Music Business (Online) (Taught)

You are an independent, self-motivated musician who wants to thrive, not just survive.

MA Music Business part-time online course is designed for music industry professionals looking to gain a high-level qualification that will help drive them forward in their careers. Each person's own work and projects underpin the course to offer a deeper level of personal and professional development. It’s awarded by one of the UK’s leading specialist universities for the creative industries, Falmouth University.

This comprehensive postgraduate qualification will help you become an adaptive thinker, creator and entrepreneur within a music industry that shapes the zeitgeist of contemporary culture. It is built on three fundamental elements - your past, your present and the bridge to your future. It's flexible, innovative and the degree course is designed to fit around your life. The course is run part-time over 2 years and fully online giving you the ultimate freedom and flexibility to study in a way that suits you.

This course is for music industry professionals who want to develop the commercial and entrepreneurial side of their careers. You may be looking to upskill in areas like digital marketing, social media and other aspects of the modern music professional's life. Or simply feel the need to gain a high-level qualification and be a recognised expert in your field.

The part-time online mode of the course is particularly suited to those with busy lives and schedules and offers a more relaxed pace of teaching and learning. It also features the added flexibility of online study.

The course will take you on a journey of critical reflection, development of professional practice through mentoring, culminating in the completion of a major commercial project. Areas of focus include in-depth analysis of the music industry, development of personal skills and the realisation of ideas through submission of a major project.

You will develop autonomy whilst learning to apply critical thinking and research skills to your work. You'll gain academic proficiency and professional credibility. You'll also develop your entrepreneurialism to maximise areas of potential revenue and enterprise.