Musical Theatre Double Major

MThopeful99
Wed, 14 Dec 2016 02:18:17 +0000

I believe Arizona State allows double majors, but if you do not have AP credits you’ll probably have to take some courses at community college over the summer. NYU might be the same as well, and Viterbo allows it too. Several programs allow minors, but that would do little good in a field like physical therapy. Musical Theatre programs are usually intense, because there is so much training packed into one degree. It would be much easier to double major in physical therapy or pre-law and straight theatre, as BA’s in theatre arts are much more common. You could take voice and dance lessons on the side, and many colleges put on musicals and shows throughout the year.

     Remember that you do not need a degree to pursue musical theatre, and that you can always go back to school. If you wanted you could go to school for musical theatre and then in five or ten years when you wanted a career change go back to school. Obviously this would take more time but if you wanted to be a lawyer you would have to go to law school, and there is no required Bachelors degree for law school (meaning you could potentially major in musical theatre and go to law school). Granted, since BFA's tend to have fewer gen-eds, you might have to take some courses at a community college, but it is very possible.

If you truly want to double major though I know there are more schools out there that allow it, it’s just a matter of doing your research.