My degree is a BA (Bachelor of Arts) in Theatre with a concentration in Design and Technology
the under standing that I have with the BS, BA, BFA debate is this
A BS is a Bachelor of Sciences Degree which is any of your sciences: Bio., Chem., Physical, and things like Teaching and Business
A BA is a Bachelor of Arts which covers Art, Dance, Languages, History, and Theatre. IF you get a BA in Theater for example you are going to take your Gen Ed Classes and your theatre classes but they would be a bunch of different ones like; Basic acting , directing , stage management, scenic design, costume design, etc.
A BFA is a Bachelor of Fine Arts so it is usually the same as a BA only with a more specialized tract. For instance a BFA in Stage Management would require you to take more SM classes instead of other classes in a BA that make the degree more rounded. so you'd have you basic acting, directing, and design classes as well as SM I, SM II, SM II, etc.
My degree required a 3 year proficiency in a foreign language where as the BFA didn't require that so that you could take more classes in your discipline.
However the BFA is not a terminal degree, currently the MFA is because it is the Master of Fine Arts which is believed that you have studied with a master in that field. You need and MFA to teach at most colleges. Some universities are starting to have a DFA which is the Doctorate of Fine Arts, Which would be terminal. I highly doubt that there will ever be a DFA in Stage Management but I could be wrong.
I totally get missliz's explanation of the "lab time " for the BS degree. What I don't understand is that how the theatre degree is a BS (Where did you go missliz?). I mean we totally put in more "Lab Time" than a lot of people and we definitely can bs
. But Theatre is an Art not a Science. But that is just my feeling.
hope this helps