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These requirements are for students who matriculated in academic year 2024-2025. Students who matriculated prior to fall 2024 should refer to the Archives to view the requirements for their Bulletin year.

Summary of Requirements

The degree of Bachelor of Arts may be conferred upon a student majoring in Audio and Live Entertainment (ALE) by the recommendation of the faculty and upon satisfactory completion of a minimum of 124 semester hours of credit with a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher overall and in the major.

Students must meet:

1. University requirements
   • All students are required to complete the General Education (GenEd) curriculum.
   • All students must take a minimum of two writing-intensive (WI) courses in the major at 澳门六合彩官网. Whenever聽possible, it is recommended that students select these WI courses from courses that directly satisfy a specific ALE requirement to ease the path to program completion.
2. Lew Klein College of Media and Communication requirements, including 碍尝狈听1001 and 碍尝狈听1002.
3. Minimum of 47 credits in the major / maximum of 68 credits in the major (total of MSP, MUST, HRM, LGLS, SGM, and STHM).
4. Each course that fulfills a requirement for the major must be passed with a C- or better.
5. All prerequisites must be met unless exempted in writing.
6. No more than 23 transfer credits may be applied to the Audio and Live Entertainment major.
7. Total number of credits taken in internship, practicum, independent study, and independent project courses may not exceed 12 credits total.

Audio and Live Entertainment Major Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Foundation Courses 1
惭厂笔听1701	Introduction to Media Production	3
惭鲍厂罢听1701	Music Theory for Non-Music Majors	2
辞谤听惭鲍厂罢听1711	Theory I
惭厂笔听2663	The Recording Industry and Music Business	3
Music and Media History
Select a minimum of one of the following:		3
惭厂笔听3297	History of Electronic Media (WI)
惭鲍厂罢听2113	History of Pop
Audio Production
Select a minimum of one of the following:		3-4
惭厂笔听2751	Audio for Media
惭鲍厂罢听4713	Sound Recording
Entertainment Industries Fundamentals
Select a minimum of one of the following:		3
惭厂笔听1655	Introduction to Media Business
厂罢贬惭听1113	Foundations of Experience Design and Management
Professional Development Requirements
惭厂笔听4039	Senior Seminar 2	3
Select one of the following Experiential Learning Options: 3		3-4
惭厂笔听4687	Recording Industry Practicum
惭厂笔听4785	Internship
Professional Focus Courses
Select a minimum of 24 credit hours from the following courses, including no more than two (2) courses at the 1000 or 2000 level. 3		24
In Audio and Live Entertainment
础尝贰听3565	Music Publishing
础尝贰听4565	Artist Management
础尝贰听4571	International Studies in Media and Communication
础尝贰听4755	Advanced Live Sound
In Media Studies and Production
惭厂笔听2741	Introduction to Internet Studies and Web Authoring
惭厂笔听3663	Marketing Music and Media
惭厂笔听3705	Sound for Visual Media
惭厂笔听3751	Studio Music Recording Techniques
惭厂笔听3755	Live Sound Production
惭厂笔听3771	Podcast and Radio Production
惭厂笔听4614	Creating a Media Business
惭厂笔听4663	Art and Business of Recording
惭厂笔听4687	Recording Industry Practicum
惭厂笔听4696	Communication in Media Organizations
惭厂笔听4741	Emergent Media Production
惭厂笔听4751	Audio Mixing
惭厂笔听4753	Audio Mastering
In the School of Sport, Tourism, and Hospitality Management
厂罢贬惭听2401	Foundations of Event and Entertainment Management
厂罢贬惭听3424	Business of Social Events and Weddings
厂罢贬惭听3425	Event and Entertainment Operations
厂罢贬惭听3428	Event and Entertainment Revenues
厂罢贬惭听3429	Entertainment Management
厂罢贬惭听4401	Digital Portfolio Creation
厂罢贬惭听4415	The Event Experience
罢贬惭听3396	Marketing in Tourism and Hospitality (WI)
罢贬惭听4398	Contemporary Issues in Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management (WI)
Note: 厂罢贬惭听2401, 厂罢贬惭听3425, 厂罢贬惭听3428, and 厂罢贬惭听4415 combine for an Event and Entertainment Management Certificate in STHM that is available to ALE students. Limiting electives to 30 credits will provide sufficient space to complete this certificate without counting any course for more than one requirement.
Note also: 厂罢贬惭听2401, 厂罢贬惭听3424, 厂罢贬惭听3425, 厂罢贬惭听3428, 厂罢贬惭听3429, and 厂罢贬惭听4415 combine for an Event and Entertainment Management Minor in STHM that is available to ALE students. Limiting electives to 24 credits will provide sufficient space to complete this minor without counting any course for more than one requirement.
In the Boyer College of Music and Dance
惭鲍厂罢听1705	Music Theory for Non-Music Majors II
惭鲍厂罢听4713	Sound Recording
惭鲍厂罢听4714	Sound Editing
惭鲍厂罢听4725	Advanced Audio Production
惭鲍厂罢听4762	Introduction to Music Technology for Non-Majors
Note: 惭鲍厂罢听4713, 惭鲍厂罢听4714, 惭鲍厂罢听4725, and 惭鲍厂罢听4762 combine for a Music Technology Certificate in Boyer that is available to ALE students. Limiting electives to 30 credits will provide sufficient space to complete this certificate without counting any course for more than one requirement.
Note also: The Boyer College of Music and Dance welcomes ALE students to participate in Boyer鈥檚 non-major, non-auditioned ensembles: OWLchestra, 澳门六合彩官网 Night Owls Campus Community Band (TUNO), 澳门六合彩官网 Swinging Owls 6 & 8, and 澳门六合彩官网 Singing Owls Community Choir.
In the Fox School of Business
叠础听2196	Business Communications
贬搁惭听1101	Leadership and Organizational Management
尝骋尝厂听3509	Entertainment Law
厂骋惭听3501	Entrepreneurial and Innovative Thinking
厂骋惭听3503	Lean Startup: Fast and Inexpensive Ways to Test and Launch Your Ideas
Total Credit Hours		47-49

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Foundation courses must be completed within the first 45 credits at 澳门六合彩官网. Students transferring into 澳门六合彩官网 must complete at least one Audio and Live Entertainment foundation course at 澳门六合彩官网, unless exempted in writing by the chair of the department.

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Taken during final 30 credits.

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It is recommended that these are chosen in consultation with an Advisor.

Note: Courses offered in various categories can only be counted once.

About the Professional Development Requirements

The academic experience for all Audio and Live Entertainment majors culminates with the Professional Development requirements, which include 惭厂笔听4039 Senior Seminar (3 s.h.) and聽one of the Experiential Learning Options (3-4 credits).聽Together, these courses provide students with hands-on and practical training in the field while allowing them the opportunity to explore their potential professional futures.

Experiential Learning Option: 惭厂笔听4785 Internship

Internship opportunities exist locally (at virtually every media-oriented organization in the greater Philadelphia region), nationally (in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and other U.S. media markets), and internationally (in London, Dublin, Paris, Barcelona, Hong Kong, and Tokyo through the Lew Klein College of Media and Communication's Global Opportunities Program and 澳门六合彩官网's Education Abroad Office).聽Students who wish to enroll in a second internship as an elective can take 惭厂笔听4786聽for 1 to 3 credit hours. NOTE: To be eligible for an internship, students must obtain an appropriate internship placement for the term of registration (assistance is 鈥媋vailable), have Junior or Senior standing, a minimum GPA of 3.00, have completed all three ALE foundation courses with a minimum grade of C-, and official approval by the MSP Internship Coordinator via submission of the Internship Verification Form, and once determined eligible, the Site Verification Form.