<p>We all talk about different programs and colleges available to our MT kids here, and I'm curious which ones allow students to take only acting, dancing, and vocal classes without having to take liberal arts courses. I'm assuming BoCo and Point Park, but I'm guessing the list is longer than that. Anyone?</p>
<p>To my knowledge (and never say never!) there is no college or university offering a BFA (or BA or B.Mus.) degree that does not require at least a minimal amount of core curriculum. I know for certain that BoCo and Point Park do. I believe the only way to get pure conservatory training would be a non-degree granting training school.</p>
<p>Thanks @MT4Life. I didn’t know that! Obviously I’m just trying to pass the time while we wait for decisions LOL. Thought it was better to start a thread than contribute to the “other” one. ;)</p>
<p>It might have changed but when we were looking at CMU (six years ago) one of my daughter’s negatives about it was that you only took one or two non-major courses and one was how to use the schools computer system!</p>
<p>I remember from our tour of BoCo that the core classes are designed to relate to the BFA, for instance I think you can take something like Anatomy for the Dancer.</p>
<p>As far as I know, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland offers no academic classes-- It’s strictly MT training. I think the 3-year curriculum to a BA is a good reason for that-- total immersion in the craft.</p>
<p>Oops-- sorry-- I shouldn’t have added this, I guess, since you were asking about colleges. My bad!</p>
<p>The UK schools as SU88BFA says above are really conservatory training with related academics in the form of music theory, history related to theater, anatomy and physiology for the dancer, etc. Even in the degree programs, the academics are related to the craft. Urdang Academy has a three year Diploma Program and a three year BA program validated through the University of East London. The only difference are some minor academics and a very long dissertation your third year. One can do the Diploma program and then a conversion program to turn that into a degree afterward if desired. It is intensive training but one does not have to do cores in the form of math, science, history, language, etc. that you would do in most Bachelor degree programs in the US.</p>
<p>If my son could never take another lit or math class, he’d be thrilled! </p>
<p>I don’t think Shenandoah has much in the way of other core curriculum and Cornish doesn’t either</p>
<p>Otterbein requires one non-theater course per semester, and those are in the integrated-studies track, from what I can tell. They can take other classes in their elective slots as they get older, but the requirements are minimal, and BFA performance majors are exempt from foreign language and math requirements. :)</p>
<p>Roosevelt/CCPA requires 1 core class per semester. I believe there are 2 required English classes, then the rest are true electives. Of course if you test out of some via AP tests, you can fill them with extra dance, etc.</p>
<p>There are 32 credits of Gen Eds required by Tisch which is essentially 8 classes over your time there. It’s pretty easy for virtually every one of those GenEds to have the word “theatre” in them somewhere if that is your preference. Even the dreaded “Writing the Essay” class (equivalent of Freshman English) is geared towards the arts for Tisch students. AP credits can fulfill some of the requirements.</p>
<p>For the math haters out there you can skip it entirely if you want (or have AP credits to fulfill it). You need 8 credits (2 classes) from either math or science. These include: social sciences, politics, sociology, economics, psychology, anthropology, natural science, mathematics, biology, chemistry, geology, physics. I’ve never looked but there could be a “psychology of the crazy stage parent” class that would fulfill that requirement. :-)</p>
<p>Times3, my son would be very happy to never take another math class again 
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<p>A big consideration in my D’s list is if she has to take math again, lol! If she likes the program a lot, she has left it on the list and will deal with it (maybe by taking a course next spring and hoping it’ll count–she takes dual enrollment courses). But, if she did not have strong feelings or thoughts about the program one way or the other, it was knocked off! Ha ha! She’s a great student who loves learning, but obviously not math. So much like her mother… ;)</p>
<p>In all honesty, mine set forth kinda hoping to squeeze in a little extra math, maybe an envi sci class…but discovered that he barely has time to keep up with the homework for his theater courses after a full day in class and a night at rehearsal. Maybe next year…?!</p>
<p>My D is at Shenandoah and they have just as many gen ed requirements as other schools. D had transferred in and had taken most of her gen eds already so she only had to take Comp 101. This was a hard and time consuming class. The amount and type of writing was much more intense than my college comp class. Lucky for her she is an excellent writer and was an AP student in English. She said many of the other students struggled. I don’t know if all their professors are that tough but this one was. ShenCo’s gen ed requirements are listed on their website.</p>