Balancing Music Industry Curricula in Undergraduate Degree Programs: A Course Distribution Survey and Analysis

Keith Hatschek
University of the Pacific

Abstract

Reports on findings from an international survey of music industry studies undergraduate programs designed to explore the curricular make up of such degrees. The survey asked how many general education courses, host discipline (e.g., music, business or communication department) courses, and music industry courses existed in the various reported degree programs. Results of the survey indicate how competing curricular requirements of a program, department, institution or accrediting body may result in degree programs that offer only a minimal amount of course work in music industry studies. The author offers some suggestions for how music industry educators and administrators might reconsider the make up of such degrees to better serve student and industry needs in the future.

Keywords: music industry curriculum, music management, music business, music degrees, business degrees

Hatschek, Keith. “Balancing Music Industry Curricula in Undergraduate Degree Programs: A Course Distribution Survey and Analysis.” Journal of the Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association 11, no. 1 (2011): 161-211.  https://doi.org/10.25101/11.7

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