BA in Music Business

For undergraduate students pursuing a career in music industry.

Degree requirements

• MUSC 001 Student Convocation Hour (6 semesters) (0 cr.)
• MUSC 101 Piano Skills I (1 cr.)
• MUSC 102 Piano Skills II (1 cr.)
• MUSC 113 Music Theory I (4 cr.)
• MUSC 114 Music Theory II (4 cr.)
• MUSC 133 Music of the United States: Aural and Written Traditions (2 cr.)
• MUSC 140 Music Media (2 cr.)
• MUSC 160 Introduction to Music Business (4 cr.)
• MUSC 231 Introduction to Conducting (1 cr.)
• MUSC 233 Music of the World: Aural and Written Traditions (4 cr.)
• MUSC 260 Fundamentals of Musianship in Popular Music (4 cr.)
• MUSC 360 History of Music Industry and Music Careers (4 cr.)
• MUSC 480 Music Business Seminar (4 cr.)
• MUSN 1xx Six semesters of ensemble participation (0 cr.)
• MUSP 2xx Six semesters of performance studies in the same performance medium (1 credit per semester)
• MUSR 200 Piano Proficiency (0 cr.)
• MUSR 270 Level I Recital (0 cr.)
• MUSR 350 Level II Recital (0 cr.)

Allied Requirements

• ECON 252 Priciples of Microeconomics (4 cr.) [Social Analysis Core]
• PHYS 105 Music Acoustics (4 cr.) [Lab Science Core]
• IDSC 475-77 Experiential Learning: Music Business Internship (2-4 cr.)

Business Requirements

• ACCT 210 Introduction to Financial Accounting (4 cr.)
• BUSN 200 Business Learning Through Service (0 cr.)
• FINC 300 Finance for Non-Business Majors (4 cr.)
• MKTG 300 Principles of Marketing (4 cr.)
• MGMT 305 Management and Organizational Behavior (4 cr.)
• Other electives, for example Advance Accounting, are optional

Plus One of the Following

• ENTR 300 Entrepreneurship for Non-Business Majors (4 cr.)
• BLAW 301 Legal Environments of Business (4 cr.)
• BETH 301 Business Ethics (4 cr.)