<p>My D is at NU and is a pysch major as well as a theatre major. However, it’s unusual to be a double major in theatre and another field and I agree with SDonCC–it’s not really necessary. My D is doing it because she loves learning about psychology, not because she thinks her job prospects will be greater if she majors in it. Frankly, job prospects for undergrad majors in any liberal arts fields are not great, or are equally what you make of them. A theatre major in fact is much more practical in many ways than a psych major if your goal is immediate employment on graduation. </p>
<p>If you really want to be practical, you could major in a field that is known for high placement on graduation-- computers, math, finance, etc, and then take theatre classes and go to theatre programs in the summer. But then you’d lose focus of the theatre major and sort of defeat its purpose. However, that’s a path some do take. </p>
<p>If your parents are worried about jobs I’d leave grad school/professional school open as a possibility. For instance, say you want to leave med school as a possibility. You’d take the courses needed as an undergrad - Physics, Organic Chem etc - but major in theatre. Not saying you want to be a doctor. But just as an example. Same for law school. Or any grad school.</p>
<p>If you want to teach theatre, that would require an MFA but that’s a long way away and you don’t necessarily have to major in undergrad theatre for it either, although that would help.</p>
<p>Also, many BFA programs are really too intensive for you to consider any other field but their field of studies. You can’t minor in another field much less double major in many BFA programs, so if studying another academic field is something you want to do, you are talking about BA programs more than BFA, although some BFA programs like Tisch have options for additional academic studies. Just know all this when you apply, going in.</p>