I’m considering double majoring in college with theatre and english and I wanted to know which schools have the best capabilities for double majoring. I know that taking on two majors is difficult regardless, but some schools are definitely more well suited for double majors than others and I wanted to gain some insight on which UC’s have those kinds of capabilities.
The most important factor here may not be whether or not the two majors of interest – in this case, theater and English – are in the same division of the university.
At most UCs, there is something like a “College of Letters & Sciences” or a “School of Humanities”, which includes both English and Theater. In this situation, an English/theater double-major should be relatively straightforward, because both majors are in the same branch of the university, which means that they should share the same general degree requirements.
At UC Irvine and UCLA, on the other hand, theater is in a separate school from English. UCI has theater in the School of Arts, and UCLA has a School of Theater, Film, and Television. In this case, it might be harder to earn a double major in English/theater, because you would have to meet the general degree requirements for two different divisions of the university.
It looks like the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television doesn’t allow double majors. Not sure about UCI.
http://catalog.registrar.ucla.edu/ucla-catalog2017-154.html
Also, UC Merced might not be a good choice, regardless of their double-major policies, because they don’t offer a traditional major in theater or drama. There are some theater-related courses in the Global Arts Studies Program.