<p>Is a college with MT departments just as good as colleges specifically focused on MT? Such as USC, or Vanderbilt?</p>
<p>I do not understand your question but perhaps somebody else might and will respond.</p>
<p>Also, Vanderbilt doest have a MT major or department or isn’t focused on MT. </p>
<p>USC only has a MT minor. </p>
<p>What is a “MT directed school” and what is a “college specifically focused on MT?” </p>
<p>Not sure that a MT department wouldn’t also be considered “focused on MT.”</p>
<p>I mean, Do schools with just MT departments but also with other majors, just as good as schools specifically focused on the arts(Julliard and the like).</p>
<p>OK, I THINK you are asking about stand alone conservatories as compared to MT departments/conservatories within a greater university. </p>
<p>(USC and Vanderbilt are not examples of either of these, however).</p>
<p>Also, Juilliard doesn’t have a MT program. </p>
<p>Surely a MT program within a university setting is as good as a stand alone conservatory when it comes to MT training. It is a matter of which experience you would prefer…to be in a school that only offers the arts training or to be in a school that offers that SAME arts training but also has everything else a university would have (liberal arts courses, other majors, students who are not in the arts, an array of college experiences outside the arts, etc.). </p>
<p>Example of stand alone conservatory: Boston Conservatory
Example of conservatory within a university setting: NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.</p>
<p>A BFA in MT program within a university setting is like inserting the stand alone conservatory inside a bigger school. The MT training itself is similar to the MT training where it just stands alone without an entire university surrounding it. But the MT program that is inside the university offers additional things other than the MT training.</p>
<p>Whether a musical theatre program is housed in a university (with other majors), or at an arts conservatory has no bearing on the quality of the musical theatre program and the training.</p>
<p>At some programs housed within a university with other majors you may be required to take more general education classes outside of your major than at a program housed in a stand alone conservatory, but this is not always the case, and is no indication of the quality of the training within the Musical Theatre program. </p>
<p>Look at the Big List of schools posted at the top of this thread… go on the websites of individual schools that interest you and look at the required curriculum and the electives offers. Each program is different. As you look at the requirements you will start to get a sense of the range of programs.</p>
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<p>Cross-posted with SoozieVT</p>
<p>Follow up to my post #4:
However, there ARE differences between a BFA in MT and a BA in MT (you didn’t ask about that but not sure if you realize it or not). There are posts/threads on that distinction on this forum if you do a search.</p>