- 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 Ethical Reasoning (ER) are met through the major course requirements.
NUpath requirements Natural and Designed World (ND), Formal and Quantitative Reasoning (FQ), Analyzing and Using Data (AD), and Differences and Diversity (DD) may be met through electives in the major.
Music Industry Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to College | ||
| MUSC 1000 | Music at Northeastern | 1 |
| Music Core | ||
| Complete 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: | ||
| MUSC 1119 | Fundamentals of Western Music Theory | 4 |
| Music Theory Requirement | ||
| MUSC 1201 | Music Theory 1 | 4 |
| Introductory Music Industry | ||
| MUSI 1230 | Introduction to Music Industry | 4 |
| Music in Context | ||
| Complete one course from one of the following categories: | 4 | |
| Western Art 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Music Industry Electives | ||
| Complete three of the following: | 12 | |
| Making a Musical: Analysis, Craft, and Creation | ||
| Introduction to Songwriting | ||
| Advanced Songwriting | ||
| The Festival Experience | ||
| Music and the Racial Imagination | ||
| Ethnography and the Arts | ||
| Analyzing Popular Genres | ||
| Demo Production for Songwriters | ||
| Music Licensing for Media | ||
| Music Production and Recording 1 | ||
| Festivals | ||
| Copyright in the Creative Industries | ||
| Performing Arts Administration | ||
| Music Production and Recording 2 | ||
| Music Publishing and Royalties | ||
| Music Supervision 1 | ||
| Special Topics in Music Industry | ||
| Artist Management | ||
| The Record Industry | ||
| Music Industry Marketing and Promotion | ||
| Concert Promotion and Venue Management | ||
| Music Production and Recording 3 | ||
| Music and Social Justice | ||
| Global Music Industries in Context | ||
| Hip Hop in the Music Industry | ||
| Special Topics in Music Industry | ||
| Music Entrepreneurship | ||
| Seminar in Music Industry | ||
| The Independent Performing Songwriter: Creation, Commerce, and Well-Being | ||
| Special Topics in Music Industry | ||
| Introduction to Music Technology | ||
| Business Course | ||
| ACCT 1209 | Financial Accounting and Reporting | 4 |
Communication Studies Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Communication Studies Common Requirements | ||
| COMM 1101 | Introduction to Communication Studies | 4 |
| COMM 1112 | Public Speaking | 4 |
| or COMM 2301 | Communication Research Methods | |
| Foundation Course | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Persuasion and Rhetoric | ||
| Communication Theory | ||
| Principles of Organizational Communication | ||
| Communication in a Digital Age | ||
| Cluster Course | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Sex, Relationships, and Communication | ||
| Global and Intercultural Communication | ||
| Communication and Gender | ||
| Communication Law | ||
| Free Speech in Cyberspace | ||
| Writing-Intensive Courses | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| Mobile Communication | ||
| Health Communication | ||
| Interpersonal Communication | ||
| Communication and Inclusion | ||
| Political Communication | ||
| Communication Criticism | ||
| Public Relations Principles | ||
| Environmental Issues, Communication, and the Media | ||
| Free Speech: Law and Practice | ||
| Communication and Sexualities | ||
| Theories of Conflict and Negotiation | ||
| Nonverbal Social Interaction | ||
| Youth and Communication Technology | ||
| Crisis Communication and Image Management | ||
| Communication Studies Electives | ||
| Complete three COMM courses. | 12 | |
Integrative Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete one of the integrative options below: | 4-8 | |
| If a COMM course is taken, an additional music industry course is required. Choose from the list of music industry electives above. | ||
| Music Option | ||
| MUSI 4601 | Seminar in Music Industry | 4 |
| Communication Studies Option | ||
| Complete two of the following. One COMM course is required: | ||
| Strategic Communication Capstone | ||
or COMM 4625 | Online Communities | |
MUSC 2000 to MUSC 5999 | ||
MUSI 2000 to MUSI 5999 | ||
MUST 2000 to MUST 5999 | ||
Communication Studies Major Grade Requirement
No more than two grades below a C in COMM courses may be used to satisfy degree requirements.
Music Major Grade Requirement
Students must maintain at least a 2.667 GPA (B– average) in the requirements of the music half of the combined 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.
Music and Communication Studies Credit Requirement
Complete 76 semester hours for the major.
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Sample Plan of Study: Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| COMM 1101 | 4 | ENGW 1111 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| COMM 1112 or 2301 | 4 | MUSC 1201 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| MUSC 1000 or COMM 1000 | 1 | COMM foundational course | 4 | ||||
| MUSC 1002 and MUSC 1003 | 4 | Music in context elective | 4 | ||||
| MUSI 1230 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| COMM cluster course | 4 | EEAM 2000 | 1 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| Music industry elective | 4 | COMM elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| Elective | 4 | Music industry elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | ACCT 1209 | 4 | COMM writing-intensive | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| ENGW 3314 or 3315 | 4 | COMM elective | 4 | ||||
| COMM elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | Capstone | 4 | ||||
| Integrative course | 4 | ||||||
| COMM writing-intensive | 4 | ||||||
| Music industry elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||