Theater opportunities if not doing a BFA (UCLA, USC etc)

fiftyfifty1
Thu, 06 Jun 2024 02:34:14 +0000

What type of academic double major is she leaning toward? Humanities? Social sciences? STEM? Whether this is feasible can depend on the field. STEM fields are harder due to the time commitment. Theater is time consuming in itself, and so is STEM.

My own kid is a theater major at Fordham. He is theater tech, not acting, but some of his acting friends are also double majoring. Fordham is a BA program so there is a little more room than with a BFA. And since Fordham does not have a BFA, there is no competition for roles. That said, Fordham does require an audition, and isn’t officially MT (although there is singing and dance training available.)

I have heard that some of the highly selective schools (Ivys, Northwestern etc) also have room for a double major. But of course they are reaches for essentially everyone.

I do know one student in a conservatory BFA acting program (Guthrie) who is also double majoring in a STEM field. But he came in with a ton of AP and duel enrollment credits, otherwise it would have been impossible.

Best wishes to your student!