Department of Entertainment and the Recording Industry Management

Undergraduate Degree(s):

Minor(s):

Entertainment and Recording Industry Management, Minor

MISSION, GOALS, AND OBJECTIVES

The Entertainment and Recording Industry Management program is a student-centered comprehensive undergraduate program committed to ensuring quality education, offering innovative concentrations that are responsive to its industry…ultimately transforming diverse students into lifelong learners, engaged citizens, and creative leaders in their local, national, and global communities. We are committed to incorporating innovative teaching techniques and the most recent theories, research, and practices of the Entertainment and Recording Industry Management through an interdisciplinary approach.

Texas Southern University will host the world’s most diverse, prestigious, and comprehensive Entertainment and Recording Industry Management Department. The Department’s objective is to motivate the students to develop their own learning interests and critical thinking to establish a learner-centered environment in the classroom.

Qualified transfer students may transfer up to sixty (60) credit hours from a community college or an accredited institution in any technical area related to Entertainment and the Recording Industry.

Our students have access to a rich variety of resources including:

Award-winning faculty who are industry experts, working professionals, and accomplished scholars, including local and regional award winners, documentary and feature filmmakers, radio personalities, writers, editors, and producers.
State-of-the-art television, film, and radio facilities including a radio station, KTSU 90.9 FM Radio (The Choice), in which to work and learn, as early as the first year
Unparalleled real-world experience on and off-campus, including hundreds of internship opportunities within 30 miles of Houston, the 4th largest city and 8th largest media market in the U.S.
Selecting a concentration is required for students seeking a degree in Entertainment and Recording Industry Management. Students should meet with an academic advisor in ERIM before the end of their first year to select a concentration. We offer four concentrations in ERIM:
- Sound & Audio Production Concentration
- Multimedia Creation Concentration
- Entrepreneurship & Entertainment Management Concentration
- Esports & Sports Entertainment Concentration

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Students pursuing baccalaureate degrees in the Department of Communication Studies first must be admitted into the university, and meet their ASSET responsibility, before meeting degree program requirements. In order to attain the Bachelor of Arts in Entertainment and Recording Industry Management, students must select from the 4 curriculum concentrations:

Sound & Audio Production Concentration
Multimedia Creation Concentration
Entrepreneurship & Ente11ainment Management Concentration
Esports & Sports Entertainment Concentration

In major courses, including ENGL 1301 Freshman English I and ENGL 1302 Freshman English II, grades less than “C”--including “C-”-- are not acceptable. Those courses must be repeated.

In order to receive a baccalaureate degree in Entertainment and Recording Industry Management program, students must complete 120 semester hours. These must include major courses totaling general education courses (core curriculum) totaling 42 hours, 41 major credit hours, 15 concentration hours, and 22 credit hours of major electives. In no case is an undergraduate student qualified to graduate unless he/she has completed 120 credits hours. For a student to be granted a baccalaureate degree by the Department of Entertainment and Recording Industry Management, the requirements must be met under the supervision of the major advisor.

ERIM 130 Introduction to the Recording Industry (3 Credits)

Lecture: 3

Examines the development, current policies and issues, organizational structure, function and economics, domestic and global institutions of the recording industry.