<p>I’m looking for a college, preferably in a big city that has a really great BA Drama program and a Culinary Arts program where it would be realistic to double major. Or if there’s any places that let you double major with a BFA in acting, that’s good too. I’m a sophomore and I haven’t taken the SAT yet, but my PSAT score was 182 and I think my GPA is a 3.7-4.0, for an idea of my academic rating. So far Boston University seems like it would work, but I’m not sure. Are there colleges that offer both, or something similar to both, or should I just choose one? Thank you!</p>
<p>I wouldn’t think a double major in these two fields would be very feasible, as both of them can be pretty time-consuming. Another difficulty would be finding a school that offered both fields. Two schools that offer both fields are Clemson (Performing Arts; Culinary as an emphasis in Food Science) and Iowa State. Neither school is in a big city and I doubt they’re known for their drama programs.</p>
<p>One option is to look at some local CCs. Ours has a drama program and a culinary arts. That would let you see if you could handle both programs and if you wanted to stick with them.</p>
<p>Because it’s so hands-on, Culinary Arts in generally considered a ‘trade’ rather than an academic major. As such, finding both at a single school might be very challenging.</p>
<p>Depending on what you’re looking for in your culinary degree i.e., becoming a chef, restaurant management, nutrition, or hotel management, there might be some universities that focus on the business or science aspects of food that might work.</p>
<p>If you’re looking to become a chef, there are very few schools where you could successfully double-major. Culinary programs are notoriously demanding of time and follow a very specific course trajectory to graduation. It’s unlikely you’d have time for much else, if it’s a reputable program.</p>
<p>That said, you can always take classes at a professional school while at a 4-year college/uni, or take a few drama classes or participate in a drama club while you’re at a culinary school.</p>
<p>Don’t forget that many chefs never went to Culinary School. Suzanne Goin, famed L.A. chef got her degree at Brown University. While she was there she approached the owners of Al Forno and got hired and worked there during school. She went on to train at other high end restaurants. Ann Cashion in D.C. went to Harvard and Stanford grad school. Maybe not the usual, though.</p>
<p>Community Colleges often have good programs with great placement into local restaurants. Often future chefs just got in the door and worked their way up. It’s worth trying to do p/t to see if you will enjoy that environment. Or full time in summer.</p>
<p>My kid’s friend graduated from USC, then went to Cordon Bleu in Paris and is now working in NYC. Don’t know how that’s going, though.</p>
<p>Oh wow, I didn’t realize culinary arts was so specialized. Does anyone know if I’d able to go to the Cornell hotel school while getting a ba in drama from Ithaca college? That’s all I can think of. Or just in general a good way to build up a resume and get training while getting a ba from a good school for drama?</p>
<p>Do you plan to become an actor or a chef?</p>
<p>If the former, consider getting your degree in drama and taking cooking classes on the side–or simply practice your cooking, either at home or by working in a restaurant.</p>
<p>If the latter, go to culinary school and take drama classes on the side.</p>
<p>Happykid is a theater tech major who is also very interested in culinary arts. Up through the end of first semester of 9th grade, she was thinking of majoring in Pastry. Then after her first HS production, baking became the back-up plan in case Theater Design turns out to be a bust. This means that I can entirely sympathize with your situation! </p>
<p>You need to sit down with a couple of the college program search engines (there is a nice one that you can reach from the main page here at CC), and look for colleges and universities that offer both majors. Not all of the programs will be do-able because of the time demands of each major, but there should be several places where you could test out both majors in the first year or two before you need to choose between them. <a href=“College Navigator - Search Results”>College Navigator - Search Results; finds more than 500 institutions with general theater programs and general culinary programs. Theater Tech and Baking finds 48 <a href=“College Navigator - Search Results”>College Navigator - Search Results;
<p>As for Cornell Hotel and Ithaca College, that plan is just not do-able. The Cornell Hotel program is essentially a full-time job for four years. You could choose your electives from elsewhere in the university (and Cornell does have a theater department), but there is no way you’d have time to trek across town and up the other hill to get to your classes and your performances at IC.</p>