<p>Is it possible to major in both music and economics? I want to go into the law/business side of the music industry and I want to prepare myself. Any suggestions on what I should do and where I should go? Thanks!</p>
<p>Several schools have music business degrees (Belmont comes to mind) and you can go to law school with any undergrad degree. As a holder of an economics degree, I can tell you that it really won’t help you in any business sense. But, if you really want to double major, there are many schools that allow that - Eastman/Rochester, Peabody/JHU, many university based programs. There are many threads on this forum on the topic of double-majoring.</p>
<p>So I should just find a school that has a music business major? The two schools I want to go to only offer music majors. So I just thought I could major in music and economics.</p>
<p>In general, yes, you can major in music and economics as long as you attend a school that has both majors and allows you to double major. Off the top of my head, Ithaca, Bard, SUNY schools, Baldwin Wallace, and the schools megpmom listed allow double majoring as well as many others. If you are majoring in music as a BA as opposed to a BM, it will be much easier to double major. Look through the websites of the schools you are interested in and see what they say or call the school’s music departments and ask about double majoring. Good Luck!</p>
<p>lovetolearn305 - our D’13 plans to major in music business. There are many schools that have this specific major, but are called different things; either music business, music industry studies, arts management, music management, and so on. Some are performance based (i.e. Millikin, Depauw) and some are non-performance based (Belmont, Loyola New Orleans). Some offer both. Other schools (not sure if performance/non-performance based) are Oklahoma City University, NYU, University of Evansville, Lindenwood University, University of Colorado - Denver, Elmhurst, University of Southern Mississippi, DePaul, Columbia College in Chicago, Drake University, Ferris State University, Boise State University, Middle Tennessee State University, and Berklee College of Music.</p>
<p>Are you a junior or senior in high school? A number of the above schools had a December 1, 2012 deadline for merit aid. Good luck!</p>
<p>I’m a senior. The thing is I wanted to stay in my home state Florida until I graduate</p>
<p>Long shot, but are you near Pensacola? That is very close - 3 hours - to University of Southern Mississippi. They have a new program in Music Business, and for OOS tuition, fees, room and board would be about $22K. 3.2 GPA and a submitted ACT score is automatic admission. Looks like with a 21 ACT and above average core GPA you could automatically receive a REgional Scholarship for non Mississippi residents, representing the full value of non-resident fees, which would be a scholarship of about $8,112 making your tuition/fees/R/B = about $14K…not b ad at all for OOS! Scholarship deadline is February 1st and it costs $35 to apply to USM (you have to pay the $35 fee to be eligible for scholarships), but sounds like you have the grades and test score to be accepted!</p>
<p>I wish our D would have considered USM but she is looking for a school in a big city. Also, I have no vested interest in USM - just want to pass along information we have from our research.</p>
<p>Florida State has a Commercial Music degree which appears to combine a standard music core with some technology and music industry coursework as well as enough “regular” business courses to equate to a minor. Might be the hybrid you are seeking. Good luck!</p>
<p>Miami offers several music business options.</p>
<p>I was going to post about Commercial Music degrees, but Hoggirl beat me to it. </p>
<p>At my son’s school, Economics is on of the “easiest” BA degrees to get. Not that economics is easy, but their particular program offers a ton of free electives and only 120 credit hours total, so it would be fairly easy to complete along with a BA in music (not a BM) as most BA’s in Music also allow for a ton of electives and only 120 credit hours total.</p>
<p>Personally, I wouldn’t recommend a BM for what your career goal is, BMs are very concentrated in music and it would almost be a waste. A BA in music, along with almost any other non-technical degree (as opposed to a STEM major) would be a wonderful background to go to law school with, and I would think that two majors would give you a slight academic advantage in your law school application.</p>
<p>An attorney friend of mine once told me that law schools LOVE non-traditional majors. Most law schools are full of history/english/political science majors, yet there is a need for Lawyers who have very specific specialties. Competition for entry into Law School is high, so anything that you can do to distinguish yourself from the competition is a huge plus</p>
<p>I think that your concept of getting a BA in music along with a business related BA is a great idea for your long term career goal, just the fact that you came up with the idea puts you one step ahead of the rest. And the suggestions for a degree in Commercial Music or Music business are equally as good, except that I would think that two degrees would be better than one, assuming that you can complete two degrees in about the same amount of time as one (with a summer school or two or three).</p>
<p>You will also need to consult with your college about aiming your electives at law school. My son’s college has a list of classes that they suggest for pre-law. Thinking classes, like like logic, philosophy, game theory (which is typically taught by the economics department), along with communication skill classes (advanced English classes, foreign language, public speaking, etc) are highly recommended. </p>
<p>My son’s advisor at music school has told him that regardless of what area of music he ends up in, he has to become a musician first. Professional musicians like to work with people who not only “talk the talk and walk the walk”.</p>
<p>Thanks! I will do everything it takes to become a successful lawyer :)</p>
<p>go to university of miami! one of the best music business programs ive heard of! offers performance, as well as business and management courses and recording courses…of course theory and such is involved too!..very interdisciplinary. cal state=ridgewood i think its called too comes to mind, as well as william paterson university…for the cheapest option…i think even if you are out of state is suny oneonta…that is their biggest program on campus…not really performance based though!(think you can minor in performance and audio recording)…i just know all this because im looking for grad schools right now in the same area…if you can afford nyc and the school itself check out nyu…or and of course berklee…all the school i mentioned are very connected to major music industry centers <em>minus oneonta</em>…so try to find something near the big for music inudstry centers (nyc, lA, nashville, miami) (denver and atlanta arent bad either)…good luck!</p>