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New Kogod major mixes business, music
By Jen Calantone on 4/7/08
The Kogod School of Business unveiled a new degree program March 31 that will allow for students to follow a career path into the music business, according to Jesse Boeding, director of undergraduate programs in Kogod.
After meeting with administrators from both Kogod and the College of Arts and Sciences, the accredited business and music programs combined into one curriculum - the Bachelor of Science in Business and Music - that will allow a student to graduate in four years, study abroad and have internships, Boeding said.
Interdisciplinary studies programs are the future of academics, according to Nancy Snider, music program director for CAS.
"[Business and music] really brings [interdisciplinary studies] to life," Snider said. "Teaching to the whole student is critical."
However, one of the most important things coordinators needed to do was make sure they did not water down the curriculum of the combined major, Snider said.
"The program needed to be substantive, in both curricular and philosophical terms," Snider said.
The entire process took about nine months to develop, Boeding said.
"The process of creating this program was inspiring," Snider said. "It was like making music."
The business and music program has gotten a fair amount of student attention over the past few days. There has been interest from incoming freshmen, people looking to teach courses and from upperclassmen looking to minor. Over the past week, there were over one hundred inquiries about the program, Boeding said.
"It's amazing how the program has taken off," she said.
Katie Lock, a sophomore in CAS, said that combining these degrees could help students explore different aspects of their creativity.
"It's probably the most practical way to pursue something that is both practical and artistic," Lock said. "[Business and Music] shouldn't have to be mutually exclusive."
Musicians and business people are more similar than they may seem, according to Snider.
After meeting with administrators from both Kogod and the College of Arts and Sciences, the accredited business and music programs combined into one curriculum - the Bachelor of Science in Business and Music - that will allow a student to graduate in four years, study abroad and have internships, Boeding said.
Interdisciplinary studies programs are the future of academics, according to Nancy Snider, music program director for CAS.
"[Business and music] really brings [interdisciplinary studies] to life," Snider said. "Teaching to the whole student is critical."
However, one of the most important things coordinators needed to do was make sure they did not water down the curriculum of the combined major, Snider said.
"The program needed to be substantive, in both curricular and philosophical terms," Snider said.
The entire process took about nine months to develop, Boeding said.
"The process of creating this program was inspiring," Snider said. "It was like making music."
The business and music program has gotten a fair amount of student attention over the past few days. There has been interest from incoming freshmen, people looking to teach courses and from upperclassmen looking to minor. Over the past week, there were over one hundred inquiries about the program, Boeding said.
"It's amazing how the program has taken off," she said.
Katie Lock, a sophomore in CAS, said that combining these degrees could help students explore different aspects of their creativity.
"It's probably the most practical way to pursue something that is both practical and artistic," Lock said. "[Business and Music] shouldn't have to be mutually exclusive."
Musicians and business people are more similar than they may seem, according to Snider.
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