Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions

Music Business Curriculum

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM - BACHELOR OF MUSIC DEGREE (131 CREDITS)

Your coursework includes four categories of study:

Music Business Specialization (35 credits)
Business Structure of the Music Industry
Music in the Media Business
Economic and Legal Setting of the Music Industry
Concert Management
Music Publishing
Production and A&R
Village Records
Entrepreneurship for the Music Industry
International Music Business Marketplace
Fieldwork in International Music Business Studies
Unrestricted Electives (6 credits)
Internships (9 credits)

Music (34 credits)
Music Theory I, II, III
Jazz Theory
Aural Comprehension I & II
Music History II, III, IV
Keyboard Harmony and Improvisation I & II
Music Technology classes (minimum of two)
Music Electives (10 credits)

Liberal Arts (40 credits)
Expository Writing
Foundations of Contemporary Culture
Information Technology in Business & Society
Macro- and Microeconomics
Calculus I
Integrating Liberal Arts
Liberal Arts Electives

Leonard N. Stern School of Business (22 credits)
Principles of Financial Accounting
Statistics
Foundations of Financial Markets
Management and Organizational Analysis
Introduction to Marketing

For course descriptions, please refer to the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, College of Arts and Science, and Leonard N. Stern School of Business bulletins.

GRADUATE PROGRAM - MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE (54 credits)

Music Industry and Foundation Core Courses (27 credits)
Principles & Practice in the Music Industry
Law and the Music Industry
Environment of the Music Industry
Concert Management
Managing the Performing Artist
Colloquy: Issues in Music Management Internship
Statistics
Music Business Graduate Internship

Music Industry Electives (9 credits/3 of these 6 classes)
Promotion and Publicity in the Music Industry
Strategic Marketing in the Music Industry
Ethics of the Entertainment Industry
Global Music Management – NYU London (January intersession)
Entrepreneurship Strategies (new in 2006)
Production and A&R

Stern School of Business Courses (12 credits)
Financial Accounting and Reporting
Managing Organizations
EMT (Entertainment Media & Technology) courses
Business Elective

Electives (6 credits)
By advisement; can be taken at Steinhardt, Stern, or other schools at NYU. Can include Music Industry Electives.

For course descriptions, please refer to The Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and Leonard N. Stern School of Business bulletins.

In accordance with New York State regulations, all points used toward graduation for the masters degree must be at the .2000-level.

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