Degree requirements for Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies - Music Business
Requirements may differ according to date of enrollment. Current students should check their 
college catalog.
The Music Business curriculum serves students interested in a wide range of educational objectives and vocational fields through an interdisciplinary program emphasizing a balance of music, business, and relative elective subjects. Students might consider majoring in programs such as Communication, Music, or Business Administration with carefully selected electives as alternatives to the Music Business curriculum.
This is an interdisciplinary major program; refer to Interdisciplinary Studies for specific degree requirements.
The Music Business curriculum requires a minimum of 67 hours of interdisciplinary course work. All majors are required to take the Business Core, one of the two tracks in the Music Core, and a concentration.
Within the Music Core Tracks:
Students choosing the Music Track must pass an audition in the School of Music. Although no audition is required for the Business Track majors, they should have a performance medium and background in music sufficient for success in the core curriculum.
It is highly recommended that majors include an internship for credit within the concentration.
| Course Number | Title | Credit Hours |
I. Music Core (19 credit hours):
Music Track: (audition required)
|
| MUS 021-050 |
Ensemble (2 semesters) |
0 |
| MUS 100 |
Recital Seminar (taken concurrently with MUS 105, 106) |
0 |
| MUS 105-106 |
Applied Music (2 semesters) |
4 |
| MUS 115 |
Music Appreciation |
|
| or MUS 264 |
Topics in Music History |
3 |
| MUS 117-118 |
Piano Class I & II
|
2 |
| MUS 121-122 |
Aural Theory I & II |
4 |
| MUS 123-124 |
Written Theory I & II |
4 |
| MUS 131-132 |
Applied Musicianship |
2 |
|
|
|
|
Business Track: (no audition required)
|
| MUS 021-050 |
Ensemble (2 semesters) |
0 |
| MUS 104 |
Applied Music Class (4 semesters)
|
4 |
| MUS 115 |
Music Appreciation |
|
| MUS 101-102 |
Beginning Music Theory
|
6 |
Two courses chosen from:
|
| MUS 333 |
Music of the World
|
|
| MUS 265 |
History of Jazz |
|
| MUS 269 |
Music Criticism |
|
| MUS 457 |
Seminar in Popular Music |
|
II. Business Core (39 credit hours):
|
| BUAD 161 |
Information Technology Literacy |
3 |
| ECON 200 |
Statistics |
3 |
| or STAT 200 |
Statistical Methods |
|
| ECON 201 |
Principles of Macroeconomics |
3 |
| ECON 202 |
Principles of Microeconomics |
3 |
| ACCT 201 |
Principles of Accounting I |
3 |
| ACCT 202 |
Principles of Accounting II |
3 |
| BUAD 310 |
Legal Environment of Business |
3 |
| BUAD 315 |
Principles of Business Finance |
3 |
| BUAD 321 |
Management and Organizational Behavior |
3
|
| BUAD 325 |
Principles of Marketing |
3 |
| MUS 380 |
The Business of Music |
3 |
| MUS 385 |
Music Contracts |
3 |
| MUS 285 |
Music Copyright
|
3
|
III: Area of Concentration (9 credit hours)
Students in Music Business must complete a minimum of 9 credit hours from one of the following concentrations:
Communications/Public Relations (select 9 credit hours from below)
|
| COMM 102 |
Mass Media and Society |
3 |
| COMM 222 |
Principles of Public Relations* |
3 |
| BUAD 235/COMM 235 |
Introduction to Business Communication |
3 |
| JOUR 270 |
Introduction to Print and Broadcast Journalism |
3 |
| MUS 476 |
Audio and Desktop Multimedia |
3 |
MUS 485
OR |
Multimedia for Musicians |
3 |
|
Merchandising/Promoting (select 9 credit hours from below)
|
| AADM 400 |
Arts Administration Practicum |
3 |
| BUAD 340 |
Marketing Research |
3 |
| BUAD 342 |
Consumer Behavior** |
3 |
| BUAD 445 |
Integrated Marketing Communications |
3 |
| BUAD 446 |
Sales Management |
3 |
| MUS 476 |
Audio and Desktop Multimedia |
3 |
|
| MUS 485 |
Multimedia for Musicians |
3 |
|
*Prerequisite: COMM 101 Fundamentals of Communication
**Prerequisite: BUAD 325 Principles of Marketing |