Music Major, BA - Music Business Administration Concentration

Campus: Knoxville

uTrack Requirements

Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students.

Term 1

• ¹ Performance Elective 1 Credit Hours

• MUBS 101 - Introduction to Music Business 3 Credit Hours
• ACCT 200 - Foundations of Accounting 3 Credit Hours
• MGT 201 - Introduction to Business Management for Non-Majors 3 Credit Hours
• ENGL 101 - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)

Term 2

• ¹ Performance Elective 1 Credit Hours
• Any 100-level MUCO (AH or GCUS) 3 Credit Hours

• MUBS 102 - Introduction to Music Publishing 3 Credit Hours
• ENGL 102 - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)
• MUTH 115 - Harmony and Analysis through Popular Music 3 Credit Hours *
• BUAD 202 - Personal Finance 3 Credit Hours *

Term 3

• ¹ Performance Elective 1 Credit Hours
• Any 200, 300, or 400-level MUCO 3 Credit Hours*

• MUBS 301 - Advanced Topics in Music Business 3 Credit Hours
• ECON 201 - Introductory Economics: A Survey Course 4 Credit Hours *
• MUKB 115 - Contemporary Musicianship at the Keyboard 1 Credit Hours
• STAT 201 - Introduction to Statistics 3 Credit Hours *

Term 4

• ² Music List A or B 3 Credit Hours
• ¹ Performance Elective 1 Credit Hours
• Electives 3 Credit Hours 

• MUBS 302 - Advanced Topics in Music Publishing 3 Credit Hours

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• MUTC 290 - Sound Recording Techniques 3 Credit Hours

Term 5

• ¹ Performance Elective 1 Credit Hours
• Natural Sciences Elective (with lab) 4 Credit Hours *
• Oral Communication Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ² Music List A or B 3 Credit Hours

• MUBS 303 - Music Supervision in Media 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

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• Track 1

• MGT 300 - Organizational Management 3 Credit Hours

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• Track 2

• ENT 350 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3 Credit Hours

Term 6

• Applied Oral Communication  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Natural Sciences (NS) Natural Sciences Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• MUBS 304 - The Live Music Industry 3 Credit Hours
• BULW 301 - Legal Environment of Business 2 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

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• Track 1

• MARK 300 - Marketing and Supply Chain Management 3 Credit Hours

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• or

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• Track 2

• ENT 410S - Leadership in Nonprofits and Social Entrepreneurship 3 Credit Hours

Term 7

• Electives 2 Credit Hours 
• WC Elective 3 Credit Hours

• MUBS 305 - Starting a Non-Profit Music Organization 3 Credit Hours
• MUBS 401 - Internship in Music Business/Communications 3 Credit Hours
• MUBS 402 - Festival/Live Event Experience 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

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• Track 1

• FINC 300 - Fundamentals of Finance 3 Credit Hours

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• or

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• Track 2

• ENT 451 - New Venture Planning 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• ADVT 250 - Advertising Principles 3 Credit Hours *
• BAS 370S - Search Advertising Optimization 3 Credit Hours
• ENT 350 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3 Credit Hours
• INMT 242 - Business Software Applications 3 Credit Hours *
• ENT 375 - Introduction to Name, Image, and Likeness 3 Credit Hours

Term 8

• ² Music List A or B 6 Credit Hours
• ³  Natalie L. Haslam College of Music Discovery Module  Requirement 6 Credit Hours

• MUBS 405 - Project in Music Supervision 3 Credit Hours

Total Credit Hours 120

Footnotes

1. Select from any MUEN credits, any MUPF credits, MUSC 101 , MUSC 111 , MUSC 112 , MUSC 113 , and MUVC 110 . Students taking MUPF must be accepted into a studio through an audition. MUPF and MUSC 101 courses are not guaranteed in every applied area.
     
   Important note: students can also use Performance Elective credits to fulfill many Volunteer Core requirements. Please meet with your advisor to help select Volunteer Core courses as needed.
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2. Selected from the following lists. Must take 3 hours from List A, 3 hours from List B, and 6 additional hours from either list.
   
   List A: 
   Any additional 200-400 level MUCO 
   Any MUTC
   MUTH 110 , MUTH 120 , MUTH 210 , MUTH 220  or any 300- or 400- level
   MUJZ 110  
   MUJZ 411  
   
   List B: 
   MUJZ 130 , MUJZ 140  , MUJZ 210  , MUJZ 220  
   MUTH 130 , MUTH 140 ,MUTH 230 , MUTH 240  
   MUVC 110  
   MUSC 101  (not guaranteed in every applied area every semester)
   MUSC 111 , MUSC 112 , MUSC 113 
   any MUEN
   any MUKB
   any MUPF (students must be accepted into a studio through audition)
   
   Important note: students can also use List A or List B elective credits to fulfill many Volunteer Core requirements. Please meet with your advisor to help select Volunteer Core courses as needed.

    

3. See Natalie L. Haslam College of Music Discovery Module  Requirement.

   * Meets Volunteer Core  Requirement.