Music (BMU): Commercial Music Track (MSLA)

Program Overview

The Music (BMU): Commercial Music Track (MSLA) program provides students with a comprehensive education in music performance, theory, and business. The program's curriculum includes courses in performance, music theory, music history, commercial music ensemble, and music business. Graduates of the program are prepared for careers in the music industry, including performance, recording, and production.

Program Outline

Outline:

The text outlines the course requirements for the Music (BMU): Commercial Music Track (MSLA) program. It details the specific courses students must take in each semester of their freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior years. Here's a breakdown of the program's structure:

• Freshman Year:
• Performance Attendance (0 credits)
• Performance I & II (2 credits each)
• Piano Skills I & II (1 credit each)
• Music Theory and Skills I & II (3 credits each)
• English Composition I & II (3 credits each)
• Core History (3 credits)
• Core Fine Arts (3 credits)
• 1000 Level Ensemble (1 credit)
• Sophomore Year:
• Performance Attendance (0 credits)
• Performance III & IV (2 credits each)
• 2000 Level Ensemble (1 credit)
• Music Theory and Skills III & IV (3 credits each)
• Core Literature (3 credits)
• Core Humanities (except COMM 1000) or Core Literature to complete sequence (3 credits)
• LBAR 2010 Liberal Arts Careers Preparation (2 credits)
• Core Social Science (3 credits)
• Junior Year:
• Performance Attendance (0 credits)
• Performance V & VI (2 credits each)
• Music History I & II (3 credits each)
• Commercial Music Ensemble - Sonic Nation (1 credit)
• Music Business I & II (3 credits each)
• 3000/4000 Level Music Course (3 credits)
• Core Math (3 credits)
• Core Science I (4 credits)
• Core Science II (4 credits)
• Senior Year:
• Performance Attendance (0 credits)
• Internship (3 credits)
• Performance VII & VIII (2 credits each)
• Commercial Music: Recording and Production (3 credits)
• Senior Performance Recital (2 credits)
• Commercial Music Ensemble - Sonic Nation (1 credit)
• Commercial Music: Concert Promotion (3 credits)
• 3000/4000 Level Music Course (3 credits)
• Core Social Science (3 credits)
• Core Humanities (3 credits)
• Foreign Language I & II (4 credits each)
• UNIV 4AA0 Achieve the Creed (0 credits)

Other:

• Students are required to complete a two-course history sequence or a two-course literature sequence.
• They are also required to complete one Core History or Core Literature course in the area not selected as the sequence.