<p>As a former college administrator, I’m surprised at how hard it is to get a solid grasp on what’s required to get a BFA at Tisch.</p>
<p>My son’s been accepted for the Class of 2011 and assigned to Stella Adler. I gather he’ll spend three days a week from 9:00-6:00 at the Adler Studio studying voice, movement, scene interpretation and the like. It’s difficult to understand the details, but I get the general idea.</p>
<p>Apart from the studio requirements, what else is required? How many academic courses outside the studio are required to get the degree? Are there any general degree requirements (say 6 hours of English, a foreign language, science or math) that he has to take? Where, in short, are the degree requirements laid out?</p>
<p>Blaney, yes, go to the link that Jasmom provided that has the requirements for the BFA degree. In sum, the coursework OUTSIDE of studio involves 7 courses in Theater Studies, and six courses in liberal arts (2 in the "sciences", 2 in "humanities", 2 in either sciences or humanities), and 20 points worth of electives. </p>
<p>Three days per week, your son will be at Stella fullfilling all the course requirements in that last link. Two days per week, he will be taking the Theater Studies and Liberal Arts classes and electives described in the first link.</p>
<p>If it is any consolation, my daughter is a 3rd year Tisch student and I still have not figured out the degree requirements. I can say that the first year is pretty standard for all the Tisch drama students. First semester they take Studio, (either Intro to Theatre Studies or Intro to Theatre Production) and Writing the Essay.</p>
<p>Intro to Theatre Studies may be taken either first or second semester. The same goes for Intro to Theatre Production. Writing the Essay is taken both first and second semesters. So as you can see their first year is pretty well set up for them.</p>
<p>As shown in the requirements, the student needs to take so many sciences. Sciences, in this case, include</p>
<p>Aaaahhhh! Thank you all very much. That is extremely helpful. I knew the answer had to be around somewhere. I must say, kiri, your comment made me laugh out loud!</p>
<p>Is is safe to equate a "point" with what we used to call a "credit"? Even the terminology throws me.</p>
<p>Thank you all very much. I am very grateful.</p>
<p>My daughter weaseled her way out of a Humanities requirement via her AP English credit. Too bad she can't take anything else in its place and won't graduate early....</p>
<p>My daughter was under the impression that she was out of luck with the A/P English. She thought that it would only cover an English requirement which in their case would be Writing the Essay, and that is mandatory. I'll have to mention this to her... and like your daughter she will not be graduating early.</p>
<p>She went to a 4th year show last night and cried because her friends will be graduating soon. She is going to be a mess next year. In December, a lot of her friends are graduating early and forget about May, graduation will be so bitter sweet.</p>
<p>Kiri I THINK RossJi is saying that the AP English satisfied one of the HUMANITIES requirements, not the Writing the Essay requirements. The latter must be taken, no substitutions. I think RossJi meant that out of the liberal arts requirements that are NOT Writing the Essay, AP English credit was used instead of ONE liberal arts course. AFTER Freshman year, during which they take TWO Writing courses, they must take two Humanities classes, two Sciences classes and two classes that may be from Humanities or Sciences. So, I think Rossji's D used AP English credit for one of the Humanities (which is not defined as having to take English). The Humanities and Sciences categories are VERY VERY broad. English is an area that falls under Humanities and thus the AP English fits there, but NOT for Writing the Essay requirement.</p>
<p>I understood Rossji completely. I just didn't realize that the A/P English could be used for a Humanities. I was under the impression that it only could be used strictly for an "English" requirement. </p>
<p>Regardless, it's nice to know that she has extra options.</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity, not that it applies to me or anything like that, but, um, does anyone know NYU's policy or history of rescinding admission to incoming freshman? If they do, what are their standards? Thanks!</p>
<p>Kiri, not a problem. I thought you were saying you only thought that AP English could satisfy an "English" requirement and Tisch has the Writing the Essay (two semesters) requirement and AP credits cannot be used for that (which is correct) and I wanted to make sure you knew the English falls under Humanities and they do have Humanities requirements (they can take ANYTHING in Humanities, including English). Therefore, the AP English falls under the Humanities requirements. I am not familiar with using AP credits at Tisch as my D did not, but given what RossJi was saying, I wanted to make sure you knew that English was part of the Humanities, even though a student can take any departmental courses which fall under the broad umbrella of "Humanities." So, while AP English wouldn't be in lieu of Writing the Essay, it seems from RossJi's D's experience, it can be used for a Humanities credit since English falls under the Humanities. The best thing, however, is to ask the school directly. I distinctly recall at the Saturday in the Square event my D's year, a LOT of parents were asking about AP credits. I don't have the low down on that, but it does seem that a lot of kids are graduating Tisch in 3 1/2 years, in part, due to having some AP credits coming in. Make sure to call and see about how your D's AP credits would be handled.</p>