Music Business and Performance

Credits Required
Bachelor of Music (Double Major)
Catalog Year: 2023F BM5.MBUS.PERF

Study Abroad - please contact your major chair or studyabroad@berklee.edu. SEMESTERS

Course Number Course Title 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
MUSIC BUSINESS/MANAGEMENT MAJOR: 36 Credits Required* 36
MAJOR-SPECIFIC LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES - 6 Credits Required (39 total LAS credits are required for a Bachelor of Music)
LSOC-225* Principles of Economics* 3
LMSC-251* Data Management & Statistics* 3
MAJOR CORE - 17 Credits Required
MB-201 Principles of Business Management (must be taken with MB-255) 2
MB-211 Legal Aspects of the Music Industry 2
MB-255 Computer Applications in the Music Business (must be taken with MB-201) 2
MB-275 d d of Financial Accounting
Principles l 2
MB-301 Business Leadership and Ethics 2
MB-325 Principles of Marketing 3
MB-389 Managing Technology-Driven Business 2
MB-395 Business Finance 2
Choose one track - 13 Credits Required
>>MANAGEMENT
MB-331 Record Company Operations 2
MB-335 Music Publishing 2
MB-375 Music Intermediaries: Agents, Managers, and Attorneys 2
MB-391 Concerts and Touring 2
MB-495 or MB-xxx** Internship in Music Business/Management or Advanced Music Business Elective 2
Major Electives*** 3
>>MARKETING
MB-337 Music Product Development 2
MB-341 Creative Promotion in New Media 2
MB-421 Digital Marketing in the Music Industry 2
MB-495 or MB-xxx** Internship in Music Business/Management or Advanced Music Business Elective 2
Major Electives*** 2 3
>>ENTREPRENEURIAL
MB-340 Business Startups 2
MB-387 Website Design & Management 2
MB-435 Innovators' DNA 2
IN-495 or MB-xxx** Internship in Music Business and Management or Advanced Music Business Elective** 2
Major Electives*** 2 3

* MB-101 and LMSC-130 are recommended for MBUS majors. Students intending to major in MBUS must demonstrate math proficiency prior to enrollment in LMSC-251 and LSOC-225, either
by passing the Math Proficiency Assessment exam, completion of LMSC-130, or completion of college level precalculus or higher.

** Advanced Music Business Elective - MB-339, MB-345, MB-405, MB-415, or MB-425.

*** Major Electives - Courses listed above not taken as a requirement, BPMI-101, BPMI-202, BPMI-303, BPMI-306, BPMI–401, BPMI–402, BPMI–403, ICE–125, ICE–225, ICE-315, ICE-316,
ICE–325, ICE-335, ICE–425, IN–299, MB–131, MB–215, MB–287, MB–311, MB–339, MB–345, MB–405, MB–415, MB–425, MB-433, MB–499, MP–447, or PM–340.
PERFORMANCE MAJOR: 30 Credits Required 30
PIxx-311 - 412 Private Instruction 5 - 8 1 1 1 1
RPxx-211 - 412 Recital Preparation 3 - 8 1 1 1 1 1 1
PSHR-321* Harmonic Considerations in Improvisation* 2
ILRE-375 Recital Workshop for Performance Majors 1
PFSS-xxx** Approved Styles Survey** 2
Enxx Ensembles 1 1 1 1
Ilxx or ASE Labs/Major Electives*** 1 1 2 2 1 2 1
PSH-xxx Health and Wellness Courses for Musicians 1

*Harmonic Considerations: PSHR-321: all principal instruments except drum set, electric digital instrument, hand percussion, and voice; PSPC-341: drum set and hand percussion principals;
PSEL-321: electric digital instrument principals; PSVC-425 or PSVC-426: voice principals; or PSGJ-321: all Berklee Global Jazz Institute students, regardless of principal instrument.

** Approved Styles Survey Course:

Bass: PFSS-311 Brass: PFSS-321 Drum set: PFSS-341 or PFSS-342 Electric Digital Instrument: PFSS-391 Guitar: PFSS-331 Hand Percussion: PFSS-345 Marimba: PFSS-345
Piano: PFSS-351 String: PFSS-361 or PFSS-362 Orchestral Percussion: PFSS-345 Vibraphone: PFSS-351 Voice: PFSS-371 Woodwind: PFSS-381
*** Major Electives: Any ILxx-xxx course, PFET-xxx courses (based on principal instrument), PSxx courses not already taken as a major requirement (excluding PSH-xxx, e.g. yoga), any DAxx-xxx
(dance) course, CM-103, CM-201, IN-495, MB-101, MB-211, PM-111, PM-205, PMH-250, PM-310, PM-330, PM-350, PST-351, SW-161, SW-181, or SW-191

Electric Digital Instrument principals may take these electives: EP-223, EP-225, EP-322, MTEC-225, MTEC-310, MTEC-312, MTEC-362, MTEC-390, or any ILEL lab or ISEL instrumental studies
course

Note: Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI) Students have specific course requirements in addition to those listed above. The PSGJ-497, PSGJ-498, and PSGJ-499 forum series replaces 3 or
more credits of ENxx/ILxx. Students must also take ENGJ-404, PSGJ-333, PSGJ-334, PSGJ-375, and PS-498. Note that PSGJ-333 and PSGJ-334 count as general electives. There are also
extensive performance and extracurricular expectations. Please visit https://college.berklee.edu/focused/global-jazz for more information.

CORE MUSIC: 41 Credits Required 41

PERF 1-4 Performance Core (12 credits)
Private Instruction (50 minute lessons are 2 credits, 30 minute lessons are 1 credit) 2 2 1 1
Lab (ILxx course) 1 1
Ensemble (ENxx course) 1 1 1 1
Total Credits per semester** 3 3 3 3
PW-111 Music Application and Theory 4
AR-111 or AR-123 Arranging 1 or Arranging 1 Continuing 2
HR-112 or HR-114 Harmony 2 or Harmony 2 Entering 2
HR-211, HR-213 or HR-215 Harmony 3, Harmony 3 Entering, or Harmony 3 Intensive 2
HR-212, HR-214, or HR-216 Harmony 4, Harmony 4 Entering, or Harmony 4 Intensive 2
ET-111 Ear Training 1 2
ET-112 or ET-123 Ear Training 2 or Ear Training 2 Entering 2
ET 211, ET-223 or ET-231 Ear Training 3, Ear Training 3 Entering or Solfege 1 2
ET-212, ET-224 or ET-232 Ear Training 4, Ear Training 4 Entering or Solfege 2 2
CM-211 & 212 Tonal Harmony and Composition 1 & 2 2 2
CP-210 The Art of Counterpoint 3
COND-211 or COND-216 Conducting 1 or Conducting 1 with Live Keyboard 1
COND-212 or COND-217 Conducting 2 or Conducting 2 with Live Keyboard 1
∙ Students should enroll in an ensemble (ENxx) and private instruction (PIxx) during their first four full-time semesters.
∙ Two credits of performance studies (PSxx), excluding PSH, PST, & PSEM, may replace two credits of ensembles or labs.
∙ Additional PSxx courses, excluding PSH-xxx, may be taken as general electives or major elective credits, depending on major.

LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES & AFRICANA STUDIES - 40 total LAS/AFST Credits Required for a Bachelor of Music 34
MTEC-111 Introduction to Music Technology 2
LENS-10X Engaging Seminars 2
LHUM-400 Professional Development Seminar 2
LENG-111 & LENG-223 Introduction to College Writing/Literature Topics 3 3
Mathematics/Natural Sciences (level 200 or above): major requirement LMSC-251 satisfies both LMSC
LMSC-xxx* -
major requirement and LAS requirement
LHIS-xxx or AFST-301 History 3
LSOC-xxx Social Sciences: major requirement LSOC-225 satisfies both LSOC major requirement and LAS requirement -
MHIS-20x History of Music in the European Tradition 2
AFST-221 Global Afrodiasporic Musics 3
MHIS-3xx Music History Elective: Any MHIS course level 300 or higher 2
LVIS-xxx Visual Studies 3
LMAS-xxx or AFST-302, 303, 304, 305 Music and Society 3
Lxxx-xxx or AFST-xxx Liberal Arts and Sciences/Africana Studies Electives* 3 3
**LAS Electives: Any three-credit courses from the following catagories: AFST, LENG, LMSC, LHIS, LSOC, LVIS, LMAS, LFRN, LJPN, LHUM, LPHL, or LSPN.

English as a Second Language: An assessment is required for all non-native English speakers. Students may be required to complete ESL courses based on the results of the assessment, which
will apply as liberal arts and sciences electives or general electives.

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