Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
NUpath requirements Creative Expression/Innovation (EI), Interpreting Culture (IC), Societies and Institutions (SI), and Analyzing and Using Data (AD) are met through the major course requirements.
NUpath requirements Differences and Diversity (DD) and Ethical Reasoning (ER) may be met through electives in the major.
NUpath requirements Natural and Designed World (ND) and Formal and Quantitative Reasoning (FQ) must be met through general electives.
Music Industry Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Music Core | ||
| MUSC 1000 | Music at Northeastern | 1 |
| MUSC 1001 | Music in Everyday Life | 4 |
| Music Theory Placement | ||
| All students can take a music theory placement exam to place out of MUSC 1119. Students who place out of MUSC 1119 will substitute it with a general elective course. | ||
| MUSC 1119 | Fundamentals of Western Music Theory | 4 |
| Music Theory Requirement | ||
| MUSC 1201 | Music Theory 1 | 4 |
| MUSC 1204 | Analyzing Popular Genres | 4 |
| Music in Context | ||
| Complete one from each of the following. Of the courses from Western tradition, ethnomusicology, and contemporary, at least two must be at the 2000 level or higher. Courses may not double count across these areas. Many, but not all, music in context courses at the 2000 level or higher fulfill the Writing-Intensive in the Discipline requirement. Please check writing-intensive status of courses as needed. Students may use MUSC 2150, MUSC 2210, MUSC 3342, MUSI 2232, MUSI 5220, or MUST 1220 to fulfill both creating and producing and music in context creative but will also need to take one additional music industry elective. | ||
| Western Art Music | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Topics in Western Music | ||
| What's Playing at Symphony? | ||
| Songs That Made History | ||
| 40,000 Years of Music Technology | ||
| Divas, DJs, and Double Standards | ||
| Sounding Human | ||
| Global Music/Ethnomusicology | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Music of Africa | ||
| Black Popular Music | ||
| Topics in Global Music Cultures | ||
| History of the Music Industry | ||
| Musical Communities of Boston | ||
| Topics in Musical Communities | ||
| The Festival Experience | ||
| Music and the Racial Imagination | ||
| Sound and the Sacred | ||
| Music, Noise, Silence | ||
| Music Tourism | ||
| Music and Social Justice | ||
| Global Music Industries in Context | ||
| Hip Hop in the Music Industry | ||
| Contemporary/Popular Music | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Jazz | ||
| Film Music | ||
| Taylor Swift: Music, Culture, and Creativity | ||
| Wired for Sound | ||
| Black Popular Music | ||
| Making a Musical: Analysis, Craft, and Creation | ||
| Popular Music Since 1945 | ||
| Topics in American Music | ||
| Punk Rock | ||
| 40,000 Years of Music Technology | ||
| The Festival Experience | ||
| Divas, DJs, and Double Standards | ||
| Music, Sound, and the Screen | ||
| Music and Sports in American Culture | ||
| Sounding Human | ||
| Music and the Racial Imagination | ||
| Sound and the Sacred | ||
| Global Music Industries in Context | ||
| Hip Hop in the Music Industry | ||
| Creative | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Introduction to Music Composition | ||
| Making a Musical: Analysis, Craft, and Creation | ||
| Conducting | ||
| Introduction to Songwriting | ||
| Music Composition Seminar 1 | ||
| Arranging and Orchestration for Film, Media, and the Concert Stage | ||
| Critical Listening for Producers | ||
| Music Production and Recording 1 | ||
| The Independent Performing Songwriter: Creation, Commerce, and Well-Being | ||
| Introduction to Music Technology | ||
| Sound Design | ||
| Music Ensemble | ||
| May substitute four 1-semester-hour applied courses (ensembles and/or lessons) for one 4-semester-hour creative course. | ||
| Alexander Technique | ||
| Music Lessons 1 | ||
| Music Lessons 2 | ||
| Chorus | ||
| Concert Band | ||
| Orchestra | ||
| Wind Ensemble | ||
| Jazz Ensemble | ||
| Rock Ensemble | ||
| Blues/Rock Ensemble | ||
| Pop Music Performance | ||
| Chamber Ensemble | ||
| Jazz Choir and Combo | ||
| World Music Ensemble | ||
| Fusion Ensemble | ||
| Pep Band | ||
| Open Microphone Performance Workshop | ||
| Music Industry | ||
| MUSI 1230 | Introduction to Music Industry | 4 |
| Music Industry Electives | ||
| Complete seven music industry electives, taking a minimum of one course in each of the following four categories and at least three courses from a single category. Students may use MUSC 2150, MUSC 2210, MUSC 3342, MUSI 2232, MUSI 5220, or MUST 1220 to fulfill both creating and producing and music in context creative but will also need to take one additional music industry elective. | 28 | |
| Creating and Producing | ||
| Students who choose to double count MUSC 2210, MUSC 2211, MUSI 2331, MUSI 3341, or MUST 1220 as one of three Creating and Producing classes will need to take an additional Music Industry elective beyond the seven required in any Music Industry elective category. | ||
| Note: MUSI 1230 is not a prerequisite for the following courses: | ||
| Making a Musical: Analysis, Craft, and Creation | ||
| Introduction to Songwriting | ||
| Advanced Songwriting | ||
| Critical Listening for Producers | ||
| Demo Production for Songwriters | ||
| Music Production and Recording 1 | ||
| Music Production and Recording 2 | ||
| Music Production and Recording 3 | ||
| The Independent Performing Songwriter: Creation, Commerce, and Well-Being | ||
| Introduction to Music Technology | ||
| Sound Design | ||
| Legal Aspects | ||
| Note: MUSI 1230 is a prerequisite for the following courses: | ||
| Make Your Mark: Trademark and Advertising Law in Creative Industries | ||
| Music Licensing for Media | ||
| Copyright in the Creative Industries | ||
| Performing Arts Administration | ||
| Music Publishing and Royalties | ||
| Music Supervision 1 | ||
| Music Business and Management | ||
| Monetizing Music Fandom | ||
| Festivals | ||
| Music Publishing and Royalties | ||
| Artist Management | ||
| The Record Industry | ||
| Music Industry Marketing and Promotion | ||
| Concert Promotion and Venue Management | ||
| Music Entrepreneurship | ||
| Actionable Analytics in the Music Industries | ||
| Music Industry Studies | ||
| Media, Culture, and Society | ||
or INAM 2000 | Ethics in Creativity | |
| History of the Music Industry | ||
| The Festival Experience | ||
| Music and the Racial Imagination | ||
| Music Tourism | ||
| Music and Social Justice | ||
| Global Music Industries in Context | ||
| Hip Hop in the Music Industry | ||
| Capstone | ||
| MUSI 4601 | Seminar in Music Industry | 4 |
Business Course Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Economics | ||
| ECON 1116 | Principles of Microeconomics | 4 |
| Accounting | ||
| ACCT 1209 | Financial Accounting and Reporting | 4 |
| Business Elective | ||
| Complete one business course from the following subject areas: | 4 | |
ACCT, BUSN, ENTR, FINA, HRMG, INTB, MGMT, ORGB, MGSC, MISM, MKTG, SCHM, or STRT | ||
Music Credit and Grade Requirement
Complete 76 semester hours in the major.
Students must maintain at least a 2.667 GPA (B– average) in the requirements of the major. Students who fail to meet the above standards will be placed on departmental probation; those who remain on probation for two consecutive semesters will be dropped from the major.
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Sample Plan of Study
Four Years, Two Co-ops
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer Session A | Hours | Summer Session B | Hours |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ACCT 1209 | 4 | Music in context course | 4 | Vacation | |
| MUSC 1000 | 1 | ECON 1116 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| MUSC 1001 | 4 | MUSC 1201 | 4 | ||||
| MUSC 11191 | 4 | MUSI elective | 4 | ||||
| MUSI 1230 | 4 | EEAM 2000 | 1 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer Session A | Hours | Summer Session B | Hours |
| MUSC 1204 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
| MUSI elective | 4 | Elective (online) | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| MUSI elective | 4 | or Dialogue of Civilizations | |||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer Session A | Hours | Summer Session B | Hours |
| Music in context course | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
| Business elective | 4 | Elective (online) | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| MUSI elective | 4 | or Dialogue of Civilizations | |||||
| MUSI elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| ENGW 3314 | 4 | Music in context course | 4 | ||||
| Music in context course | 4 | MUSI capstone | 4 | ||||
| MUSI elective | 4 | MUSI elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||
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Students who place out of Fundamentals of Western Music Theory (MUSC 1119) .