The B.F.A. in acting is an intensive, individualized actor training program that involves both U of M faculty and professional artistic staff from the Guthrie Theater to provide students with the physical, vocal, emotional, and intellectual skills necessary to succeed as working performance artists. With an innovative liberal arts curriculum, youll develop mind, body, and spirit as an actor, artist, and scholar. The degree is intended to prepare students for professional employment or entry into advanced education at a conservatory and/or graduate school.
The College of Liberal Arts Advantage: More Than a Major
When you study acting at the University of Minnesota, you gain the added advantage of a College of Liberal Arts education. At CLA, the liberal arts mean you get more than just a degree in one major or another; it means you will be exposed to different areas of study, to different ways of thinking and learning. In fact, the liberal arts teach you how to learn—how to ask the right questions, how to problem solve, and how to innovate. The liberal arts highlight the complexities of our world, because here at CLA you will study not just, say, politics or art but also where politics and art intersect, where science and ethics intersect, where economics and the environment intersect.