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bwaychic · 02-09-2008, 08:38 PM

I'm not going to lie, there is no possible way you can double major as a musical theatre major at ithaca college. It is a conservatory style program, and 112 out of the 121 credits we are required to take are within our major (meaning musical theatre centered). As an MT you are only required to take 5 gen ed. requirements in all of college, but this doesn't mean that you are not academically stimulated at all. My senior year I was ranked 12 in my class of 275, in all Honors and Ap courses, and was in the same boat as you are in terms of wanting a strong liberal arts background. After not being able to afford NYU i ended up at Ithaca, but I promise you it was the best thing that ever happened to me. Although I am not being stimulated in, lets say math for an example, I am being challenged in so many other ways, and whats better is that they pertain to my major. Ithaca offers a BA Drama program which you can interview for that allows a strong liberal arts background, possible double major, and performance/directing/technical opporunities, but the BFA MT or Acting is basically a conservatory program. Hope that helps

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02-09-2008, 08:38 PM	#10
bwaychic Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: CT Posts: 52	I'm not going to lie, there is no possible way you can double major as a musical theatre major at ithaca college. It is a conservatory style program, and 112 out of the 121 credits we are required to take are within our major (meaning musical theatre centered). As an MT you are only required to take 5 gen ed. requirements in all of college, but this doesn't mean that you are not academically stimulated at all. My senior year I was ranked 12 in my class of 275, in all Honors and Ap courses, and was in the same boat as you are in terms of wanting a strong liberal arts background. After not being able to afford NYU i ended up at Ithaca, but I promise you it was the best thing that ever happened to me. Although I am not being stimulated in, lets say math for an example, I am being challenged in so many other ways, and whats better is that they pertain to my major. Ithaca offers a BA Drama program which you can interview for that allows a strong liberal arts background, possible double major, and performance/directing/technical opporunities, but the BFA MT or Acting is basically a conservatory program. Hope that helps .