Theory I   1      
MUSIC 211  - Piano Class I   1-4      
MUSIC 255  - Lower-Division Performance   1-4      
ENGL 100  - Expository Writing I   3   KSC 010  
COMM 106  - Public Speaking I   3    KSC 020
Math/Statistics Course 3 KSC 030  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
ENGL 200  - Expository Writing II   OR 3    KSC 010  
ENGL 210  - Honors English   3      
GWSS 105  - Introduction to Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies   3      
US Multicultural Overlay and counts as Social and Behavioral.    KSC 050  
MUSIC 212  - Piano Class II   1      
MUSIC 230  - Music Theory II   3      
MUSIC 231  - Aural Skills I   1      
MUSIC 255  - Lower-Division Performance   1-4      
Free Electives {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
MUSIC 213   - Piano Class III   1      
MUSIC 255  - Lower-Division Performance   1-4      
MUSIC 320   - Music Theory III   3      
MUSIC 321   - Aural Skills II   1      
THTRE 171  - Fundamentals of Acting   3      
Free Electives {Institutionally Designated Area} 3   KSC 070  
PHILO 130  - Introduction to Moral Philosophy   3    
Ethical Reasoning Overlay and counts as Arts & Humanities   KSC 060  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
MUSIC 214   - Piano Class IV   1      
MUSIC 255   - Lower-Division Performance   1-4      
MUSIC 360  - Music Theory IV   3      
MUSIC 361  - Aural Skills III   1      
HIST 112  - World History From 1450   3      
Global Perspectives Overlay and KSC      
Natural & Physical Science Course 4 KSC 040  
Social & Behavioral Sciences Course 3 KSC 050  
Total Credits: 17      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
MUSIC 156   - Introduction to the Broadway Musical   3      
MUSIC 455  - Upper-Division Performance   0-4      
MUSIC 466  - Music History I: Ancient Greece to Beethoven   3      
MUSIC 475  - Opera Workshop   1-18      
DANCE 120  - Contemporary Dance I   2-3      
THTRE 211  - Run Crew   0-2      
THTRE 271  - Intermediate Acting   3      
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
MUSIC 233  - English Diction   1      
MUSIC 241  - Italian Diction   1      
MUSIC 249  - Introduction to Music of the World   3      
MUSIC 455  - Upper-Division Performance   0-4      
MUSIC 467  - Music History II: Beethoven to Present   3      
MUSIC 475  - Opera Workshop   1-18      
MUSIC 501  - Half Recital   1      
THTRE 369  - Fundamentals of Theatrical Design   3      
Total Credits: 14      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
MUSIC 268  - Vocal Pedagogy   2      
MUSIC 455  - Upper-Division Performance   0-4      
MUSIC 731  - Music Business 1   2      
THTRE 580  - Music Theatre Workshop   0-1      
THTRE 560  - Advanced Stage Movement   3      
THTRE 211  - Run Crew   0-2      
THTRE 572  - History of Theatre I   3      
Total Credits: 14      
       
Semester 2      
MUSIC 173  - Music as Protest and Propaganda in the United States   3      
MUSIC 455  - Upper-Division Performance   0-4      
DANCE 280  - Musical Theatre Dance    2-3    
MUSIC 502   - Full Recital   2      
THTRE 211  - Run Crew   0-2      
THTRE 580  - Music Theatre Workshop   0-1      
THTRE 761  - Advanced Acting: Decolonizing the Classics   3      
Total Credits: 13      
       
Total Program Hours: 120