Major: Music Industry and Business Administration
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science (BS) and Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Total Credit Hours: 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.
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
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 |
| 9.0 |
* | 3.0 |
| 9.0 |
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 |
| 3.0 |
| Music History I | |
| 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 | |
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 |
| 33.0-34.0 |
| 9.0 |
*** | 21.0 |
ACCT 510 | Essentials of Financial Reporting | 2.0 |
BLAW 510 | Analyzing Legal Options in Decision-Making | 1.0 |
ECON 601 | Managerial Economics | 3.0 |
FIN 601 | Corporate Financial Management | 3.0 |
MGMT 510 | Business Problem Solving | 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 |
ORGB 520 | Leading High-Performance Teams | 1.0 |
POM 510 | Operations and Supply Chain Management | 2.0 |
STAT 510 | Introduction to Statistics for Business Analytics | 2.0 |
| Graduate Internship | |
| International Business Seminar and Residency | |
| Leading for Innovation | |
| Business Consulting | |
| Business Agility and IT | |
| Negotiations for Leaders | |
| Tax Experiential Learning | |
Total Credits | 234.0-235.0 |
UG 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 |
| Radio Management | |
| Media Promotion | |
| Music Merchandising | |
| Music Venues and Concerts | |
| Touring and Booking | |
| Cities of Music and Culture | |
| Music Supervision | |
Total Credits | 42.0 |
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 |
| Electronic Music Production | |
| Scoring to Picture | |
| Synthesis and Sampling | |
| Commercial Music Production | |
| Studio Maintenance | |
| Video Game Music and Audio | |
| Analog Recording | |
| Digital Audio Workstations IV | |
Total Credits | 43.0 |
MBA Concentrations
Business Analytics Concentration
STAT 632 | Datamining for Managers | 3.0 |
| |
| Business & Economic Strategy: Game Theory & Applications | |
| Business Conditions and Forecasting | |
| Inter-Active Decision Support Systems | |
| Predictive Business Analytics with Relational Database Data | |
| Customer Analytics | |
| Marketing Experiments | |
| Managerial Decision Models and Simulation | |
| System Simulation | |
| Supply Chain Management I | |
| Quality & Six-Sigma | |
| Experimental Design | |
Total Credits | 3.0 |
Finance Concentration*
| |
| Advanced Financial Management | |
| Corporate Governance | |
| Financial Institutions & Markets | |
| Risk Management | |
| Entrepreneurial Finance | |
| Mergers and Acquisitions | |
| Business Conditions and Forecasting | |
| International Financial Management | |
| Derivative Securities | |
| Seminar in Finance | |
| Seminar in Investments | |
| Special Topics in FIN | |
| Real Estate Finance | |
Total Credits | 9.0 |
Marketing Concentration
| 9.0 |
| Special Topics in BLAW | |
| Intro to Econometrics and Data Analysis | |
| Microeconomics | |
| Business Conditions and Forecasting | |
| International Financial Management | |
| International Business Management | |
| Knowledge Management | |
| Systems Analysis & Design | |
| Inter-Active Decision Support Systems | |
| Database Analysis and Design for Business | |
| Customer Analytics | |
| Marketing Experiments | |
| Buyer Behavior Theory | |
| Channels of Distribution Management | |
| Digital Marketing | |
| Global Marketing | |
| Integrated Marketing Communications Management | |
| New Product Planning, Strategy, and Development | |
| Services Marketing | |
| Marketing Information Management and Research | |
| Special Topics in MKTG | |
| Managerial Decision Models and Simulation | |
| Supply Chain Management I | |
| Management of Service Firms | |
| Quality & Six-Sigma | |
Total Credits | 9.0 |
Real Estate Management & Development Concentration
BLAW 631 | Real Estate Law for Managers and Developers | 3.0 |
REMD 675 | Real Estate Finance | 3.0 |
| 3.0 |
| Community Impact Analysis | |
| Urban and Real Estate Economics | |
| Financial Institutions & Markets | |
| New Product Planning, Strategy, and Development | |
| Negotiations for Leaders | |
| Supply Chain Management I | |
| Real Estate Development | |
| Special Topics in REMD | |
Total Credits | 9.0 |
Strategic Technology & Innovation Management Concentration (STIM)
MGMT 602 | Innovation Management | 3.0 |
MGMT 603 | Technology Strategy | 3.0 |
| 3.0 |
| Business & Economic Strategy: Game Theory & Applications | |
| Business Conditions and Forecasting | |
| Introduction to Change Management: An Integration of Macro and Micro Perspectives | |
| Strategic Change 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 | |
Total Credits | 9.0 |
Supply Chain Management & Logistics Concentration
POM 610 | Supply Chain Management I | 3.0 |
POM 615 | Supply Chain Management II | 3.0 |
| 3.0 |
| Business & Economic Strategy: Game Theory & Applications | |
| Entrepreneurial Finance | |
| Business Conditions and Forecasting | |
| Systems Analysis & Design | |
| Inter-Active Decision Support Systems | |
| Customer Analytics | |
| Channels of Distribution Management | |
| New Product Planning, Strategy, and Development | |
| Managerial Decision Models and Simulation | |
| Management of Service Firms | |
| Transportation & Logistics Management | |
| Special Topics in POM | |
| Quality & Six-Sigma | |
| Datamining for Managers | |
Total Credits | 9.0 |
General Business Concentration
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.