Jun 07, 2025  
2025-26 Catalog 
    
2025-26 Catalog

Music, B.M. - Music Business Concentration

Location(s): Main Campus


An audition is not required for this major.

The Music Business concentration within the Bachelor of Music degree  is a combination of professional music study and courses tailored by advisement to the student’s strengths, interests, and career plans. Due to the great diversity found within the music industry, exact coursework will differ. Some coursework may be taken in UB’s Ernest C. Trefz School of Business or School of Engineering, as well as in Mass Communications. This concentration is designed to help musicians become entrepreneurial.

Students will complete 15 credits in Music Business, drawn by advisement, as outlined in the concentration below:

Curriculum requirements - 120 credits


General education requirements - 43 credits


Music core courses - 62 credits


Applied music lessons (primary instrument) - 8 credits


Ensembles - 8 credits


Students must be enrolled in at least one ensemble each semester.

Other requirements - 0 credits


Note:


This course should be taken more than once for a total of 8 credits
2 You must take MUSC 103 twice, plus 6 credits of other ensembles
3 Weekly seminar participation for 6 semesters