Accelerated Masters Program for Undergraduates
BA in General Music and MBA in Business Administration

Index to Accelerated Masters Programs

The accelerated program in General Music/Business Administration provides the opportunity for a student to complete a BA in General Music (122 hours) within a four-year period and to shorten the time required to finish the Master of Business Administration degree.

Interested students should:

• have some Advanced Placement credit upon admission to UNCG in order to reduce the number of required undergraduate hours. See AP Credit.
• identify themselves as potential accelerated candidates early in their academic careers in order to receive appropriate advising. Although formal admission to an accelerated program usually occurs in the junior year, careful selection of undergraduate courses beginning in the freshman year is essential. Interested students should talk with an advisor in the School of Music as early as possible.

In the spring of the junior year, students should

• take the GMAT
• apply for admission to the Graduate School and the MBA program

Requirements for Combined Accelerated BA in General Music/MBA in Business Administration

A. AULER Component (45 hours max)

See additional AULER Area requirements.

Special AULER area requirements for this program:

Mathematics (MT)

required: MAT 120 or 191 (see C below) 3 hrs

Nonwestern Studies (NW)

required: MUS 343 (see B below) 3 hrs

Social and Behavioral Sciences (SB)

required ECO 201, 202 (See C below) 6 hrs

AULER Electives (EL)

required: 6 hours of the same foreign language

Total Hours required: 45 hrs

NOTE: Students must select two writing intensive courses

B. General Music Major Requirements (49 hours)

1. Theory: MUS 101, 102, 105, 106, 201, 202, 205, 206, 301 15 hrs

2. History: MUS 331 or 334, 332, 333, 343 (meets AULER NW requirement) 9 hrs

3. Class Piano: 4 semesters through 134 or proficiency 4 hrs

4. Performance Studies: 10 semester hours including at least 2 hours at 351 level 10 hrs

5. Large Ensemble 5 hrs

6. MUS Elective: one 400-500 level course in history/literature, theory, or pedagogy 3 hrs

7. MUS 090 for 4 semesters 0 hrs

8. MUS 091 for 7 semesters 0 hrs

Total hours required: 46 hrs

C. MBA Prerequisites, in addition to AULER (12)

1. ISM 110 (prerequisite for ECO 250) 3 hrs

2. ECO 250 3 hrs

3. ACC 201; MGT 312 6 hrs

Total hours required: 12 hrs

Total Undergraduate Requirements: 103 hrs

D. Other Undergraduate Electives 19 hrs

Total Undergraduate Semester Hours: 122 hrs

E. Related Requirements for the MBA (43.5 hours)

Senior Year (7.5 hours)

MBA 603, 610 (Fall) 3 hrs

MBA 605, 606, 607 (Spring) 4.5 hrs

Summer Following Senior Year (4.5 hours)

Internship and 4.5 credits 4.5 hrs

Graduate or 5th Year (24 hours)

Required foundation and strategic management level requirements; electives 24 hrs

Summer (7.5 hours)

Remaining required and elective courses 7.5 hrs

Total MBA Semester Hours: 43.5 hrs