Bachelor of Music Combined With Business

The BMOB, or bachelor of music combined with business program, attracts some of Stetson's best students. There are two tracks: one is a traditional four-year degree, and the other is a rigorous track that leads you to a 5th year at Stetson where you complete your Master of Business Administration. So, a music performance degree and an MBA in a total of five years---now you know why it attracts discerning students. It is a degree option that speaks for itself in today's competitive world.Stetson's School of Music is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music and offers a 6-1 student-faculty ratio, an international faculty, state of the art facilities and the opportunity to perform with award-winning ensembles. The School of Business Administration is accredited by AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. It is housed in the Lynn Business Center and offers the latest technology to students, an award-winning sales program and the Roland George Investment Program, where students manage a real portfolio of millions of dollars.The BMOB students enjoy all that the School of Music offers. The singers participate in choirs and voice lessons, the operas or musical theater productions. The instrumentalists take private lessons from expert faculty while playing in band, orchestra, jazz band or any number of chamber or specialized smaller ensembles. Conducting, music technology, career skills and more are standard courses taken by all music majors. You will even complete a senior recital with guidance from your applied music instructor through weekly lessons and performance classes.We tweaked the language and diction requirements for singers and the advanced theory sequence for instrumental majors to make room for the extra units in Business. For the MBA Track, you use your electives to prepare even further for the 5th year, so there is truly a business concentration alongside all your musical activities. Both you and your family will like this degree because in the complexity of today's world, you might not want to be an expert in just one field of study.