What is unique about the Skidmore College Theater?
Unlike most liberal arts theater programs, students who major in Theater at Skidmore receive a Bachelor of Science degree. This reflects the fact that Theater is a pre-professional program. Out of the 120 college credits required for graduation, Theater students take a minimum of 41 credits in Theater and most students find themselves taking as many as 60 credits in theater. Typically, in a 120 credit Bachelor of Arts program students take 30-36 credits in theater and in a Bachelor of Fine Arts (conservatory) program, students take 90 credits in theater. We believe that the best possible education for a theater artist is to combine serious theater training with a rich and well-rounded liberal arts education. At Skidmore, Theatre majors fulfill their choices for all-college liberal arts requirements, enjoy intensive theater training, and still have room for a variety of electives.
