Bachelor’s degree · Initial professional preparation
BFA Acting
Cal State Fullerton Department of Theatre and Dance · Fullerton, California, United States
- Award
- BFA Acting
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In personfour years
- Price
- Not published
About this program
A four-year acting concentration preparing students for work in plays, musicals, television and film, with fourth-year students preparing websites and reels.
- Offering
- Degree program
- Fields
- Theatre acting, Screen acting, Musical theatre
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree
- Exact award
- BFA Acting
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- California State University, Fullerton
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- four years
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-time
- Teaching location
- Cal State Fullerton campus
Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Monologues
- One contemporary monologue (written after 1950) from a published play, 60-90 seconds; one shorter monologue using heightened language, roughly 60 seconds.
- Self-tape
- Yes
- In-person audition
- Yes
- Callback
- Yes
- Audition detail
- Prescreen video submission, then in-person callbacks on January 30, 2027 and February 6, 2027; applicants are assessed in acting, voice and movement.
- Prior education
- Applicants apply to CSUF through Cal State Apply.
- Official instructions
- Application and audition instructions
Fees
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Performance opportunities
As published by the provider. Showcases and productions are opportunities to perform; they do not guarantee agents, auditions, casting, union eligibility or work.
- Productions
- BFA students will have several opportunities to take lead roles on fully-realized productions during their time at Cal State Fullerton.
- Career support
- Fourth-year students prepare websites, build reels, and meet casting directors and agents in Los Angeles and New York
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: price, experience level.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 16 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 16 October 2026)