Program Overview

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Program: Music, B.A.

Music Industry Studies Option

Program Description

The Bachelor of Arts in Music option in Music Industry Studies (MIS) prepares students for executive and administrative careers in the music industry. This option offers a blend of the art of music and the discipline of business. Students participate in traditional music courses, such as individual applied music lessons and performing ensembles, and are immersed in an interdisciplinary curriculum that provides a foundational understanding of business and its operation in the music industry. With a strong emphasis on experiential learning, students put their classroom education into practice through internships, student-produced events, and a student-run, faculty-advised record label.

Program Requirements

A. Admission to the Major

Admission to the major in Music for all undergraduate degrees is determined by audition. Those auditioning for the Performance options must exhibit a high-performance competence in the audition. Audition procedures and standards are listed on the Department of Music—Audition and Placement website.

B. Lesson and Ensemble Requirements

To qualify for individual lessons in any semester, undergraduate students must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 units, including lesson units and the correct number of ensemble units required by their option. Enrollment in the designated ensemble(s) for the student's instrument is a corequisite of enrollment in private lessons each semester of enrollment.

C. Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree

1. Lower Division Required Courses (24 units)

• MUS 110A Keyboard Musicianship I (1)
• MUS 110B Keyboard Musicianship II (1)
• MUS 111/L Musicianship I and Lab (1/1)
• MUS 112/L Musicianship II and Lab (1/1)
• MUS 191/L Fundamentals of Music Technology and Lab (2/1)
• MUS 201 Style/Literature of Western Music I (3)
• MUS 202 Style/Literature of Western Music II (3)
• MUS 210A Keyboard Musicianship III (1)
• MUS 211/L Musicianship III and Lab (1/1)
• Individual Lessons (1-1)
• Ensembles (4)

2. Upper Division Required Courses (5 units)

• MUS 307 Music from a Global Perspective (3)
• MUS 483ME/L Music Entrepreneurship and Lab (1/1)

3. Music Industry Studies Option Requirements (39 units)

• The following four courses substitute for the core requirements of MUS 110A, MUS 110B, MUS 210A, and MUS 210B for students who auditioned for the degree option on piano:
  • MUS 235A Contemporary Keyboard Styles: Latin (1)
  • MUS 235B Contemporary Keyboard Styles: Jazz, Rock, and Pop (1)
  • MUS 235C Contemporary Keyboard Styles: Afro-Cuban (1)
  • MUS 235D Contemporary Keyboard Styles: Gospel (1)

a. Required Courses

• MUS 210B Keyboard Musicianship IV (1)
• MUS 213 Harmony I (3)
• MUS 303A History of Popular Music in America I (3)
• MUS 303B History of Popular Music in America II (3)
• MUS 391/L Music Technology II and Lab (2/1)
• MUS 397R/L Sound Recording and Lab (2/1)
• MUS 393A Music Industry Studies I (3)
• MUS 393B Music Industry Studies II (3)
• MUS 466 Digital Strategies for the Music Industry (3)

b. Maximum of 2 units to be selected from the following two courses:

• MUS 493C Music Industry Practicum (1-1)
• MUS 494A Internship in Music (1-1)

c. Individual Lessons

• Individual Lessons (1-1)
• Lessons apply to instrument used for audition.

d. Courses Outside Music

• BLAW 280 Business Law I (3)
• MGT 360 Management and Organizational Behavior (3)

e. Capstone Experience

• MUS 494A/C Internship in Music (1/3)

4. General Education (43 units)

Undergraduate students must complete 43 units of General Education, including 3 units of coursework meeting the Ethnic Studies (E.S.) requirement.

9 units are satisfied by the following courses in the major:

• MUS 202 satisfies Area 3A Arts
• MUS 397R/L satisfies Area 5 Physical and Biological Sciences, Upper Division
• MUS 307 satisfies 3 units of upper division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies. MUS 307 taken at CSUN may count as Writing Intensive.

5. Campus Requirements (6 units)

Undergraduate students must complete 6 units of Campus Requirements. MUS 191/L meets the Lifelong Learning requirement.

Total Units in the Major/Option: 68

General Education Units: 34

Campus Requirement Units: 3

Additional Elective Units: 15

Total Units Required for the B.A. Degree: 120

Program Learning Outcomes

Students receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Music will be able to:

1. Demonstrate the ability to hear, identify, and work conceptually with the elements of music, through sight-reading, basic keyboard proficiency, and musical analysis.
2. Perform standard repertoire appropriate to their performance area, as individuals, members of ensembles, and/or conductors.
3. Demonstrate a working knowledge of music history within their area of specialization and an acquaintance with the history, cultural background, and repertoires beyond that area, including a wide selection of Western and world music literature.
4. Demonstrate a working knowledge of music technology and its application to their area of specialization.
5. Develop pedagogical and/or clinical skills fundamental to their area of specialization for application across a variety of music and music-related professions.
6. Demonstrate professional competence in the execution of business processes and practices commonly employed within their area of specialization.
7. Create derivative or original music in both extemporaneous and written form.