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Recording Industry The Department of Recording Industry offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Recording Industry (Note: this is separate from the Mass Communication major/degree offered by the School of Journalism and the Department of Electronic Media Communication). Although some overlap is possible, students pursuing this major must choose either the production and technology concentration or the music business concentration. Students in both concentrations take a common core of courses including: Understanding Mass Media, History of the Recording Industry, Audio for Media, Survey of the Recording Industry, Copyright Law, and Legal Problems in the Recording Industry. Music Business This concentration prepares students for careers on the business side of the recording industry. It offers a variety of courses each of them dealing with a specialty area in the music business. Sub-core courses required of music business students include Music Publishing, Artist Management, Concert Promotion & Touring, and Marketing of Recordings. An additional fifteen hours of elective in music business courses allows students to explore other areas of the business, including publicity, record retailing, the international recording industry, and music business internships. Music business students select one minor from Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Management, Mass Communication (Journalism or Public Relations), or Mass Communication (Media Management). All music business students must take one accounting course either as part of their minor or in addition to their minor. Production and Technology This concentration prepares students for a wide variety of careers in sound and audio. It allows students to focus their studies in a number of audio engineering and production areas, including electronic music/MIDI, music recording, audio post production, and sound design. Sub-core courses for this concentration include Musicianship for Recording Engineers (or a basic music theory course), Principles and Practices of Electronic Music, Techniques of Recording, and Applied Digital Audio. Students then explore more in-depth multi track recording, MIDI, and other aspects of recording and production through 15 hours of production and technology course electives, including audio internships. Production and technology students may select one minor in any area. Recommended minors are Electronics, Electro-Acoustics, Mass Communication, Computer Science, Film Studies, Entrepreneurship, Entertainment Technology, Entertainment Arts Design, and Music Industry. Please note in the Production Technology concentration, students who have completed Music Theory with a grade of C or better do not have to take RIM 1230 (Musicianship for Engineers), but will have to add three hours of electives to complete the major requirements. Advising Tips Review the Advising Tips. Once you complete your review, close the browser or application window to return to this page and continue Module 1. Candidacy Below are the requirements for Candidacy into the Recording Industry Program. Students apply for candidacy the semester in which they will have completed the requirements. The department will accept approximately 100 Production and Technology students per year and approximately 120 Music Business students per year. These numbers may vary. Admission to candidacy is based on a formula that includes MATH 1710 College Algebra grade (or more advanced math course), JOUR/EMC/RIM 1020, RIM 3000, RIM 3010, RIM 3600 course GPA, cumulative GPA, and total hours earned (not including ACT/COMPASS prescribed courses). Students are also required to have completed all high school deficiencies, all developmental studies requirements, 45 hours and be a student in good standing (not on probation). An appeal process for special circumstances and/or special talents will be available. Students who do not obtain candidacy may not enroll in any other Recording Industry course except RIM 1230 and RIM 3650. Candidacy requirements for Music Business and Production Technology are as follows:
For RIM curriculum information, see www.mtsu.edu/~record/curriculum.html. For information on RIM candidacy information, see www.mtsu.edu/~record/newcandidacy.html. Internships Recording Industry majors interested in obtaining an internship for credit must meet the following criteria:
Coordinators for Internships
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