Musical Arts Administration Minor


Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________	Catalog: 2023 - 2024 College Catalog Degree Requirement: Musical Arts Administration Minor Minimum Credits Required:__________________
Musical Arts Administration Minor View Music Department website We provide students, majors and non-majors, with a full range of musical opportunities, academic and performance, guided with a high level of personal attention. We offer instrumental and vocal instruction (private and class), the opportunity to participate in a variety of excellent ensembles, and coursework that supports an understanding of music in its wider historical, social, cultural and geographical contexts. Our numerous college-level and professional-level performance activities provide a substantial educational foundation and serve as an important cultural resource for our region. The unique summer international and orchestral programs offer students the opportunity to expand horizons and deepen understanding of worlds beyond their own by engaging in conservatory-like, pre-professional training here and abroad. Taken together, these endeavors prepare our students for advanced training and careers in a variety of fields such as performance, composition, music scholarship, education and arts administration. Students who graduate with a major in music will have achieved college-level proficiency in: General musicianship (ear training, dictation, keyboard competency) Music theory Music history Performance in their chosen instrument(s) or voice Skills in these areas of music will be demonstrated in: Classroom work and examinations Public Performances The final project (St. Mary’s Project) will show, in addition to the above, proficiency in: Writing Research Critical thinking The major in music incorporates a high degree of flexibility beyond the core of required courses. All students pursue electives in music, and additionally, some students undertake double majors or minors in other subjects. This helps students prepare for careers and graduate study in a wide variety of musical areas. NOTE: Some music requirements may be waived (by the department chair in consultation with the music faculty) for transfer students or for students with experience or knowledge equivalent to the material of a particular course.
Degree Requirements
General To earn a minor in Musical Arts Administration, a student may be either a music major, a music minor, or neither. A grade of C or better must be received in each course. Courses taken for credit/no credit (with the exception of MUSC 398) may not be used to satisfy requirements in the minor.
18 Credit Hours
Foundational Requirements (8 credit hours):
Course Name	Credit Hours:	Term Taken	Grade	Gen Ed
MUSC 316 - Arts Administration: The Business Behind the Curtain	Credit Hours: 4
ECON 102 - Principles of Microeconomics	Credit Hours: 4
Practical Requirement (2 credit hours):
Course Name	Credit Hours:	Term Taken	Grade	Gen Ed
MUSC 398 - Off-Campus Internship (in concert production or comparable work as approved by the department chair).	Credit Hours: 4-16
Language/Culture of Finance Requirement: At least 4 credit hours chosen from:
Language/Culture of Music Requirement: At least 4 credit hours chosen from:
Course Name	Credit Hours:	Term Taken	Grade	Gen Ed
MUSC 216 - Introduction to the World’s Music	Credit Hours: 4
MUSC 217 - The Jazz Makers	Credit Hours: 4
Notes:

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We provide students, majors and non-majors, with a full range of musical opportunities, academic and performance, guided with a high level of personal attention. We offer instrumental and vocal instruction (private and class), the opportunity to participate in a variety of excellent ensembles, and coursework that supports an understanding of music in its wider historical, social, cultural and geographical contexts. Our numerous college-level and professional-level performance activities provide a substantial educational foundation and serve as an important cultural resource for our region. The unique summer international and orchestral programs offer students the opportunity to expand horizons and deepen understanding of worlds beyond their own by engaging in conservatory-like, pre-professional training here and abroad. Taken together, these endeavors prepare our students for advanced training and careers in a variety of fields such as performance, composition, music scholarship, education and arts administration.

Students who graduate with a major in music will have achieved college-level proficiency in:

General musicianship (ear training, dictation, keyboard competency)
Music theory
Music history
Performance in their chosen instrument(s) or voice

Skills in these areas of music will be demonstrated in:

Classroom work and examinations
Public Performances

The final project (St. Mary’s Project) will show, in addition to the above, proficiency in:

Writing
Research
Critical thinking

The major in music incorporates a high degree of flexibility beyond the core of required courses. All students pursue electives in music, and additionally, some students undertake double majors or minors in other subjects. This helps students prepare for careers and graduate study in a wide variety of musical areas.

NOTE: Some music requirements may be waived (by the department chair in consultation with the music faculty) for transfer students or for students with experience or knowledge equivalent to the material of a particular course.

Degree Requirements

General

18 Credit Hours

Foundational Requirements (8 credit hours):

Practical Requirement (2 credit hours):

Language/Culture of Finance Requirement:

Language/Culture of Music Requirement: