B.F.A. in Acting
Savannah, USA
DURATION
180 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
USD 41,130 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* total, full-time student for one academic year
Introduction
Looking for your starring role? In SCAD production studios and theaters, acting students perform in sitcoms, films, plays, musicals, TV shows, and immersive-themed experiences or find jobs in professional productions via the SCAD Casting Office. Through it all, students are led by professors with impressive credentials — accomplished actors, directors, and casting directors at major studios and networks — and connect with iconic Hollywood stars at SCAD signature events celebrating the best of film, television, and streaming each year.
Admissions
Curriculum
Foundation studies: 20 hours
- DSGN 100 Design I: Elements and Organization
- DSGN 101 Color: Theory and Application
- DSGN 102 Design II: 3D Form in Space
- DSGN 204 Design III: Time
General education: 55 hours
- COMM 105 Speaking of Ideas
- BUSI 110 Business I: Fundamentals
- CTXT 121 Visual Culture in Context: Pre-Modern Global Perspectives
- CTXT 122 Visual Culture in Context: Making Modernities
- ENGL 123 Ideas to Ink: Critical Concepts in Academic Writing
- DIGI 130 Digital Communication
- ENGL 142 Foundations of Story
- BUSI 220 Business II: Economic Principles
- CINE 275 History of Cinema
- General education elective
- Mathematics/natural sciences elective
Major curriculum: 85 hours
- ACT 170 Truth in Acting: The Methods
- ACT 187 Improvisation for the Actor
- ACT 199 Acting for the Camera: Fundamentals
- ACT 201 Survey of Performance
- Select one of these three options:
- ACT 206 Conditioning for the Body and Mind
- DANC 211 Jazz Dance Techniques
- DANC 350 Musical Theater Dance Technique
- ACT 206 Conditioning for the Body and Mind
- DANC 211 Jazz Dance Techniques
- DANC 350 Musical Theater Dance Technique
- ACT 235 Vocal Training for the Actor
- ACT 260 The Art of the Audition: From Stage to Screen
- ACT 270 Truth in Acting: Stage to Screen
- ACT 280 Period Acting: Fundamentals and Techniques
- Select one of these three options:
- ACT 335 Voice-over for Game Design, Animation, and Commercials
- ACT 380 Period Acting: Stage and Screen
- ACT 387 Improvisation for Web Content and Sketch Comedy
- ACT 335 Voice-over for Game Design, Animation, and Commercials
- ACT 380 Period Acting: Stage and Screen
- ACT 387 Improvisation for Web Content and Sketch Comedy
- ACT 360 The Art of the Audition: Film and TV
- ACT 370 Advanced Acting: Film and TV Drama
- ACT 470 Advanced Acting: Film and TV Comedy and Commercials
- ACT 495 Building the Actor's Reel
- ACT 498 Branding the Actor
- Select one of these two options:
- ACT 377 Performance Lab
- ACT or SFLM elective
- ACT 377 Performance Lab
- ACT or SFLM elective
- Select one of these three options:
- ACT 479 Undergraduate Internship
- 500-level SCADpro elective
- Business-focused elective
- ACT 479 Undergraduate Internship
- 500-level SCADpro elective
- Business-focused elective
Additional electives: 20 hours
Total course of study: 180 hours
Career Opportunities
Become an actor. Become a casting director. Become a producer. In recent years, SCAD students have won the Kennedy Center Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship, the most prestigious acting competition and prize in higher education. During their SCAD education, students have the opportunity to perform in top productions and showcase their acting skills in events attended by agents, network casting directors, and producers.
Launch your career as a professional:
- Actor
- Casting director
- Talent agent
- Voiceover talent
- Artistic director
- Director
- Producer
- Improv/sketch performer
- Stunt performer
Get recruited and hired by the best of the best:
- Netflix
- AMC
- Hulu
- NBC
- Amazon
- Broadway
- St. Ann's Warehouse
- London's West End
- Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival
- New Jersey Shakespeare Festival
- Actors Theater of Louisville