Music Business Emphasis

The Bachelor of Arts in Music with an Emphasis in Music Business includes the standard College of Liberal Arts General Education Requirements, the Music Core, an additional 21 hours of music and business coursework, and electives to total 128 credit hours. The core of this emphasis is a traditional music degree, with the same “classical” performance requirements as in the other music emphases. Students with dual interests in music and business will benefit from this degree offering.

Music Core	Hours	Comments
MUA 2_1 — Studio Instruction in ____	6	At least four semesters (x 1.5 cr) at the 200 level. Performance jury must be admitted to 400 level.
MUA 4_1 — Private Lessons	1.5
MUA 498 — Senior Recital	1.5
MUA 3xx — Ensembles	7	Must be on student's primary instrument. At least half must be conducted ensembles. At least one credit must be chamber ensemble.
MU 100 — Intro to Music Literature	3	Included in GER
MU 106 — Intro to Music Technology	1
MU 201 — Music Theory I	3	Pre-req:  Placement Exam or MU 108
MU 203 — Musicianship Skills I	1
MU 202 — Music Theory II	3	Pre-req:  MU 201
MU 204 — Musicianship Skills II	1	Pre-req:  MU 203
MU 301 — Music Theory III	3	Pre-req:  MU 202
MU 303 — Musicianship Skills III	1	Pre-req:  MU 204
MU 311 — Music History I	3	Pre-req:  MU 301
MU 312 — Music History II	3	Pre-req:  MU 301
MU 325 — Conducting	2	Pre-req:  MU 301
MU 199 — Concert Attendance	0	P/F - Must PASS this course at least seven times before graduation. Transfer students must pass each semester they are in residence at UAH, up to maximum of 7 times.
TOTAL MUSIC CORE	40

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Music Business Emphasis	Hours	Comments
MU 110 — Intro to Arts Management	3
MU 407 — Internship in Music Business	3
MKT 301 — Principles of Marketing	3
MGT 301 —  Managing Organizations	3
FIN 410 — Fin. Issues in Entrepreneurship	3
Choose two of the following:	6
MGT 101 — Intro to Entrepreneurship
MGT 405 — New Venture Strategies
MKT 315 — Sales Mgmt. & Prof. Selling
MKT 420 — Services Marketing
TOTAL MUSIC BUSINESS EMPHASIS	21

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Additional Requirements

• Minimum of 128 total credits
• Minimum of 39 upper-level credits (300 or above)
• Minimum of 12 upper-level credits at UAH (6 in the major and 6 in the minor)
• At least 25% of total degree requirements at UAH
• At least 12 of the last 18 credits at UAH
• 2.0 GPA in major, 2.0 GPA in minor, and 2.0 overall GPA