<p>I really want to attend a drama conservatory and get a bfa in acting, but my parents are afraid that this will limit my options (bfa v. ba is a different issue). So I am wondering, if worse comes to worst and I am in trouble financially (which is a very real possibility for any actor), and I want to get a degree in something different (perhaps not totally diffirent, just in degree that will give me more options and keep me more financially stable…I wouldn’t do anything related to the sciences or whatever that requires you to have take a couple of years worth of classes), will I be able to jump right into (although I would be willing to attend maybe a semester of classes so that I can attain a masters degree) getting a master’s education. will a bfa provide enough classes to meet the requirements?</p>
<p>get a double major in psychology—psychology is easy they easily get a job and they make a ****load of money-great fallback plan</p>
<p>There are many fields that you could get into graduate school with your BFA. You will have difficulty, as you state, getting into a science area, but if you choose your elective classes wisely, you could probably get into many different areas. You might have to take a few undergrad classes either before you are admitted or as soon as you are admitted. </p>
<p>I have a BS in Environmental Science with a minor in Geology. I also have an MS in Counseling and work as a middle school counselor. Once I was admitted, I needed to take a few classes that I didn’t have as an undergrad, but they just counted those towards elective classes in my program. Other folks I graduated with - a geologist who got an MFA in dance, a psych major and a music major who both went on to become nurses, a drama major who has an MBA.</p>
<p>You don’t have to have an undergraduate major in most social science or humanities fields in order to get a master’s degree in those fields, and you rarely need to have a related major to get into professional programs (like an MBA, MPP, MPH, etc.) You just need to take the prerequisites. When you are in college, look at the kind of master’s degree you might be interested in earning and look at the prereqs. Often there aren’t any for an MBA - you usually need work experience - but say you wanted to get a master’s in school psychology. You’d have to take general psychology, statistics, research methods, and probably a course in abnormal or developmental psychology (or both).</p>
<p>I suggest that you post this also on the Theatre/ Drama majors forum.</p>
<p>I received my BFA in Acting/ Musical Theatre, and while I still work full time n that field, other I went to shool with have gone to graduate school in other fields and have gone on to become Doctors, Lawyers, Counselors, Social Workers, Business Leaders, Teachers, etc…</p>
<p>Depending on the flexibility/ requirements of your undergraduate program you may be able to take certain graduate program pre-recs while in undergrad. If this is not possible, or you decide at later date that you want to go to graduate school in a completely different fieldand you need certain pre-recs, you can always take a semester or a year to take those courses prior to applying to graduate school. This is something that anyone would need to do if changing your career path radically.</p>