Music & Entertainment Business

Associate of Applied Science in Music & Entertainment Business

Earn an associate degree in music and entertainment business at BEAU, and become a self-starter in a fast-paced industry. Get schooled in the business behind the scenes—like how to create a label, develop a marketing strategy, manage upcoming artists, book the best venues and promote live tours.

Program objectives

This associate of applied science program is designed to train entrepreneurs and industry-savvy business professionals who know the ins and outs of media marketing, content production and entertainment management.

• Study intellectual property rights, digital rights management and contract law
• Learn fundamental design concepts and creative copywriting
• Use industry-standard software to create, develop and manage creative content
• Analyze the challenges of launching and managing a media business

Contact us today to learn more

Interested in a future in music and entertainment business? Call 1.801.288.2787 or request more information.

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Sample Classes

The Media Industry Landscape

Media and creative arts are converging and creating new outlets for entertainers, content creators, and industry business professionals. This course discusses historic media, trends and people who laid the groundwork for contemporary entertainment delivery. Topics include identification of entertainment entities, an overview of significant contributors to the business of entertainment, and basic business structures for music, video, gaming and the media arts. Emphasis is placed on interrelated opportunities presented to entertainment industry professionals.

Media as the Message

Beginning with the phonograph and progressing through high definition color lithography, multitrack recording devices and web technologies, students consider advances in entertainment media. They study the impact of specific inventions on cultural and economic issues, including consumer behavior, business models and artist content creation.

Tour Management and Theatrical Production

This course introduces booking, managing and profiting from band tours and performances. Topics include legal agreements between artists and venues, lodging and transportation issues, merchandising and fiscal management.

Artist Management

This course uses lecture and discussion to analyze the artist endeavor as a business. Topics include unions, contracts, licensing and promotions techniques for managers as well as current issues affecting musicians and artists.

Notes. 1 – Tuition, fees and textbook costs are current as of July 1, 2011 and represent estimated costs for students completing the program “on-time”; 2 – “Median Federal Loan Debt” is the median value of total debt from federal student loans for students completing the program in the 2009-2010 award year; 3 – “Median Private Loan Debt” is the median value of total debt from private loan sources for students completing the program in the 2009-2010 award year; 4 – “Median Institutional Loan Debt” is the median value of total debt from institutional financing plans for students completing the program in the 2009-2010 award year; 5 –the “On-Time Completion Rate” reflects the percentage of students completing the program in 2009-1010 who did so within the normal program length; 6 – Job placement rate calculated for 2009-2010 program graduates using the method established by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS – www.acics.org); 7 – O*Net is the U.S. Department of Labor’s database for job titles and information related to employment in specific career fields. The occupations listed in the table above result from entering the program’s CIP (Classification of Instructional Programs) Code into the O*Net Crosswalk at http://www.onetonline.org/crosswalk/. CIP codes reflect broad categories of educational programs rather than the specific focus of a program offered at a particular institution. As a result, the occupations listed above represent potential careers that may be obtained by graduates of this program and may include occupations in which program graduates do not work. Please speak to an admissions representative to learn more about specific career opportunities for graduates of this program.Values of “n/a” appear for new programs that had fewer than 10 graduates in 2009-2010.