Emerson BFA Theatre

lovetoact
Wed, 25 Jan 2017 13:47:29 +0000

Emerson recently changed the title of all of their theater degrees to ‘BFA.’ They have a rationale as to why they did that here: http://www.emerson.edu/performing-arts/undergraduate-programs/fall-2016-degree-changes

Some cynics say that it’s to make the former ‘BA’ majors more appealing to those students who were redirected to those based on the audition process. Whatever the reason, Emerson has a great program for a variety of students’ needs.

That being said, there are many, many strong BA programs that would be comparable in depth and breadth of course offerings to Emerson’s new BFA track (that used to be the BA track).

What about Emerson’s nonperformance BFA did you like that you’d want to see in another school? Is it a specific focus on the academic theater classes? Is it involvement in a broad array of theater areas? If you can pinpoint what it is that you like (or don’t like) about Emerson, I’m sure you’d get responses from this community to help you out.