Music with Emphasis in Business and Music Industry, Bachelor of Music

REQUIRED MAJOR HOURS 96
REQUIRED MINOR HOURS NONE
TOTAL PROGRAM HOURS 96
PRESCRIBED COURSES ATTAINABLE IN GEN ED: MUSC 335, ECON 203*

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Students who graduate with a BM With Emphasis in Business and Music Industry will be prepared for positions in many areas of the music business industry including, but not limited to, arts administration and venue management.

2. Students will demonstrate a broad knowledge of the music business industry

3.  Students will possess an understanding of theoretical and historical knowledge, listening skills, a high level of proficiency in one area of applied performance, and basic skills in conducting, keyboard, and music technology

4. Students will create music that uses the elements of music effectively.

5. Students will perform a wide variety of music using accurate intonation, rhythm, and technique, artistic expression, and characteristic tone.

6. Students will demonstrate proficiency in playing piano.

7. Students will analyze the relationship between music, society, and other arts.

8. Students will identify important composers, works, and performance practices throughout history.

9. Students will demonstrate familiarity with non-Western music through identification, analysis, and connection to other art forms.

10. Students will identify the elements of music in a varied repertoire of music.

11. Students will conduct and rehearse a varied repertoire of music.

12. Students will demonstrate proficiency in music theory.

Program Requirements

Required Major Hours

MIBS 150Introduction to Music Technology

3

MIBS 300Music Industry Business: Business and Entertainment Law

3

MIBS 410Music Industry Seminar

3

MIBS 490Internship in Music Business

12

MUSC 105Music Theory I

3

MUSC 106Music Theory II

3

MUSC 107Aural Skills I

1

MUSC 108Aural Skills II

1

MUSC 205Music Theory III

3

MUSC 206Music Theory IV

3

MUSC 235Music History I

3

MUSC 236Music History II

3

MUSC 247Conducting Fundamentals

1

 

MUSC 305Counterpoint

2

OR

MUSC 405Form and Analysis

2

 

MUSC 446Choral Conducting

1

OR

MUSC 447Instrumental Conducting

1

 

Music Electives

6

Primary Applied

11

Performance Group (one must be a small ensemble)

9

MUSC 190Concert/Recital Lab

0 each semester

MUSC 191Concert/Recital Lab

0 each semester

MUSC 290Concert/Recital Lab

0 each semester

MUSC 291Concert/Recital Lab

0 each semester

MUSC 390Concert/Recital Lab

0 each semester

MUSC 391Concert/Recital Lab

0 each semester

MUSC 490Concert/Recital Lab

0 each semester

Secondary Applied (4 credit hours)

Non-vocal Concentration
MUSC 250Vocal Techniques Class

1

OR

Applied Voice

1

 

Secondary Applied

3

Vocal Concentration
Secondary Applied

4

Total Credit Hours:75

Required Business Courses (21 Hours)

ECON 203 should be taken to satisfy one of the American Heritage General Education requirements. Students must make a grade of C or better in ECON 203 for it to count in the major.
ACCT 213Accounting Principles I

3

ACCT 214Accounting Principles II

3

CISS 300Management Information Systems

3

ECON 203Principles of Economics I (Economics and the Free Market System)

3

ECON 204Principles of Economics II

3

FINC 312Financial Management

3

MGMT 316Principles of Management

3

MRKT 300Principles of Marketing

3

Total Credit Hours:21

Total Credit Hours: 96

Additional Requirements for Transfer Majors

None.

ECON 203 hours are counted in General Education requirements