Music Industry Major
The Bachelor of Arts in Music Industry program is a multidisciplinary program that helps prepare students for future careers such as a music producer, promoter, artist representative or manager, booking agent, studio manager, concert manager, and freelancing skills with particular focus on today’s music production and business practices for a wide variety of genres of music from Hip-Hop to Classical. Students in the Music Industry degree receive hand-on, high-impact practices including comprehensive musicianship skills, to succeed in today’s competitive and changing music industry.
Hear more about the program from Stephen Grieco, DMA, Assistant Professor of Music, below.
Read about Grieco's latest project, a string orchestra composition titled “Dark Adaptation,” here.
Requirements for the Major in Music Industry
(all courses 3 credits unless noted)
- MUS 110 Music Theory & Composition I
- MUS 160 Music Technology & Media Scoring I
- MUS 190 Music/Performing Arts Management
- MUS 202 Survey of Music
- MUS 211 Music Theory & Composition II
- MUS 312 Music Theory & Composition III
- MUS 360 Advanced Music Technology & Sound Recording
- MUS 450 Music Internship (1-3 credits)
- MUS 490 Music Industry & Business (1 credit)
Applied Music Requirements for the Major in Music Industry & Business
(all courses 2 credits unless noted)
- MUSP 101 Private lessons (Composition, Instrument, or Voice)
- MUSP 102 Private lessons (Composition, Instrument, or Voice)
- MUSP 201 Private lessons (Composition, Instrument, or Voice)
- MUSP 202 Private lessons (Composition, Instrument, or Voice)
- MUSP 301 Private lessons (Composition, Instrument, or Voice)
- MUSP 302 Private lessons (Composition, Instrument, or Voice)
- MUSP 401 Private lessons (Composition, Instrument, or Voice)
- MUSP 402 Private lessons (Composition, Instrument, or Voice)
Related Field Requirements
- GRA 205 Computer Graphics
- BUS 120 Principles of Management
- BUS 231 Personal Finance
- COM 231 Community Engagement & Social Media
- COM 369 Integrated Marketing Communication
- Electives
Total Credits for Major: 54-56
Learning Outcomes
Music Industry majors will:
- Demonstrate competency with fundamental musicianship skills.
- Demonstrate proficiency in Music Technology and media
- Demonstrate competency with aspects of the music industry including finances, marketing, and entrepreneurship.
- Demonstrate an understanding of historical musical styles from antiquity to the present.
- Demonstrate an ability to write and speak intelligently about music from score study and from actively listening.
- Demonstrate in both academic and performance venues critical thinking and to be well-rounded musicians.
- Develop the capacity to evolve into self-sufficient and life-long learners in music and musical studies.