Music (MUS) Major - Music Entrepreneurship Specialization

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Requirements for Music Major - Music Entrepreneurship Specialization

Bachelor of Arts in Arts and Sciences

System General Education Requirements*: 30

Goal #1 Written Communication:
ENGL 101
and
ENGL 201
Credits: 6
Goal #2 Oral Communication:
SPCM 101*
Credits: 3
Goal #3 Social Sciences/Diversity Credits: 6
Goal #4 Arts and Humanities/Diversity Credits: 6
Goal #5 Mathematics Credits: 3
Goal #6 Natural Sciences Credits: 6

Institutional Graduation Requirements**: 5

Goal #1 First Year Experience
MUS 109**
Credits: 2
Goal #2 Cultural Awareness and Social and Environmental Responsibility Credits: 3

College Requirements: 5-16

Bachelor of Arts

Modern Languages* (completion and competency in one language at the 202 level or a department-approved advanced upper division language course) Credits: 3-14
Humanities
Social Sciences Credits: 0-2

See the College of Arts and Sciences for additional information about Bachelor of Arts Specifications and Bachelor of Science Specifications

Major Requirements: 63-66

Music Core Requirements: 32

MUS 110 - Basic Music Theory I (COM) Credits: 4
MUS 110L - Basic Music Theory I Lab (COM) Credits: 0
MUS 111 - Basic Music Theory II (COM) Credits: 4
MUS 111L - Basic Music Theory II Lab (COM) Credits: 0
MUS 130 - Music Literature and History I * Credits: 2
MUS 201 - History of Country Music * Credits: 3
MUS 202 - The Music Industry Credits: 3
MUS 203 - Blues, Jazz, and Rock * Credits: 3
MUS 210 - Advanced Music Theory I (COM) Credits: 4
MUS 210L - Advanced Music Theory I Lab (COM) Credits: 0
MUS 211 - Advanced Music Theory II (COM) Credits: 4
MUS 211L - Advanced Music Theory Lab II (COM) Credits: 0
MUS 302 - Introduction to Recording Industry Credits: 2
MUS 433 - Music Literature and History III (AW) Credits: 3

Music Organization Requirements: 7

MUEN 100-299 - Music Ensemble Credits: 4
MUEN 300-499 - Music Ensemble Credits: 3

Applied Music Requirements: 6

MUAP 115-116 - Class Instruction- Keyboard
Credits: 2
MUAP 100-299 - Applied Music Credits: 4
MUS 185 - Recital Attendance (COM)
Credits: 0

Entrepreneurial Requirements: 18-21

ACCT 210 - Principles of Accounting I (COM)
Credits: 3
ENTR 336 - Entrepreneurship I (COM)
Credits: 3
ENTR 438-538 - Entrepreneurship II (COM)
Credits: 3
BADM/ECON 370 - Marketing (COM)
Credits: 3
MCOM 161-161L - Fundamentals of Desktop Publishing and Lab (COM)
Credits: 3
MUS 494 - Internship
Credits: 3-6

Electives: 2-17

Total Required Credits: 120

Curriculum Notes

* The 30 credit Board of Regents System General Education Requirements (SGRs) must be completed as part of a student’s first 64 credits.

** South Dakota State University has a 5 credit Institutional Graduation Requirement (IGRs).

(G) Globalization Requirement.

(AW) Advanced Writing Requirement.

Students must take the proficiency examination after completing 48 credits. English 101, and a course in each of the General Education areas of social science, mathematics, natural science, and humanities and arts must be taken prior to taking this exam.