<p>Our search is over - NSCA is the final choice.</p>
<p>As part of our son's high school program he's been compiling a list and emails for tech theatre schools with the hope of helping others with the search.</p>
<p>Here is his list so far - in no real order other than he has conservatories on a separate list.</p>
<p>Please feel free to add or comment on the list:
DePaul University
Bowling Green State University
Emerson College
Full Sail Real World Education
Illinois State University
Ithaca College
Marymount Manhattan
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Penn State University Park
Millikin University
Seton Hill University
Shenandoah University
Texas Tech University
Point Park University
University of the Arts
University of Central Florida
University of Connecticut
University of Texas at Austin
Virginia Commonwealth University
Wayne State University
Otterbein College
Webster University
Syracuse University</p>
<p>The conservatory list includes:
CalArts
Carnegie Mellon University
North Carolina School of the Arts
SUNY Purchase
Boston University
University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music</p>
<p>Did he miss any? Any thoughts, suggestions? All are welcome. These are all the schools he looked at at one time. It's a little strange to have this chapter coming to an end.</p>
<p>and
University of Missouri
Indiana University
University of Wisconsin - Madison</p>
<p>LOTS of schools have design/tech programs and beautiful theatres but a lot of them are designed to give an exposure to the field. His emphasis is more on sharing schools that prepare kids to work in the field after they earn their undergrad degree.</p>
<p>Hopefully this list will provide a solid starting point.
Any other suggestions?</p>
<p>I looked up Chapman University, in Orange County, California (near L.A.)
for their theater department major requirements. </p>
<p>If this fits into your criteria, then put Chapman University on this list:</p>
<p>the B.A. in theater has 48 credit hours required. 9 of the 30 required credits in "fundamentals" are Stagecraft, and taken by all B.A.'s in theater. Then there are an additional 18 hours of Stagecraft courses. This results in a B.A. in Theater with an area concentration in stage technology. </p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestions - they'll all be added to the list.
This is an interesting thread. I think there are a lot of schools that offer some kind of theatre design and technology but very few that offer undergrad programs designed to prepare students to work in the field. Most of this list has programs that prepare kids for grad school I think.</p>
<p>When we first started looking at schools our list was long but it quickly came down to a handful of schools and some of those were immediately eliminated because of location or cost.</p>
<p>I think this list will be helpful because there are different needs. Some kids go into these programs with lots of experience and they seem to know exactly what they want and others have an interest and want to learn more and figure out how they fit.</p>
<p>Are there any other schools that should be added to the conservatory list?</p>
<p>How would you define a BFA program vs a BFA Conservatory program?</p>
<p>There doesn't appear to be a set definition, even among those schools that actually contain the word "conservatory" in their names. The difference might be in the actual number of hours or credits that are spent in the arts area vs the liberal arts area. There's a fairly comprehensive discussion of this at
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=197627&page=2%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=197627&page=2</a>, and while it's focused on MT programs, you might apply the same logic to tech programs. The link I supplied begins on page 2; scroll down to Fishbowlfreshman's post #22, continue through suzievt's post #23, and keep going--these two posters provide EXCELLENT information!
enjoy</p>