Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, offers a bachelor of fine arts program in theater. The program allows students to concentrate on acting and directing. Students can study voice characterization, body language and acting techniques. SHSU is located north of Houston, just a few miles north of shopping in The Woodlands, Texas. Bearkats, as Sam Houston State University students are known, can join in recreational or intramural sports activities, including kickball, basketball and horseshoes.
UCLA theater students study a variety of acting techniques. The school aims to help the actor discover which techniques suit him best. Acting students may not be admitted to an acting course without instructor permission. Classes in acting are offered as a specialization within the theater major. Admission to the theater program requires students to be admitted first to the university and then audition and interview for a spot in the theater program.
Roosevelt University's Chicago College of Performing Arts offers a theater conservatory program. Students may obtain a bachelor in fine arts degree with a major in acting. Courses include vocal and physical preparation, makeup, introduction to professional theater and acting on camera. A general education course requirement of 24 credits in addition to 96 theater credits is required for the degree. Applications to the program can be submitted online. Auditions for admission take place between December and March of each year.
Students of Columbia and Barnard colleges may earn degrees in theater arts. Acting students are taught to analyze dramatic texts and apply the analysis to developing a character for the role. An acting lab allows students to delve into different acting techniques or plays of particular playwrights, such as Anton Chekhov or William Shakespeare. The school's location in New York City gives students access to frequent professional theater performances on- and off-Broadway.