Musical Theatre (BFA)

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I. General Education Requirements (BFA)

First Year or Transition Year Seminar (4 hrs)
Integrative Studies (28 hrs)
Note: For the Creativity and Culture INST requirement, a course other than INST 2608 must be selected.
Mathematics (4 hrs)
Lifetime Fitness and Wellness Series (1 hr)
Senior Year Experience (fulfilled within the major)
Writing Intensive Requirement (click the General Education Requirements link below for details)

See
General Education Requirements
for specifics.

II. Major Requirements (90 hrs)

A. Studies in Musical Theatre (all courses required)

B. Studies in Dance and Movement (all courses required)

DANC 1800 - Basic Dance
2 courses from the following in any combination:
DANC 2800 - Intermediate Dance
DANC 3800 - Intermediate/Advanced Dance

C. Support Courses (all courses required)

III. Residency Requirements

In order to graduate from any university a student should take a significant proportion of the hours for his or her program of study from that university, take a significant proportion of hours in the major from that university, and take a significant proportion of the “signature elements” of that university’s general education requirements.

At Otterbein, at least 48 semester hours of coursework must be taken in Otterbein classes. MATH 0900 cannot be used to help fulfill this requirement. Of these hours:

at least 12 semester hours must be taken in each of a student’s majors at the 3000 level or above,
at least 4 semester hours (any level) must be taken in each minor, and
the INST dyad must be taken at Otterbein.

IV. Required Total Hours for the Degree (126 hrs)

If the coursework taken to fulfill the General Education Requirements and the requirements in your major do not equal 126 hours, select a sufficient number of electives to achieve that total.

V. Minimum GPA Overall and in the Major

A GPA of 2.0 overall as well as in the major must be achieved.

VI. Application for Degree

A prospective graduate must complete an Application for Degree from the Office of the Registrar one term prior to the term in which the degree is to be completed.

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