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Music Business Program

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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AAS Degree/CCL Certificate

The listings to the right, outline the core classes and general studies requirements for the AAS Degree and Certificate. Students who intend to transfer to a four- year school must confirm with that school that this program and courses meet their transfer requirements.

District Requirements:

Music Business AAS
Music Business CCL

Degrees are downloaded as a Word Document

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
  • GBS151Introduction 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

Mission 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

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:

Alexandra Perdue
(480) 461-7869
Music Business Program Director

Department of Music
1833 West Southern Avenue
Mesa, Arizona 85202


Department Telephone (480) 461-7575
Department Fax (480) 461-7422

 

Please contact the Music Department for comments or corrections email phone: 480-461-7575