08.02 MA in Music Leadership and MBA Combined Degree

COMBINED DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Students will be accepted into the combined degree program through each school’s separate admissions process. Students can apply to Simon before arriving on the Eastman campus or after they have arrived and begun studies at ESM. When pursuing the combined degrees option, students will complete the full required ESM Music Leadership curriculum and Simon’s MBA mandatory core and related electives. In the combined degrees sequence, students will progress through both programs on the following timeline:

  • Summer #1: Music Leadership coursework
  • Academic Year #1: Music Leadership coursework
  • Summer #2: MBA coursework
  • Academic Year #2: MBA coursework
  • Summer #3: Music Leadership coursework

Transfer Credits Policy

Students have the option to apply some ESM and Simon required courses towards the elective requirements of the other degree. For any transferred courses between these two degrees, students must earn a grade of at least a “B” in all courses and have a combined GPA of at least 3.0.

  • Students have the option to transfer up to three ESM classes, or up to eight elective credits, towards Simon degree completion. ESM Music Leadership courses pre-approved for transfer credit include:
    • ML 410 – Music Administration and Governance (4 credits)
    • ML 423 – Generating and Screening Entrepreneurial Ideas in Music (3 credits)
    • ML 422 – Designing Creative Initiatives for Musical Enterprises (3 credits)
    • MUE 421 – Leadership Issues in Music (1 credit)
  • Students have the option to transfer up to five credits of Simon coursework towards ESM degree completion. Simon MBA courses pre-approved for transfer credit include:
    • FIN 402 – Capital Budgeting and Corporate Objectives (2.5 credits)
    • GBA 412 – Data Analytics (2.5 credits)
    • STR 421 – Competitive Strategy (2.5 credits)
    • ACC 401 – Corporate Financial Accounting (2.5 credits)
    • If students’ math skills are strong, they may take a third Simon core class in their first Simon summer instead of MSM 491.
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