Navigating the Music Industry Ecosystem (Certificate)

The undergraduate certificate in Navigating the Music Industry Ecosystem is a fully online and asynchronous credential that consists of four 0.5 credit courses (2.0 credits total). You'll receive a comprehensive understanding of the music industry, enabling you to use your knowledge and talents as a musician, composer or creator to monetize your work and build a successful career, as well as to contribute to the strength of the economic impact of the music industry globally. 

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Program Details

Certificate Highlights

We make sure your academic experience is current, complete and designed to open doors. Here are a few things you can count on:  

  • Career-ready Courses: Learn to establish a music business, understand royalty and licensing revenues, navigate record deals, and manage professional music careers. Key outcomes include mastering business models, financial literacy, royalty calculations, and production, as well as effective management of touring, performance, and merchandising. 
  • Enhance Your Tech Skills: Gain working knowledge of relevant royalty accounting software platforms giving you practical skills development. 
  • Flexible Online Offering: Offered online for half of a regular course length (six weeks), you can fit this certificate into your studies while still balancing a busy lifestyle. Each course in the certificate program is self-standing, without prerequisites, so the courses may be taken in any order.  

Top Experiences

Here are just a few examples of the experiences you’ll have access to in this program:

  • Industry Partnerships: The certificate is offered in partnership with Music Canada and CONNECT Music Licensing and is part one of a two-part program. Part two is a distinct, non-credit certificate completed largely online, with an in-person component that offers deeper knowledge and practical skills through case studies, networking and internships.
  • Real-World Projects: Learn how to calculate royalties, write grant applications and business plans and apply your learning in a variety of case studies. 
  • Practical Skill-Building: The certificate covers topics such as royalties, licensing, production, publishing, touring, networking, law, marketing and more. 

Courses

Admissions

  • Format: part time
  • Duration: two to four terms
  • Start: September (fall term), January (winter term) or May (spring term)
  • OUAC code: UBK

Your Career Awaits

It’s not only about the journey; it’s about the destination. Let us help you get to where you’re going.

Sample Disciplines in the Music Industry

Note: Additional training and education may be required.

  • record deals and distribution
  • production
  • royalties and licensing
  • songwriting and music publishing
  • touring
  • merchandising
  • sync licensing

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Support After Graduation

Alumni for life means that you have access to Career and Employment Support offered at Laurier for your entire career.

 

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Online Learning

This program is delivered entirely online, and students are not required to visit campus or reside in Canada. Study permits and/or student visas are not required or provided.

Online learning is interactive and stimulating. We use MyLearningSpace by Desire2Learn, which includes various educational technologies such as blogs, digital storytelling, audio/video lectures, podcasts, interactive presentations, screencasts, virtual whiteboards, web conferencing, wikis, flashcards, concept maps, digital timelines and gamification.

Chat with Current Students

Want to know what it’s really like to be in this program? U Community is our Discord server where future Golden Hawks like you can connect with current students to get their first-hand stories and tips on living and learning at Laurier.

Connect with Us

Questions? Email choosemusic@wlu.ca, call 548.889.8888 or see all Music faculty and staff.


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