strong theatre and engineering

<p>my idea school would be strong in both engineering and theatre and would allow me to major in both. this is much less common than you might think (or perhaps more common, i don't know what you think). i've made my expectations flexible enough to include schools that are very strong in one of the two but considerably less strong in the other, and schools that are pretty strong in both (by virtue of being good schools) but perhaps neither program is considered to be that school's forte. colleges i'm already considering: yale
mit
brown
northwestern (i'm still not sure if they'll let me double major how i want)
wash u in st. louis
boston u
unc chapel hill
um college park
i was looking at carnegie mellon for a while but decided to omit it because it does acting in a conservatory.
if anyone can give me advice, if would be much appreciated.</p>

<p>Cornell University</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon is probably the college with the best combination of engineering and serious theatre. Yale has a great drama dept, but engineering is ehhh at best. MIT of course has stellar engineering, but I doubt its theatre department is particularly good. Brown is a good choice with strength in both.</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon is your best bet, however the theater department is extremely serious, and if you want a shot at leading roles you’ll probably have to enter their acting school.</p>

<p>Have you looked at Tufts?</p>

<p>At just about every school that has engineering, the major is very full of required classes. I doubt it would be possible to double-major in engineering and theatre anywhere in four years without TONS of AP classes, and still probably not. Could you major in one and minor in the other, or double major in some non-engineering science field and theatre?</p>

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<p>Yes, but I doubt you can double major in engineering and theater at Carnegie Mellon.</p>

<p>BU also has an auditioned BFA for theatre; not sure if there are theater opportunities if not in that program. If Emory fits your engineering requirements, then that would be good school to add.</p>

<p>Double majoring in engineering or the hard sciences and a performing art is very difficult anywhere due to the lack of overlap in curricula. It is probably impossible if the performing art program is a BFA. We faced the same situation with my daughter (physics and dance). Her solution was to go to a top school for physics where there is an excellent extracurricular dance program (many go on to professional careers with top dance companies). This proved to be a better option than compromising on her primary academic field and since the dance program is extracurricular rather than academic, she does not have to worry about being shut out of parts because they are reserved for the kids in the dance major program. My suggestion is that you look at a similar strategy.</p>

<p>Double majoring in Eng’g and Theater would be nearly impossible. </p>

<p>Engineering already requires more credits than other majors, it would be nearly impossible to also include the 30+ credits for another time-demanding major. </p>

<p>You might look for a school that allows “non-performing arts” students to participate in some performances.</p>

<p>University of Michigan
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[url=&lt;a href=“http://www.engin.umich.edu/students/academics/undergrad/degreeoptions.html]Michigan”&gt;http://www.engin.umich.edu/students/academics/undergrad/degreeoptions.html]Michigan</a> Engineering | Undergraduate Degree Options](<a href=“http://www.music.umich.edu/about/facilities/north_campus/walgreen/arthurmiller/]arthurmiller[/url”>http://www.music.umich.edu/about/facilities/north_campus/walgreen/arthurmiller/)</p>

<p>Cornell has one of the best engineering programs in the country. Theater is a very strong department. The Schwartz Center is very nice.</p>

<p>[Department</a> of Theatre, Film and Dance and the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts](<a href=“http://theatrefilmdance.cornell.edu/]Department”>http://theatrefilmdance.cornell.edu/)</p>

<p>U Mich is another school where the theater is a BFA by audition. Not a good choice. </p>

<p>It may turn out that double majoring will be hard, but you want to be sure that you can still take theater classes and have performance opportunities even if you can’t meet all the major requirements due to the engineering credits.</p>

<p>You have chosen a difficult road. Even many schools that don’t make one apply as a declared major, make engineers declare upon application and they start the major immediately because as others have said, it requires more hours than lots of other majors. I know that to be the case where my D goes. One can, however, participate in theater, though I’m not sure if as a double majorwith engineering.</p>

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How do you major in engineering at unc-chapel hill? Same question for Emory.</p>

<p>This message may come a bit late, but I’m currently on track to get a BS in Mechanical Engineering, a BA in Theatre, and a minor in Design from The Ohio State University (in 5 full years + 5 additional classes that I’ve taken over the course of 3 summers). </p>

<p>I was originally just going to get a minor in theatre, but I really wanted to learn more (I only started taking theatre classes in my 3rd year which is why everything is so packed now), but I’ve decided that I can finish it. </p>

<p>Since Ohio state’s switch to semesters, I now have to take about 7 classes/sem to finish off the theatre and engineering (most of the engineering is done after this semester, I just need a few random classes, and I’ve finished up most of my core theatre classes and just need to fill up my electives and get a practicum credit). </p>

<p>As far as the design goes, I’ve already finished that, and yes, I came in with about 45 credit hours which eliminated foreign language, several math classes, psych (which double counts), and 2 courses of chem which makes this infinitely easier.</p>

<p>For others finding this thread, here are some engineering and theater options worth investigating (there probably are others as well):
Fitchburg State College - BS in Industrial Technology, with Theater Technology Concentration
Michigan Technological University - BS in Theater and Entertainment Technology
University of Nevada at Las Vegas - BS in Entertainment Engineering and Design</p>

<p>Those are good choices if you’re interested in the technical side of things. I know for myself, that I’m more interested in the performing/acting/creating new works stuff.</p>

<p>WPI has a surprisingly good theater arts program for such a small engineering/science school. You can double major in engineering and “Humanities and Arts” with a concentration in theatre, but it requires careful planning with your advisor.
[Humanities</a> and Arts: Drama & Theatre - WPI](<a href=“http://www.wpi.edu/academics/hua/drama-theatre.html]Humanities”>Humanities & Arts | Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
[WPI</a> Theatre - academic](<a href=“http://users.wpi.edu/~theatre/index.cgi?page=academic]WPI”>http://users.wpi.edu/~theatre/index.cgi?page=academic)</p>

<p>So I think what you are looking for is pretty widely available. Is there some reason why you think you need to major in drama? A minor would be much easier to achieve.</p>