| Um i dont go to USC but a few years ago i did an interview with the head of the theater department and i learned some stuff there. The BFA is extremely time consuming. It is mainly Shakespeare based and you only have 4 open courses to take classes that arent within the BFA program. So you could not get an MT minor with it. She said that how she looks at the difference between the two is that the BFA program is for people who can only act. They can't do any other career because acting is their only passion. Then the BA program is for people who have a passion for acting but also have passions for other things (ie people who want to minor in something else). I have a friend there who is an MT freak and instead of doing an acting BA with an MT minor she is doing an acting and music double. She loves it. She took an entire class last semester on JRB (ohh i am so jealous). From what i remember the BFA students are not encouraged to explore Hollywood during their four years but any BA student will defiantly have time. It is a little secret passageway into Hollywood because of the film school (i know that will ferrel and topher grace both got their start at SC). I have another friend who is in the film school and she told me that movie studios and tv shows film there almost every week and always come to the film school asking for extras. So it can be a great place to start out for hollywood. |