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Commercial Music Major, B.A.A.

B.A.A. degree 

Admission Requirements, Retention & Termination Standards

Any student in good academic standing at CMU may sign a major in Commercial Music. Every student intending to major in Commercial Music must meet with an advisor to specify the course of study. A minimum 2.3 GPA must be earned in the major.

Students must minor in Broadcast and Cinematic Arts, Business Administration, Multimedia Design, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Game Design Thinking, Music, or Songwriting.

 

Program Requirements

Required Courses I (14 hours)

MUS 101Fundamentals of Music Theory

4(3-2)

MUS 102Theory and Analysis of Popular Music

4(3-2)

MUS 209Digital Music Production

3(3-0)

MUS 309Electroacoustic Music

3(3-0)

Required Courses II (12 hours)

BCA 222Audio Production

3(1-4)

BCA 421Advanced Audio Production

3(2-2)

BCA 540WIRecording Industry and Business

3(3-0)

BCA 542Contemporary Recording and Mixing

3(2-2)

Required Courses III (12 hours)

BUS 100Introduction to Business

3(3-0)

ENT 200Introduction to Entrepreneurship

3(3-0)

ENT 301Innovation & Entrepreneurship

3(3-0)

ENT 495Venture Development

3(3-0)

Electives (9 hours)

Select 9 hours from the following:
BCA 211WIIntroduction to Writing for Media

3(3-0)

BCA 265QRUnderstanding Media Measurement

3(3-0)

BCA 332Multi-Platform Media Production

3(2-2)

BCA 522Audio Post-Production

3(2-2)

ENT 300Digital Entrepreneurship

3(3-0)

ENT 320Financial Concepts and Entrepreneurial Ventures

3(3-0)

MKT 340Personal Selling

3(3-0)

MUS 116Music and Cartoons: Warner Brothers to Disney

3(3-0)

MUS 213Jazz: An American Art Form

3(3-0)

MUS 306Songwriting I

3(3-0)

MUS 406Songwriting II

3(3-0)

Total: 47 semester hours