Music Major, BA - Journalism and Media 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
• Any MUCO 100-level 3 Credit Hours *

• MUBS 101 - Introduction to Music Business 3 Credit Hours
• ENGL 101 - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)
• JMED 175 - Introduction to Journalism and Creative Media 3 Credit Hours *

Term 2

• ¹ Performance Elective 1 Credit Hours
• Quantitative Reasoning (QR)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• MUBS 102 - Introduction to Music Publishing 3 Credit Hours
• ENGL 102 - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)
• PSYC 110 - General Psychology 3 Credit Hours *
• MUTH 115 - Harmony and Analysis through Popular Music 3 Credit Hours *

Term 3

• ² Academic Music Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ^{​​​​​​​1} Performance Elective 1 Credit Hours

• ECON 201 - Introductory Economics: A Survey Course 4 Credit Hours *
• JMED 200 - Multimedia Writing 3 Credit Hours *
• MUKB 115 - Contemporary Musicianship at the Keyboard 1 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• CMST 210 - Public Speaking 3 Credit Hours *
• CMST 240 - Business and Professional Communication 3 Credit Hours *

Term 4

• ¹ Performance Elective 1 Credit Hours

• JMED 230 - Multimedia Reporting 3 Credit Hours
• JMED 320 - Media Marketing and Promotions 3 Credit Hours
• JMED 330 - Communication for Media 3 Credit Hours *
• JMED 331 - Digital Content Creation 3 Credit Hours
• JMED 220 - Scriptwriting for Creative Works 3 Credit Hours

Term 5

• Natural Sciences (NS)  Elective w/Lab 4 Credit Hours *
• ¹ Performance Elective 1 Credit Hours
• Electives 3 Credit Hours
  

• JMED 416 - Audience Analytics 3 Credit Hours
• MUBS 301 - Advanced Topics in Music Business 3 Credit Hours
• MUSC 315 - A Musician’s Life I 2 Credit Hours

Term 6

• Natural Sciences (NS)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ² Academic Music Elective 3 Credit Hours
• Any Music Elective 3 Credit Hours
  

• MUSC 320 - A Musician’s Life II 2 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• MUBS 302 - Advanced Topics in Music Publishing 3 Credit Hours
• MUBS 303 - Music Supervision in Media 3 Credit Hours
• MUBS 304 - The Live Music Industry 3 Credit Hours

Term 7

• ² Academic Music Elective 3 Credit Hours
• Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ³ Natalie L. Haslam College of Music Discovery Module  Requirement 6 Credit Hours

• JMED 480 - Media Programming in the Digital Era 3 Credit Hours

Term 8

• Electives 3 Credit Hours

• JMED 370 - Global Communication 3 Credit Hours *
• JMED 441 - Entrepreneurship in Journalism and Media 3 Credit Hours *
• JMED 466 - Media, Diversity, and Society 3 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• MUBS 401 - Internship in Music Business/Communications 3 Credit Hours
• MUBS 402 - Festival/Live Event Experience 3 Credit Hours
• MUBS 405 - Project in Music Supervision 3 Credit Hours

Total Credit Hours 120

Footnotes

1. Performance Electives: 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.   MUJZ 130 , MUJZ 140 , MUTH 110 , MUTH 120 , MUTH 210 , MUTH 220  or any 300- or 400- level. 
   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.
2. Academic Music Electives: Any additional MUCO course, any MUTC course, MUJZ 110 , MUJZ 411 , any additional MUTH course, additional MUBS course chosen from MUBS 302 , MUBS 303 , MUBS 304 , MUBS 305 , or MUBS 405 .  
   ​​​​​​​Important note: students can also use Academic Music 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.