Required courses:
ACT 131 Fundamentals of Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis
This course will provide students with an introduction to the fundamentals of the accounting system, basic financial statements, and SEC filings. You will learn how transactions get recorded in a business' financial records and become familiar with the concept of footnote disclosures. You will evaluate and analyze how financial statements are used by stakeholders and how information contained therein in collected. 3 credits.
IDS 179 VALE Conference
This course is the nucleus of the conference event branch of VALE Music Team LLC. Students of all majors are invited to apply various skills in the real-world environment of creating and hosting a major event, including marketing, e-commerce, media creation, community relations, logistical planning, budgeting, and more. Fulfills requirement: Immersive Experience. May be repeated for credit. 2 credits.
IDS 199 VALE Records
This course is the nucleus of the recording label branch of the VALE Music Group LLC. Students of all majors are invited to apply various skills in the real-world environment of an actual record label, including marketing, e-commerce, music recording, artist development, copyright clearance, publishing, and more. Fulfills requirement: Immersive Experience. This course may be repeated for credit as topic changes. 2 credits.
MBS 272 Intellectual Property and Copyright Law In the Digital Age
This course examines copyright law and practice in the media industries, as well as the business and opportunities that the Internet and other new technologies present for the exploitation of copyrighted works. Understanding will come from real-world applications of copyright law such as the incorporation of the VALE Publishing music catalog and various other intellectual properties. 3 credits.
MBS 371 Introduction to the Music Business
This course examines how the music business operates, delving into a wide range of issues and areas, such as publishing, record labels, retail, distribution, market research, agents and managers, and current issues in the industry. 3 credits.
MSC 099 Recital Attendance
Designed for music majors and minors and graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Music core course. Graded pass/fail. May be repeated. 0 credits.
(2 semesters)
One from the following:
MSC 101 Fundamentals of Music
An introduction to the rudiments of music: notation, key signatures, theory, aural theory and so forth. Fulfills requirement: . 3 credits.
MSC 115 Music Theory I
A study of the rudiments of music and their notation. Harmonization of melodies and basses with fundamental triads. Aspects of form and analysis. Music core course. Prerequisite: audition for admission or permission of the instructor. 2 credits.
Four semesters each of the following:
MUI Individual Instruction
MUE Music Ensemble