Bachelor’s degree · Initial professional preparation
Acting B.F.A.
Syracuse University - Department of Drama · Syracuse, New York, United States
- Award
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In person
- Price
- Not published
About this program
Four-year pre-professional BFA with performance technique, text analysis, improvisation, voice, speech and movement, including an optional actor-singer concentration and New York or Los Angeles semesters.
- Offering
- Degree program
- Fields
- Theatre acting, Actor training, Voice & speech, Movement
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree
- Exact award
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- Syracuse University
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- Not published
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-time
- Credits
- 124 creditsCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Teaching location
- Syracuse University Department of Drama
Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Monologues
- Two contrasting memorized monologues from modern or contemporary plays (preferably after 2000), each under 90 seconds, not from a musical
- Self-tape
- Yes
- In-person audition
- Yes
- Callback
- Yes
- Audition detail
- Online prescreen (priority November 1, final December 1; year not stated on the page), then an in-person audition day or a virtual audition with a faculty interview.
- Intakes
- Fall
Fees
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per class, per term, per year, whole program) and is never converted or added up for you.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prescreening audition feeAudition fee · mandatory | $50one-time | All students | 16 October 2026Source |
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.
- Showcase
- Yes
- Who takes part
- Annual senior showcase (Lewis Hecker Drama Showcase)
- Productions
- Department productions and co-productions with Syracuse Stage
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: price, duration, 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)