Welcome to the
Music Business Program @ MCC

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW:

The MCC Music Department has developed an innovative 2-year track curriculum designed to prepare highly qualified individuals for careers in today’s music industry. 

This program is designed for both the performing artist, as well as the business student with limited performing experience.  This is a terminal degree program, which also provides transferability options to many 4-year programs across the nation.

The MCC Music Business program offers students the opportunity to obtain knowledge within the classroom setting; gain technical skills through written assignments, business plan design, and presentations; experience real-world situations through production and administration of actual performing arts projects; and ultimately foster an aesthetic and creative understanding of performance as both an art and a profession.

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SUGGESTED COURSE OF STUDY:

Associate in Applied Science Degree in Music Business
[A.A.S.]
65 Credits

Semester I - Total: 15 credits

MUC109 Music Business: Merchandising and the Law                                  3 credits

GBS151 Introduction to  Business                                                               3 credits

MTC101 Intro to Music Theory Or Higher Level                                           3 credits

ENG101 English Composition                                                                     3 credits

Any Approved General Studies Course

from the MCCCD Oral Com. Area                                                                 3 credit

 

Semester II - Total: 18 credits

MUC110   Music Business: Recording and Mass Media                                 3 credits

MUC195 Studio Recording I                                                                         3 credits  

ENG102 English Composition                                                                       3 credits

Any Approved General Studies Course from the MCCCD Mathematics Area     3 credits

Any Approved General Studies Course Or Proficiency from the                      3 credits

MCCCD Critical Reading Area      

                                                                

Any Approved General Studies Course from the                                             3 credits

MCCCD Humanities/Fine Arts Area                                                               

 

Semester III - Total: 16 credits

ACC109 Accounting Concepts OR                                                                3 credits

ACC111 Accounting Principles                                                                     

COM259 Communications in                                                                        3 credits

 Business and Professions                                                                          

MUC111 Digital Audio Workstation I                                                              3 credits

BPC128 Intro to Desktop Publishing                                                             1 credit

Any Approved General Studies Course

from the MCCCD Social/Behavior Sciences Area                                           3 credits

Any Approved General Studies Course

from the MCCCD MHL Restricted Elective    3 credits      

 

Semester IV - Total: 16 credits

MKT271   Principles of Marketing                                                                 3 credits

MGT253   Owning and Operating a Small Business                                       3 credits

SBS230     Financial Tax Management For Small Business                            2 credits

MUC297AB Music Business Internship                                                         2 credits

CIS131AA Doing Business on the Internet                                                    1 credit

MUC295AA Self-Promotion in Music                                                            1 credit

Any Approved General Studies Course From MCCCD Natural Sciences           4 credits

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MISSON AND GOALS:

The mission of the Music Business Program at Mesa Community College is to develop a respected music business curriculum designed to prepare highly qualified individuals for careers in today’s changing music industry. The music and business faculty at Mesa Community College are comprised of a rich combination of seasoned performance musicians, and strategic business careerists fully qualified to facilitate and instruct with the focus of the following five areas of instructional goals:

Build a knowledge base by combining a flexible curriculum with music industry related courses and experiences.

Develop technical skills through focus of national and international music business, management, marketing, sales, publishing, retailing, promotion, recording and live concert promotion and marketing, and entrepreneur and corporate communications.

Provide real world experiences through internships made availablewith national and local businesses.  This program creates a safe environment in which the student may experiment, fail, learn, then succeed beyond their borders.

Inspire achievement by providing the necessary stimulation, motivation, and encouragement required for students to achieve their highest potential.

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STUDENT ACTIVITIES:

This unique program actively involves students with the community, correlating them with the expansion of the performing arts industry by addressing the needs for local, national, and international business and music business professionals with expertise in management, promotions, marketing, sales, artist performance, retail, entrepreneur, and corporate communications, including an overview to the legalities of copyright, publishing, licensing, and contract negotiations specifically pertaining to the performing arts industry.

Sample Campus and Community Activities

The MCC Musicians

Yellow Pages

Songwriter’s Night

The Music Industry Club

(MIC)

 

 

For More Information Contact:

The Music Business Program
Mesa Community College

Department of Music
1833 West Southern Avenue
Mesa, Arizona 85202
 Department Telephone (480) 461-7575

Department Fax (480) 461-7422

 

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Department of Music