Dec 11, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Creative Industries and Entrepreneurship, B.A.


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The B.A. in Creative Industries and Entrepreneurship will provide undergraduate students with crucial experiences in both business and music. Students will develop the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful in music production industries of the 21st century. Graduates will be prepared for working within highly dynamic and competitive fields or launching their own enterprises. Students will gain direct industry experience through opportunities such as: internships and experiential assignments and projects.

4+1 Entertainment Marketing and Production Advanced Degree Program

Through the Accelerated Undergraduate-to-Graduate Pathway, students completing the Creative Industries and Entrepreneurship B.A. degree can apply to be accepted into this program that will allow them to earn both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in just five years.

Degree Requirements

Institutional Degree Requirements 

Program-Specific Degree Requirements: To be eligible for graduation, students majoring in Creative Industries and Entrepreneurship must achieve a 2.0 or higher in each course that serves as a prerequisite to a subsequent Business course. (Refer to the course description for specific prerequisites.) Failure to attain a 2.0 in prerequisite courses may lengthen the time to graduation.

General Education Requirement


First Year Seminar


Foundations Requirements


Communication course:


Advanced Communication course:


Quantitative Fluency course:


American Citizenship course:


Global Citizenship course:


Disciplinary Perspectives Requirement


Arts course:


Social and Behavioral Sciences course:


Choose 3 credits of the following Natural and Physical Sciences courses:


Constellation Requirement


The Constellation requirement is met when a student completes four courses from a minimum of three disciplines within the Constellation requirements. Students who transfer in 60 credits or more at the time of admission to the college will be waived from the Constellation requirement, except for Education majors. The waiver applies to the requirement for graduation but does not waive the credits to graduate; students need to meet the overall bachelor’s degree credit requirement.

Required Courses


Students must complete 3 credits of the following courses:


Suggested Course Sequence


Sophomore Year (34 credits)


Junior Year (30 credits)


Senior Year (30 credits)


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