Training
•The 124-credit BAT is an advanced completion pathway requiring an AAS in Contemporary Music Business or an approved equivalent; its 80-hour major combines prior technical-occupational study with upper-division ACM work
•Advanced courses cover music business and entrepreneurship, contemporary contracts, digital media, music supervision, copyright, and key events in the music industry
•The technical specialty develops artist management, concert and tour management, music marketing, record-label operations, publishing, new media, and business management for artists
Professional Development
•The curriculum includes an ACM internship, while program-wide opportunities have placed students with Sony Music, Warner Records, Bella Union Records, Walrus Audio, The Criterion, Jones Assembly, and Box Talent Agency
Facilities
•Students work at ACM@UCO's Bricktown campus, which includes a 200-capacity Live Room, a business development center, four recording studios, and direct access to Oklahoma City's music scene