- Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality.
- Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality.
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 |
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| Music in Everyday Life | ||
| Music in Everyday Life and Lab for MUSC 1002 | ||
| Music Theory Placement | ||
| All students must take a music placement exam. Students who place into MUSC 1201 will substitute a general elective course for the following course: | ||
| MUSC 1119 | Fundamentals of Western Music Theory | 4 |
| Music Theory Requirement | ||
| MUSC 1201 | Music Theory 1 | 4 |
| MUSI 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 2210, MUSC 2211, MUSI 2331, MUSI 3341, 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 | ||
| Songs That Made History | ||
| Topics in Western Art Music | ||
| 40,000 Years of Music Technology | ||
| Divas, DJs, and Double Standards | ||
| The World of Choral Music | ||
| Sounding Human | ||
| Global Music/Ethnomusicology | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Music of the Middle East | ||
| Topics in Diverse Musical Cultures | ||
| Black Popular Music | ||
| Topics in Global Music Cultures | ||
| Musical Communities of Boston | ||
| Topics in Musical Communities | ||
| The Festival Experience | ||
| Music and the Racial Imagination | ||
| Sound and the Sacred | ||
| Music, Noise, Silence | ||
| Ethnography and the Arts | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| The World of Choral Music | ||
| 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 | |
| Making a Musical: Analysis, Craft, and Creation | ||
| Jazz Improvisation | ||
| Conducting | ||
| Introduction to Songwriting | ||
| Music Composition Seminar 1 | ||
| Music Production and Recording 1 | ||
| The Independent Performing Songwriter: Creation, Commerce, and Well-Being | ||
| Introduction to Music Technology | ||
| Introduction to Composition | ||
| Sound Design | ||
| Music Ensemble | ||
| May substitute four 1-semester-hour applied courses (ensembles and/or lessons) for one 4-semester-hour creative course. | ||
| Music Lessons 1 | ||
| Music Lessons 2 | ||
| Chorus | ||
| Concert Band | ||
| Orchestra | ||
| Wind Ensemble | ||
| Jazz Ensemble | ||
| Rock Ensemble | ||
| Blues/Rock Ensemble | ||
| Create Your Own Music | ||
| Chamber Ensemble | ||
| Jazz Choir and Combo | ||
| World Music Ensemble | ||
| Fusion Ensemble | ||
| Pep Band | ||
| 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 2210, MUSC 2211, MUSI 2331, MUSI 3341, 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 | ||
| Jazz Improvisation | ||
| Introduction to Songwriting | ||
| Advanced Songwriting | ||
| 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 | ||
| Legal Aspects | ||
| Note: MUSI 1230 is a prerequisite for the following courses: | ||
| Music Licensing for Media | ||
| Copyright in the Creative Industries | ||
| Performing Arts Administration | ||
| Music Publishing and Royalties | ||
| Music Supervision 1 | ||
| Music Business and Management | ||
| Festivals | ||
| Music Publishing and Royalties | ||
| Artist Management | ||
| The Record Industry | ||
| Music Industry Marketing and Promotion | ||
| Concert Promotion and Venue Management | ||
| Music Entrepreneurship | ||
| Music Industry Studies | ||
| The Festival Experience | ||
| Music and the Racial Imagination | ||
| Ethnography and the Arts | ||
| Music and Social Justice | ||
| Global Music Industries in Context | ||
| Hip Hop in the Music Industry | ||
| Seminar in 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 and also complete all required music courses with grades of at least C. 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 Plans of Study
Four Years, Two Co-ops
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ACCT 1209 | 4 | Music in context course | 4 | Vacation | |
| MUSC 1000 | 1 | ECON 1116 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| MUSC 1002 and MUSC 1003 | 4 | MUSC 1201 | 4 | ||||
| MUSC 1119 | 4 | MUSI elective | 4 | ||||
| MUSI 1230 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| EEAM 2000 | 1 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
| MUSI 1204 | 4 | Elective (online) | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| MUSI elective | 4 | or Dialogue of Civilizations | |||||
| MUSI elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | 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 | |||||||
Five Years, Three Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ACCT 1209 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Vacation | |
| MUSC 1000 | 1 | ECON 1116 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| MUSC 1002 and MUSC 1003 | 4 | MUSC 1201 | 4 | ||||
| MUSC 1119 | 4 | MUSI elective | 4 | ||||
| MUSI 1230 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| MUSI 1204 | 4 | EEAM 2000 | 1 | Vacation | Co-op 1 | 0 | |
| Music in context course | 4 | Music in context course | 4 | ||||
| MUSI elective | 4 | Business elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | MUSI elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op 1 | 0 | Music in context course | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op 2 | 0 |
| MUSI elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op 2 | 0 | Music in context course | 4 | Vacation | Co-op 3 | 0 | |
| MUSI elective | 4 | ||||||
| MUSI elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 5 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op 3 | 0 | MUSI capstone | 4 | ||||
| MUSI elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||
Five Years, Three Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ACCT 1209 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Vacation | |
| MUSC 1000 | 1 | ECON 1116 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| MUSC 1002 and MUSC 1003 | 4 | MUSC 1201 | 4 | ||||
| MUSC 1119 | 4 | MUSI elective | 4 | ||||
| MUSI 1230 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| EEAM 2000 | 1 | Co-op 1 | 0 | Co-op 1 | 0 | Elective | 4 |
| MUSI 1204 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Music in context course | 4 | ||||||
| MUSI elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Music in context course | 4 | Co-op 2 | 0 | Co-op 2 | 0 | Vacation | |
| Business elective | 4 | ||||||
| MUSI elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Music in context course | 4 | Co-op 3 | 0 | Co-op 3 | 0 | Vacation | |
| MUSI elective | 4 | ||||||
| MUSI elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 5 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Music in context course | 4 | MUSI capstone | 4 | ||||
| MUSI elective | 4 | MUSI elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||