Hi, I’m new to this… I was wondering, is UCLA a good school for a theatre major? Thank you! Sorry if I’m doing this wrong.
Yes very much so
It is a very good program, but be aware that it is a BA program with an almost equal number of academic classes.
This is from their website:
The UCLA Theater program is not a training conservatory. For those persons who want an immersive professional training program we recommend one of the acclaimed BFA conservatory training programs found across the country. The UCLA Theater program is for the student who sees him/herself as a scholar/artist — one who is eager to learn and wants a great university education from one of the world’s major research institutions. Roughly half of the student’s classes are in subjects other than theater. This education will prepare the graduate to be an informed citizen of an increasingly complex world, an original and critical thinker, as well as providing one of the best theater educations offered in the country.
What would be other programs that are like UCLA? How is NYU/Tisch different?
NYU is not a true Conservatory, in a conservatory you take almost exclusively arts classes. NYU has about a 70/30 split between theate training and liberal arts classes.