<p>Alright, so I am fully aware that KSU does not currently offer a BFA in theater, but they do in fact offer a BA. Now, a lot of people are asking me what attracts me to KSU, and the answer is drama therapy. It's a really limited degree when it comes to colleges and universities that actually offer it, but I know it is the field I want to pursue after receiving my BFA or BA (undecided). Very few schools offer a MFA concentration for drama therapy, much less offer undergraduates the chance to take courses in the area.
I really wanted to know about KSU's Theater BA. I personally know very little about the program, so I don't want to judge. I know they have a Drama Therapy Masters Program, and undergrads can takes 2 courses in the field before hand. That is my knowledge. I want to know, as a whole, is the program a good start?</p>
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<p>Chasie - There are so many BAs in Theatre across the US that it’s unlikely that within our several dozen posters someone would be familiar with any particular one. Practically every college/university has a BA. It is important to look at the differences in focus, course availability, faculty expertise, performance opportunities, and many more attributes, but with the BAs usually we all have to scour the websites individually, visit the schools and talk to people who are there. Occasionally someone here does have specifics on a given school, but it looks like no one does with this one.</p>
<p>If I were looking for the right BA program for someone, I would need to know a couple of things:</p>
<p>1) Does the school meet at least some of the general college needs of the student - location, size, type of student body, other ECs, resources, costs, etc.?
2) Does the theatre department have the kind of focus this student wants: certain kinds of training, certain amount and structure in the performance opportunities, specific areas of study such as design, directing, playwriting, history, literature, etc., faculty specialties, study abroad, and many others?
3) Are there other majors or programs the student might want to combine with the theatre BA, such as education, therapy, arts management, or just another topic of interest, and how do they interact?
4) What is the student looking for in general education credits - how many, what types, and how do they fit in with the major requirements?</p>
<p>There are no right or wrong answers to these questions. They vary from student to student and school to school. Asking if a program is “good” here doesn’t always get someone the answer they really need. Do some more reading on the program; call them, if you can’t visit; see if they’ll connect you with a student that can tell you what it is like there.</p>
<p>If you have questions beyond that, or want to talk about how you might make your choice, we’re all here to help you. Also, if you are interested in a specific field like drama therapy, I would contact professionals in your area to see where the best-known programs are and what makes a program better than others.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Doesn’t NYU have Drama Therapy?</p>
<p>They do. Steinhardt does, and please correct me if i am mistakened but I believe that is only for your masters</p>
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<p>Sorry, I don’t know, one of the professors used to be a neighbor/friend, that’s why I know it exists.</p>
<p>The S of one of my best friends started at K State as a Theater major (HS class of 2009). In-state for us.</p>
<p>He is no longer a theater major - had a hard time accepting what he felt were bad casting decisions, favoritism, etc. His mom is glad he’s no longer a theater major and was pretty sure it was something he would come around to but he had to find out for himself.</p>
<p>He’s also a wonderful singer and dancer. I know there were major issues between departments – theater rehearsals conflicting with a dance performance, for example; choir concert conflicting with something else. Seems like in those departments it would not be unusual to have an overlap of students, but they didn’t get along and basically told them they could only pick one thing, even if there was only one single day of a schedule conflict in a semester.</p>
<p>He’s still at K State and happy there in a different major. Supposedly they’ve had something of an exodus of theater majors, but that’s just second-hand what I’ve heard from his mom. One of his good friends who was also a theater major transferred to another school to pursue theater elsewhere.</p>