<p>I posted this in the MT forum and realized I should be asking the question here. </p>
<p>Does anyone know schools, other then NYU, that allow BFA acting majors to minor in something other then dance, MT or voice. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>At the Boston University School of Theatre, students who choose the BFA Theatre Arts track can minor in anything they choose, while still receiving essentially the same training as the students in the Acting track.</p>
<p>The training during freshman year is identical. At the end of freshman year, students choose their track. Students in both tracks are considered to be performance majors.</p>
<p>You can add a minor at Coastal Carolina University in whatever you would like. I don’t think the issue with most programs is allowing you to minor. Since BFAs tend to be highly sequenced, it is being able to fit in the classes you need for the minor and doing so in 4 years. My D has friends who have minors and will be able to fit everything in. I think it is helpful if you have AP or dual enrollments credits to knock out some of the core credits to help fit the desired minor classes into your schedule.</p>
<p>Thanks guys this is really great info. What about minors at Rutger’s Mason Gross BFA and CMU BFA? I think at U Michigan one can do it. That is if you can fit it in. NYU has a really interesting minor that I think fits great with the business side of acting. At Steinhardt there is a minor in Business of Entertainment, Media and technology. </p>
<p>I am going to look at BU and Coastal and see if they have communication and a pre law type of minors there.</p>
<p>My advice would be to do some extra research and talk to students at the schools. It was important to my child to be able to have an academic minor as well.
NYU & Michigan were the only BFA’s we found that it was REALLY doable. I’m sure there are others. On paper, BU seems like you can do it, but when we toured there and spoke to students, they said it wasn’t easy to fit in the schedule. NYU leaves 2 full days open for academics with no studio those 2 days, so it is very possible, and encouraged. I know people at Michigan who have double majors and they make it work as well.</p>
<p>I know CCU offers minors in Communications and Journalism.<br>
[Coastal</a> Carolina University - Communication Minor](<a href=“http://www.coastal.edu/academics/humanities/departments/communication/minor.html]Coastal”>http://www.coastal.edu/academics/humanities/departments/communication/minor.html)
[Coastal</a> Carolina University - Journalism Minor](<a href=“http://www.coastal.edu/academics/humanities/departments/communication/journalism/index.html]Coastal”>http://www.coastal.edu/academics/humanities/departments/communication/journalism/index.html)
They also offer a Pre-Law minor:
[Coastal</a> Carolina University - Pre-Law](<a href=“http://www.coastal.edu/academics/humanities/departments/politics/degreeprograms/minors/minors/prelaw.html]Coastal”>http://www.coastal.edu/academics/humanities/departments/politics/degreeprograms/minors/minors/prelaw.html)
And they have a new minor in Intelligence and Security Studies. It’s a brand new program which I thought looked very interesting. But that’s just me!
[Coastal</a> Carolina University - Minor Requirements](<a href=“http://www.coastal.edu/academics/humanities/departments/politics/degreeprograms/intel/minor.html]Coastal”>http://www.coastal.edu/academics/humanities/departments/politics/degreeprograms/intel/minor.html)</p>
<p>Have fun researching!</p>
<p>WOW austin that pre-law minor is just what he is looking for.</p>
<p>I concur with several others who say that it’s easiest for students who can place out of core or liberal arts requirements with APs or other credentials. I think that Mason Gross might be tough, because it requires the full year in London, and it’s a separate school within Rutgers. Students have a few core requirements, but a non-related minor might be very tricky there (by my understanding). Many colleges do not have a “pre-law” major, because there really isn’t something equivalent to a pre-med curriculum for law school admissions. An Acting BFA with excellent grades and top-notch LSAT scores could probably get into law school, especially if he or she took some social science electives or became involved in community programs (e.g. volunteering, election work, etc.). I haven’t studied Emerson’s requirements, but I suspect that their Theatre Studies majors can minor in something else, even if the Acting or MT majors cannot. Some sort of Communications or Journalism minor might be possible. UArts does not have the academic options that some of the other schools mentioned offer, but my son hopes to minor in Creative Writing as an Acting major.</p>
<p>Stage, to me creative writing is such a wise idea for actors. I follow the Hollywood trades and am always reading about actors who have sold screenplays, Seth Rogen comes to mind. In this day and age young actors that have this added skill are very sought after by agents. I know that my sons agent thinks this way.</p>
<p>Oh by the way my sons law interest is in entertainment law.</p>
<p>We looked at Mason Gross pretty closely, and one of the reasons my daughter decided not to attend was that it would be difficult to take academics. It’s a hard-core conservatory program, like Juilliard (where the actors are not allowed to take courses in the Jyard-Columbia exchange.)</p>
<p>About UArts-- they have a wonderful playwriting teacher! My daughter studied with him at UPENN (through a program that allowed HS seniors to take courses) last year; this year, he’s left Penn for full time position at UArts.</p>
<p>DRATS!!!</p>
<p>Glass I sent you a email awhile ago not sure you got it. It had some info for you.</p>
<p>shacherry-- I might have missed it! Been traveling a bit the past two weeks. I will search my email.</p>
<p>UArts will initiate a Creative Writing major in the Fall of 2013. My father was an attorney, by the way, albeit from a very different era. He always said that the best pre-law major was English (his own major, of course). Otherwise, he encouraged more practical courses like accounting. He felt that an ability to write and speak clearly and coherently was the most important skill for any attorney, and he was constantly appalled by how poorly many lawyers communicated.</p>
<p>I teach creative writing at a university. Academic writing (as you would use for and English major) is very different from the creative writing. Just as the different creative genres (e.g., fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, playwriting, and screenwriting) require different sets of skills. IMO, much academic writing is neither clear nor coherent 
but that’s a topic for a different day!</p>
<p>UArts is now offering minors in Creative Writing, Philosophy and Religion and in History of Visual Arts as liberal arts minors through the liberal arts department. This is a significant expansion of the curricular offerings which previously only offered “arts” types of minors.</p>
<p>Elon University in North Carolina allows for a minor for the ambitious student. It is even possible, though more difficult, to double minor.</p>
<p>Thanks all!</p>
<p>James Madison is an auditioned BA program that allows for minors and even double majors. Most with double majors may take an extra semester or year, but if a student comes in with AP, IB, Dual Enrollment credit and/ or tests out of most of the foreign language requirement it could be possible to complete a double major within four years. A minor is certainly possible.</p>
<p>The program at JMU is an auditioned BA with tracks in Performance, Design and Technology, Theatre Studies, and Theatre Education. There is also an auditioned BA Musical Theatre program. It is a professionally focused BA program with strong training and performance opportunities. PM or email me if you have questions. </p>
<p>I believe VCU is a BFA program that would allow for a minor… possible a double major. </p>
<p>I am a Syracuse Drama alum… all students start in the BFA track. Unless something has changed significantly students can switch to the BS track as Juniors and a minor is easily obtained. I believe a student entering with AP credits for gen eds could also obtain a minor relatively easily within the BFA program. </p>
<p>This is a terrific question to ask of all of the schools on your child’s list to see the options.</p>