Music Business
- Degree Requirements
The music business major prepares students to enter today's music industry and to pursue career opportunity where the arts and commerce intersect. Courses in music, performing arts, and business combine with field observations and internships. These experiences prepare students for careers in fields such as arts management, promotion, the record industry, and general music business. The program affords both the performing artist and the business student the opportunity to pursue music business studies. The music business major has two tracks: the Bachelor of Arts in Music with Music Business Concentration (designed with a music emphasis) and the Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with Specialization in Music Business (designed with business emphasis).
Augsburg College full-time students may elect to take one course each semester at McNally Smith College of Music providing that they meet all McNally Smith College of Music requirements. A list of approved electives from MSCM for the music business major is available in the Augsburg music office. McNally Smith courses cannot be used as a substitute for any required Augsburg course specifically listed within a degree program. This program is open to sophomores through seniors. There is no additional fee for this program.
Faculty Adviser: Ned Kantar
B.A. in Music with Music Business Concentration
Requirements:
Music core and:
- ECO 113 Principles of Microeconomics
- MIS 260 Problem Solving
- ACC 221 Introduction to Financial Accounting
- BUS 242 Principles of Management
or BUS 254 Entrepreneurship
or BUS 200 Exploring Business as Vocation - MUS 105 Music Business
- MUS/BUS 245 Arts Management
- MUS/BUS 399 Internship
- MUS/BUS Elective (Augsburg or MSCM course, 1.0 Augsburg credit)
- MUS 458 Senior Recital
- MUP 1xx Performance Studies (.25 credit) Four semesters of half hour lessons on major instrument/voice
- MUP 3xx Performance Studies (.5 credit) Four semesters of hour lessons in the major instrument/voice
- MUE 111 or 112 or 114 or 115 or 121 or 141 (0.0/.25 credit)
- Eight semesters in a major Augsburg ensemble on the major instrument/voice
- MUE 113 or 122 or 125 or 131 or 142 or 143 or 144 or 145 (0.0 credit)
- Two semesters of chamber music/small ensemble courses on the major instrument/voice
Additional requirements:
Pass piano proficiency test
Complete sophomore/transfer music major jury & music departmental degree application
Pass three music repertoire tests
B.A. in Business Administration with Specialization in Music Business
Requirements:
- ECO 112 Principles of Macroeconomics
- ECO 113 Principles of Microeconomics
- MIS 260 Problem Solving for Business
- ACC 221 Introduction to Financial Accounting
- ACC 222 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
- BUS 242 Principles of Management
or BUS 254 Entrepreneurship
or BUS 200 Exploring Business as Vocation - MKT 252 Principles of Marketing
- FIN 331 Financial Management
- MUS/BUS 105 Music Business
- MUS/BUS 245 Arts Management
- MUS/BUS 399 Internship
- MUS/BUS Elective (Augsburg or MSCM course, 1.0 Augsburg credit)
- 3 MUS credits — OR — 2 MUS credits and 1 MUE/MUP credit, selected from:
- MUS 101 Materials of Music I
- MUS 111 Aural Skills I
- MUS 102 Materials of Music II
- MUS 112 Aural Skills II
- MUS 130 Intro to Music and the Fine Arts
- MUS 220 Worlds of Music
- MUS 241 History of Jazz
(Other MUS courses as approved by adviser)
Note: All business majors are encouraged to take KEY 490 Vocation and the Meaning of Success to fulfill the Augsburg Core Curriculum Senior Keystone Requirement.
Music Business Minor
The music business minor is a course of study designed both for the music major desiring additional preparation in business and for the non-music major interested in pursuing a career in the music industry. With the music business minor, students are given the opportunity to enroll in coursework and participate in on-site field experiences that address specific professional skills necessary to enter today's music industry. The minor is a collaborative program between the music and business departments.
Requirements: 8 credits
- MUS 105 The Music Business
- ECO 113 Principles of Microeconomics
- MIS 260 Problem Solving for Business
- ACC 221 Introduction to Financial Accounting
- MUS/BUS 399 Internship (approved for the Music Business Minor)
One of the following:
- MUS/BUS 245 Arts Management and Concert Promotion
- BUS 301 Business Law
- BUS 254 Entrepreneurship
All of the above courses plus two additional music course credits beyond MUS 105 and MUS 245 (maximum of 1 credit in MUE and/or MUP courses)
