Music Industry BS / Business MBA
Major: Music Industry and Business Administration
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science (BS) and Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 234.0
Co-op Options: Two Co-ops (Five years)
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 50.1003
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 27-2041; 25-1121
About the Program
The BS in Music Industry/MBA program offers students a program that combines an undergraduate degree in music business and technology with an MBA degree awarded by the Drexel LeBow College of Business. The program is designed to allow students to complete both the BS and the Master of Business Administration degree in five years.
The program is offered to qualified students who apply for this option prior to the end of freshmen year or prior to the completion of 90.0 credits. All students who apply for this option must take the GMAT entrance exam.
Additional Information
For more information about this program, visit the College's Music Industry page.
Admission Requirements
Students selected for this program will generally have a minimum of 1350 on the SAT, a GPA of 3.5 or better, and rank in the top 10% of their high school graduating class. A strong candidate for this program will have taken significant AP coursework while in high school.
Degree Requirements
| Requirements | ||
| CIVC 101 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 1.0 |
| COM 230 | Techniques of Speaking | 3.0 |
| COOP 101 | Career Management and Professional Development * | 1.0 |
| ENGL 101 | Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 111 | English Composition I | |
| ENGL 102 | Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 112 | English Composition II | |
| ENGL 103 | Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 113 | English Composition III | |
| MATH 101 | Introduction to Analysis I | 4.0 |
| or MATH 121 | Calculus I | |
| MATH 102 | Introduction to Analysis II | 4.0 |
| or MATH 122 | Calculus II | |
| UNIV A101 | The Drexel Experience | 1.0 |
| Required Arts and Humanities-students elect a minimum of 9.0 credits ** | 9.0 | |
| Required Natural Science-students elect a minimum of 3.0 credits *** | 3.0 | |
| Required Social Science-students elect a minimum of 9.0 credits † | 9.0 | |
| Music Core Requirements | ||
| MUSC 121 | Music Theory I | 3.0 |
| or MUSC 122 | Music Theory II | |
| MUSC 125 | Ear Training I | 1.0 |
| MUSC 130 | Introduction to Music | 3.0 |
| MUSC 190 | Class Piano I | 2.0 |
| or MUSC 191 | Class Guitar I | |
| MUSC 323 | Songwriting | 3.0 |
| Music Elective (Select one) | 3.0 | |
| European Classical Music History I | ||
| European Classical Music History II | ||
| The Beatles | ||
| Rock Music Through the Mid-60s | ||
| Rock Music Since the Mid-60s | ||
| World Musics | ||
| Afro-American Music USA | ||
| History of Jazz | ||
| American Popular Music | ||
| Special Topics in Music | ||
| Music Industry Core Requirements | ||
| ACCT 110 | Accounting for Professionals | 4.0 |
| BLAW 201 | Business Law I | 4.0 |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Microeconomics | 4.0 |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 4.0 |
| FIN 301 | Introduction to Finance | 4.0 |
| MIP 132 | Survey of the Recording Industry | 3.0 |
| MIP 133 | Digital Audio Workstations I | 3.0 |
| MIP 161 | Copyrights in the Music Industry | 3.0 |
| MIP 179 | Introduction to Sound Recording | 2.0 |
| MIP 227 | Listening Techniques | 1.0 |
| MIP 270 | Live Music Industry | 3.0 |
| MIP 293 [WI] | Survey of Music Production | 3.0 |
| MIP 361 | Music Publishing | 3.0 |
| MIP 374 | Entrepreneurship in the Music Industry | 3.0 |
| MIP 375 [WI] | Marketing and Promo in Music Industry | 3.0 |
| MIP 491 | Senior Project in Music Industry †† | 9.0 |
| STAT 201 | Introduction to Business Statistics | 4.0 |
| WEST 100 | Introduction to Digital Design Tools | 3.0 |
| Concentration requirements | 33.0-34.0 | |
| Concentration electives | 9.0 | |
| Free electives (24.0 credits total; 3.0 of which are satisfied by GR Free Electives) ‡ | 21.0 | |
| MBA Requirements | ||
| ACCT 510 | Essentials of Financial Reporting | 2.0 |
| BLAW 510 | Analyzing Legal Options in Decision-Making | 2.0 |
| BSAN 601 | Business Analytics for Managers | 3.0 |
| ECON 601 | Managerial Economics | 3.0 |
| FIN 601 | Corporate Financial Management | 3.0 |
| MGMT 520 | Strategy Analysis | 2.0 |
| MGMT 530 | Managing and Leading the Total Enterprise | 2.0 |
| MKTG 510 | Marketing Strategy | 2.0 |
| MGMT 770 | MBA Capstone | 2.0 |
| ORGB 511 | Leading in Dynamic Environments: A Personal, Relational, and Strategic Approach | 3.0 |
| POM 510 | Operations and Supply Chain Management | 2.0 |
| Experiential Elective - Select one | 3.0 | |
| Graduate Internship | ||
| International Business Seminar and Residency | ||
| Leading for Innovation | ||
| Business Consulting | ||
| Business Agility and IT | ||
| Negotiations for Leaders | ||
| Tax Experiential Learning | ||
| MBA Concentration Requirements | 9.0 | |
| MBA Free Electives | 11.0 | |
| Total Credits | 234.0-235.0 | |
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Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.
COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.
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Select 9.0 credits from 100-499 level courses, including T380-480 in AFAS, ARTH, COM, ENGL, FMST, GST, HIST, IST, JWST, LANG, LING, MENA, MUSC, PHIL, PPE, PBHL, SCRP, THTR, TVST, WGST, WRIT, ARCH, DANC, INTR, PHTO, RELS, and VSCM.
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Select 3.0 credits from 100-499 level courses in BIO, CHEM, ENVS, GEO, and PHYS. PHYS 107 is recommended.
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Select 9.0 credits from 100-499 level courses, including T380-T480, in AFAS, ANTH, CJS, CS, ECON, ENSS, ENVS, PSI, PSY, PBHL, SOC, and WGST.
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Repeated over three terms.
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UG Concentration Requirements
| Music Industry: Business Concentration Requirements | ||
| MIP 276 | Sound Recording for Business Concentration * | 3.0 |
| MIP 336 | Contracts and Legal Issues in the Music Industry | 3.0 |
| MIP 366 | Music Supervision | 3.0 |
| MIP 376 | MAD Dragon Music Group (Taken three terms) | 9.0 |
| MIP 394 | Big Data In The Music Industry | 3.0 |
| MIP 395 | Digital Revenue & Creative Destruction | 3.0 |
| MIP 426 | Global Trends in the Music Industry | 3.0 |
| MIP 467 | Artist Representation | 3.0 |
| MIP 468 | Music Industry E-Commerce | 3.0 |
| Select three of the following Business Concentration Electives | 9.0 | |
| Radio Management | ||
| Media Promotion | ||
| Music Merchandising | ||
| Music Venues and Concerts | ||
| Touring and Booking | ||
| Artist Development | ||
| Cities of Music and Culture | ||
| Total Credits | 42.0 | |
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MUSI Business Concentration students who would like to continue taking more advanced recording studio and music production courses should take MIP 279 instead of MIP 276. Take MIP 233 in Term 3 instead of MIP 276, which is a prerequisite to MIP 279, which students will take in Terms 5 or 6.
| Music Industry: Recording Arts & Music Production (RAMP) Concentration Requirements | ||
| MIP 233 | Digital Audio Workstations II | 3.0 |
| MIP 279 | Sound Recording I | 3.0 |
| MIP 333 | Digital Audio Workstations III | 3.0 |
| MIP 338 | Audio Seminar | 2.0 |
| MIP 379 | Sound Recording II | 3.0 |
| MIP 381 | Audio for Video | 3.0 |
| MIP 388 | Music and Audio Freelancing | 2.0 |
| MIP 389 | Sound Reinforcement | 3.0 |
| MIP 477 | Music Production | 3.0 |
| MIP 481 | Mixing and Mastering | 3.0 |
| MUSC 122 | Music Theory II | 3.0 |
| MUSC 229 | Modern Arranging Techniques | 3.0 |
| Select Three of the following RAMP Concentration electives: | 9.0 | |
| Electronic Music Production | ||
| Scoring to Picture | ||
| Synthesis and Sampling | ||
| Commercial Music Production | ||
| Studio Maintenance | ||
| Video Game Music and Audio | ||
| Analog Recording | ||
| Advanced Sound Reinforcement | ||
| Digital Audio Workstations IV | ||
| Total Credits | 43.0 | |
MBA Concentrations
Students selecting a concentration can choose from the following:
Business Analytics Concentration
| Select three of the following: | 9.0 | |
| Datamining for Managers | ||
| Aligning Information Systems and Business Strategies | ||
| Inter-Active Decision Support Systems | ||
| Database Analysis and Design for Business | ||
| Customer Analytics | ||
| Marketing Experiments | ||
| Managerial Decision Models and Simulation | ||
| Supply Chain Analytics | ||
| Statistics for Business Analytics | ||
| Time Series Forecasting | ||
| Special Topics in STAT | ||
| Total Credits | 9.0 | |
Finance Concentration
| Select three of the following: | ||
| Advanced Financial Management | ||
| Business Valuation | ||
| Corporate Governance | ||
| Environmental and Social Issues in Finance | ||
| Financial Institutions & Markets | ||
| Risk Management | ||
| Investment Management | ||
| Entrepreneurial Finance | ||
| FinTech | ||
| Behavioral Finance | ||
| International Financial Management | ||
| Special Topics in Finance | ||
| Total Credits | 0.0 | |
Marketing Concentration
| Select three of the following, of which two MUST be from MKTG (any course with MKTG subject code and course number between 600-699): | ||
MKTG Course 600-699 | ||
| Special Topics in Legal Studies | ||
| Intro to Econometrics and Data Analysis | ||
| Microeconomics | ||
| International Business Management | ||
| Knowledge Management | ||
| Systems Analysis & Design | ||
| Database Analysis and Design for Business | ||
| Managerial Decision Models and Simulation | ||
| Supply Chain Management I | ||
| Quality & Six-Sigma | ||
| Time Series Forecasting | ||
| Total Credits | 0.0 | |
Strategic Technology & Innovation Management Concentration
| Required Courses | ||
| MGMT 602 | Innovation Management | 3.0 |
| MGMT 603 | Technology Strategy | 3.0 |
| Electives | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3.0 | |
| Business & Economic Strategy: Game Theory & Applications | ||
| Introduction to Change Management: An Integration of Macro and Micro Perspectives | ||
| Strategic Change Management | ||
| Strategic Human Resource Management | ||
| Knowledge Management | ||
| Sustainability and Value Creation | ||
| Leading for Innovation | ||
| Strategy Implementation | ||
| Change Management Experiential Capstone | ||
| MIS Policy and Strategy | ||
| Business Agility and IT | ||
| New Product Planning, Strategy, and Development | ||
| Managerial Decision Models and Simulation | ||
| Leading and Executing Change | ||
| Negotiations for Leaders | ||
| Time Series Forecasting | ||
| Total Credits | 9.0 | |
Supply Chain Management & Logistics Concentration
| Select three of the following: | 9.0 | |
| Leading the Digital Supply Chain | ||
| Systems Analysis & Design | ||
| Managerial Decision Models and Simulation | ||
| Supply Chain Management I | ||
| Supply Chain Management II | ||
| Management of Service Firms | ||
| Transportation & Logistics Management | ||
| Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Logistics | ||
| Revenue Management | ||
| Supply Chain Analytics | ||
| Special Topics in POM | ||
| Quality & Six-Sigma | ||
| Time Series Forecasting | ||
| Total Credits | 9.0 | |
Customized Concentration
| Students can self customize a concentration with coordination between their program manager and with faculty guidance. Please see your program manager/academic advisor for further information. | 9.0 | |
| MBA Graduate Credits include courses in Accounting (ACCT), Statistics (STAT), Economics (ECON), Finance (FIN), General Business (BUSN), Interdisciplinary Business (INDS), International Business (INTB), Legal Studies (BLAW), Management (MGMT), Management Information Systems (MIS), Marketing (MKTG), Operations Research (OPR), Organizational Behavior (ORGB), Production Operations Management (POM), Sport Management (SMT) or Taxation (TAX), with a course number range between 500-799 or other approved course at the graduate level. | ||
| Total Credits | 9.0 | |
Corporate Sustainability and Social Impact Concentration
| Choose three from the following: | 9.0 | |
| Legal Aspects of Employment | ||
| Corporate Governance | ||
| Environmental and Social Issues in Finance | ||
| Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Business | ||
| Business Ethics | ||
| Sustainability and Value Creation | ||
| Corporate Brand & Reputation Management | ||
| Special Topics in ORGB | ||
| Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Logistics | ||
| Social Issues in Sport | ||
Effective Leadership Concentration
| Choose three of the following: | 9.0 | |
| Leading the Digital Supply Chain | ||
| Business Ethics | ||
| Sustainability and Value Creation | ||
| Leading Virtual Teams | ||
| Negotiations for Leaders | ||
Writing-Intensive Course Requirements
In order to graduate, all students must pass three writing-intensive courses after their freshman year. Two writing-intensive courses must be in a student's major. The third can be in any discipline. Students are advised to take one writing-intensive class each year, beginning with the sophomore year, and to avoid “clustering” these courses near the end of their matriculation. Transfer students need to meet with an academic advisor to review the number of writing-intensive courses required to graduate.
A "WI" next to a course in this catalog may indicate that this course can fulfill a writing-intensive requirement. For the most up-to-date list of writing-intensive courses being offered, students should check the Writing Intensive Course List at the University Writing Program. Students scheduling their courses can also conduct a search for courses with the attribute "WI" to bring up a list of all writing-intensive courses available that term.
Sample Plan of Study
4+1, 1 co-op (Accelerated program completed in 5 years); Music Industry: Recording Arts & Music Production Concentration
Students complete undergraduate requirements in four years, then convert to graduate status in the fifth and final year.
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | ACCT 110 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
| MIP 132 | 3.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
| MIP 179 | 2.0 | MIP 133 | 3.0 | MIP 233 | 3.0 | ||
| MIP 227 | 1.0 | MIP 161 | 3.0 | MIP 270 | 3.0 | ||
| MUSC 121 | 3.0 | MUSC 130 | 3.0 | MUSC 122 | 3.0 | ||
| MUSC 190 or 191 | 2.0 | WEST 100 | 3.0 | MUSC 125 | 1.0 | ||
| UNIV A101 | 1.0 | ||||||
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| COOP 101 | 1.0 | ECON 201 | 4.0 | BLAW 201 | 4.0 | COOP EXPERIENCE | |
| MATH 101 or 121 | 4.0 | MATH 102 or 122 | 4.0 | MIP 279 (or UG Free Elective) | 3.0 | ||
| MIP 333 | 3.0 | MIP 279 (or UG Free Elective) | 3.0 | MUSC 229 | 3.0 | ||
| MIP 361 | 3.0 | MIP 293 | 3.0 | MUSC 323 | 3.0 | ||
| MIP 375 | 3.0 | (UG) Free Elective | 3.0 | STAT 201 | 4.0 | ||
| (UG) Free Elective | 3.0 | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ECON 202 | 4.0 | MIP 374 | 3.0 | COM 230 | 3.0 | COOP EXPERIENCE | |
| FIN 301 | 4.0 | MIP 388 | 2.0 | MIP 338 | 2.0 | ||
| MIP 379 | 3.0 | MIP 389 | 3.0 | MIP 477 | 3.0 | ||
| MIP 381 | 3.0 | MIP 481 | 3.0 | (UG) Natural Science Elective* | 3.0 | ||
| (UG) Arts and Humanities Elective | 3.0 | (UG) MUSC Elective | 3.0 | (UG) Social Science Electives | 6.0 | ||
| (UG) Social Science Elective | 3.0 | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| MIP 491 | 3.0 | MIP 491 | 3.0 | MIP 491 | 3.0 | Convert to Graduate Status | |
| (UG) Arts and Humanities Elective | 3.0 | (UG) Free Elective | 3.0 | (UG) Arts and Humanities Elective | 3.0 | ||
| (UG) Free Elective | 3.0 | (UG) MIP Production Elective | 3.0 | (UG) Free Elective | 6.0 | ||
| (UG) MIP Production Elective | 3.0 | BSAN 601 | 3.0 | (UG) MIP Production Elective | 3.0 | ||
| ACCT 510 | 2.0 | ORGB 511 | 3.0 | MGMT 520 | 2.0 | ||
| MGMT 530 | 2.0 | (GR) Elective (counts as UG Free elective) | 3.0 | Awarded BS Degree | |||
| MKTG 510 | 2.0 | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Fifth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| FIN 601 | 3.0 | BLAW 510 | 2.0 | MGMT 770 | 2.0 | ||
| POM 510 | 2.0 | ECON 601 | 3.0 | (GR) Concentration Requirements | 6.0 | ||
| (GR) Electives | 5.0 | (GR) Concentration Requirement | 3.0 | (GR) Experiential Elective | 3.0 | ||
| (GR) Elective | 3.0 | ||||||
| 10 | 11 | 11 | |||||
| Total Credits 235 | |||||||
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PHYS 107 is recommended.
4+1, 1 co-op (Accelerated program completed in 5 years); Music Industry: Business Concentration
Students complete undergraduate requirements in four years, then convert to graduate status in the fifth and final year.
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | ACCT 110 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
| MIP 132 | 3.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
| MIP 179 | 2.0 | MIP 133 | 3.0 | MIP 270 | 3.0 | ||
| MIP 227 | 1.0 | MIP 161 | 3.0 | MIP 276 | 3.0 | ||
| MUSC 121 | 3.0 | MUSC 130 | 3.0 | MUSC 125 | 1.0 | ||
| MUSC 190 or 191 | 2.0 | WEST 100 | 3.0 | (UG) Free Elective | 3.0 | ||
| UNIV A101 | 1.0 | ||||||
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| COOP 101 | 1.0 | BLAW 201 | 4.0 | MIP 336 | 3.0 | COOP EXPERIENCE | |
| MATH 101 | 4.0 | ECON 201 | 4.0 | MIP 467 | 3.0 | ||
| MIP 361 | 3.0 | MATH 102 | 4.0 | MUSC 323 | 3.0 | ||
| MIP 375 | 3.0 | MIP 293 | 3.0 | STAT 201 | 4.0 | ||
| (UG) Natural Science Elective | 3.0 | (UG) Social Science Elective | 3.0 | (UG) Social Science Elective | 3.0 | ||
| (UG) Free Elective | 3.0 | ||||||
| 17 | 18 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ECON 202 | 4.0 | MIP 374 | 3.0 | COM 230 | 3.0 | COOP EXPERIENCE | |
| FIN 301 | 4.0 | MIP 376 | 3.0 | MIP 376 | 3.0 | ||
| MIP 376 | 3.0 | MIP 394 | 3.0 | MIP 426 | 3.0 | ||
| MIP 395 | 3.0 | (UG) Free Electives | 9.0 | MIP 468 | 3.0 | ||
| (UG) MIP Business Concentration Elective | 3.0 | (UG) Arts and Humanities Elective | 3.0 | ||||
| (UG) Free Elective | 3.0 | ||||||
| 17 | 18 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| MIP 366 | 3.0 | MIP 491 | 3.0 | MIP 491 | 3.0 | Convert to Graduate Status | |
| MIP 491 | 3.0 | (UG) MIP Business Concentration Elective | 3.0 | (UG) Arts and Humanities Elective | 3.0 | ||
| (UG) Arts and Humanities Elective | 3.0 | (UG) Social Science Elective | 3.0 | (UG) Free Elective | 3.0 | ||
| (UG) MUSC Elective | 3.0 | BSAN 601 | 3.0 | (UG) MIP Business Concentration Elective | 3.0 | ||
| ACCT 510 | 2.0 | ORGB 511 | 3.0 | MGMT 520 | 2.0 | ||
| MKTG 510 | 2.0 | (GR) Elective (counts as UG Free elective) | 3.0 | Awarded BS Degree | |||
| MGMT 530 | 2.0 | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Fifth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| FIN 601 | 3.0 | BLAW 510 | 2.0 | MGMT 770 | 2.0 | ||
| POM 510 | 2.0 | ECON 601 | 3.0 | (GR) Concentration Requirements | 6.0 | ||
| (GR) Electives | 5.0 | (GR) Concentration Requirement | 3.0 | (GR) Experiential Elective | 3.0 | ||
| (GR) Elective | 3.0 | ||||||
| 10 | 11 | 11 | |||||
| Total Credits 234 | |||||||
