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Music Industry Studies—Bachelor of Arts

Degree: Bachelor of Arts

Website: Department of Music

College/School: College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 

Apply to UIW: Application for the Bachelor of Arts in Music Industry Studies

Accreditation: National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Arts in Music Industry Studies degree program combines the study of music with business courses and provides students with the tools to build careers in the multi-faceted music business. Careers covered in this major include recording engineer, entertainment attorney, publisher, songwriter, record producer, personal manager, record label executive, music editor, film composer, concert promoter, talent agent, studio owner, professional musician, arranger, musical director, and recording artist. In order to graduate, degree candidates will demonstrate the acquisition of essential musical skills, including functional proficiency in one instrument, arranging skills, and a solid grasp of current music technology tools; they will also successfully complete a Music Industry internship.

Admissions

Admission to the Bachelor of Arts in Music Industry Studies degree program is a two-fold process.

Requirements: 

  1. Admission to the University of the Incarnate Word.
  2. Admission, through audition, to the Department of Music.

Prerequisites: Students who, at the time of their entrance audition, are deemed unprepared for freshman-level MUAP lessons or MUSI courses may be placed in one or more of the following courses: MUAP 1144, MUSI 1311, MUSI 1381, MUSI 1100, MUSI 1300.

Bachelor of Arts in Music Industry Studies Degree Plan

The Music Industry degree plan requires a minimum of 131 credit hours to complete, and includes 46 to 50 credit hours in music, 20 credit hours in Music Industry courses, and 18 credit hours in Business.

UIW Undergraduate Core Curriculum

UIW core coursework is required. Review the Undergraduate Core Curriculum Here and review the degree plans for each concentration for scheduling of the core curriculum classwork. In addition, 45 Community Service hours are part of all bachelor's degree programs. See Community Service.

 

UIW Core Curriculum 
 Composition and Rhetoric  6 credit hours 
 Literature and Art 6 credit hours 
 Science and Mathematics 7 credit hours 
 History and Behavioral Science 6 credit hours 
 Philosophy and Religion  9 credit hours 
 Second Language  6 credit hours 
 Wellness and Physical Education  3 credit hours
  43 total core credit hours
   
 Community Service  45 clock hours (non-credit) 

Musicianship Coursework

MUSI 1110Freshman Music Seminar

1
MUSI 1191Aural Skills I

1
MUSI 1192Aural Skills II

1
MUSI 2193Advanced Aural Skills III

1
MUSI 2194Advanced Aural Skills IV

1
MUSI 1321Music Theory I

3
MUSI 1322Music Theory II

3
MUSI 2323Music Theory III

3
MUSI 3324Music Theory IV

3
MUSI 1111Keyboard Skills I

1
MUSI 1121Keyboard Skills II

1
MUSI 2110Keyboard Skills III

1
MUSI 2120Keyboard Skills IV

1
MUSI 3341Music History I

3
MUSI 3342Music History II

3
And
MUSI 3348Studies in World Music

3
Or
MUSI 3351Music in Asian Theater

3
Total Credit Hours:31

MUSI 1110 must be completed twice.

Music Industry Coursework

All entering Music Industry Studies majors should register for Introduction to MUST 2340, Introduction to Music Industries Studies or, if entering in a spring semester, MUST 2350, Music Industries Studies II.

MUST 1301Introduction to Music Technology

3
MUST 2259Introductory Internship in Music Industry Studies

2
MUST 2325Studio Arranging

3
MUST 2340Introduction to Music Industry Studies

3
MUST 2350Music Industry Studies II

3
MUST 3305Record Production

3
MUST 3310Entertainment Law

3
MUST 3320Web Design for Music Applications

3
MUST 4359Internship in Music Industry Studies

3
Total Credit Hours:26

Applied Music Coursework

Total Credit Hours:16

Principal Instrument or Voice Coursework

Vocal Track Coursework
MUAP 2276Private Instruction: Voice

2
MUAP 2277Private Instruction: Voice

2
MUAP 3276Private Instruction: Voice

2
MUAP 3277Private Instruction: Voice

2
Total Credit Hours:10
Instrumental Track Coursework
MUAP 2254Private Instruction: Instrumental

2
MUAP 2255Private Instruction: Instrumental

2
MUAP 3254Private Instruction: Instrumental

2
MUAP 3255Private Instruction: Instrumental

2
MUAP 4254Instrumental Private Instruction VII

2
MUAP 4255Instrumental Private Instruction VIII

2
Total Credit Hours:10

Major Ensembles

6 credit hours of major ensembles, including Cardinal Band, Cardinal Chorale, Orchestra, or Wind Ensemble.

Total Credit Hours:6

Business Coursework

ACCT 2301Accounting for Non-Business Majors

3
BLAW 3317Business Law

3
BMGT 3340Management Theory and Practice

3
BMKT 3331Principles of Marketing

3
BMKT 3333Integrated Marketing Communications

3
 
BMGT 3354Human Resource Management

3
or
BMGT 4355Organizational Behavior

3
Total Credit Hours:18

Elective Coursework

Elective coursework must be successfully completed as needed to meet the 131 credit hour minimum for the Bachelor of Arts in Music Industry Studies degree program.

Total Credit Hours: 131