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Dec 02, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Commercial Music, BA
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The BA-Commercial Music is a liberal arts degree in music with a focus on commercial music that provides a solid foundation in sound engineering, digital audio workstations, music business and entrepreneurship, and music industry workflows. The new BA-Commercial Music offers four tracks that include:
- General Track
- Commercial Music and Production Track
- Music for Media Track
- Business of Commercial Music Track
Applicants to the BA, Commercial Music must apply to UNT before applying to the College of Music. We ask that you provide us with documents and recordings that best showcase your musical talents and interest in pursuing this degree. The following supplemental materials are required and will be uploaded directly to the music application:
- Applicant information
- Standard personal and contact information
- Personal Statement
- A personal statement (300-500 words) describing your musical experience, career goals, interests, and reasons for interest in the Commercial Music BA.
- Music Portfolio
- Please include a document with 3 streaming links to video or audio recordings that demonstrate your musical experience, and a comment for each link that describes the nature of the project and/or context for which it was created or performed. Make sure the links are accessible to us.
- Your portfolio items can be live performances, home recordings, produced tracks or other media that best represents your musical talents. If you play an instrument and/or sing, consider having one of the items showcase that ability in unedited fashion.
- CV / Resume
- This resume can be comprehensive; including any information you wish to share specific to your academic and personal/professional background, work experience, and/or achievements in addition to speaking to your musical expertise. If you wish to share any personal websites that you consider are relevant to this application, include them at the top of your resume.
A subset of applicants will be invited for a virtual or on-campus interview. Admissions decisions will be based on the applicant’s academic record, their application materials, and their interview. For complete information regarding applications to UNT and the College of Music, consult:
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Hours required and general/college requirements
120 semester hours, 36 of which must be advanced, and fulfillment for the Bachelor of Arts Degree as specified in the University Core Curriculum. Some of the courses required for the degree (see below) may be used to satisfy the University Core Curriculum requirements.
Commercial music/music business, 15 hours
Music literature/ethnomusicology, 12 hours
Music Performance, 3 hours
Three hours of MUAC, MUAS, MUEN, MULB, or any combination thereof.
Tracks, 18 total music courses
General Track, 18 hours
Eighteen hours, 9 of which must be advanced selected from:
Commercial music and production track, 12 hours
Required:
Plus 6 hours of music electives selected from:
Music for media track, 9 hours
Required:
Plus 9 hours of music electives selected from:
Business of commercial music track, 9 hours
Required:
Plus 9 hours of music electives selected from:
Non-music electives, 36 hours
Students complete 36 hours of non-music electives, including enough advanced electives to complete the advanced hour requirement (36) for the degree.
Four-year degree plan (example)
The following four-year plan is one example of a variety of ways in which you can complete your chosen degree in four years, and will serve as a guide for you to design your pathway to degree completion. Variations will depend on whether you need to take prerequisites or have college credit from exams or dual enrollment.
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
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