Music business courses can help you learn contract negotiation, marketing strategies, copyright law, and financial management. You can build skills in audience engagement, digital distribution, and brand development. Many courses introduce tools like social media analytics, music distribution platforms, and project management software that are essential for navigating the industry and executing effective promotional campaigns.

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Courage, Business Ethics, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Professionalism, Technical Management, Decision Making, Engineering Management, Personal Integrity, Human Development, Organizational Leadership, Culture, Anthropology, Leadership, Artificial Intelligence, Social Sciences, Research
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Dubai College of Tourism
Skills you'll gain: Revenue Management, Hotel Operations, Market Intelligence, Competitive Analysis, Market Analysis, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Market Data, Benchmarking, Hospitality, Performance Analysis, Technology Strategies, Business Technologies, Data Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Strategic Thinking, Data Visualization
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Universidad de los Andes
Skills you'll gain: Organizational Structure, Stakeholder Management, Project Management, Project Risk Management, Resource Management, Project Planning, Organizational Strategy, Systems Thinking, Project Performance, Organizational Effectiveness, Business, Needs Assessment
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

West Virginia University
Skills you'll gain: Expense Management, Sales Management, Operating Expense, Compensation Strategy, Travel Arrangements, Transportation Operations, Compensation Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Cost Control, Performance Metric, Goal Setting
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Maryland, College Park
Skills you'll gain: Agile Project Management, Scrum (Software Development), Sprint Planning, Emotional Intelligence, Backlogs, Scaled Agile Framework, Negotiation, Sprint Retrospectives, Agile Software Development, Program Management, Brainstorming, Prioritization, User Story, Creative Thinking, Innovation, Project Portfolio Management, Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Problem Solving, Project Controls
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, Blogs, Generative AI Agents, Content Creation, Copywriting, Editing, Customer Advocacy, Brand Management, Target Audience
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Performance Review, Employee Surveys, Employee Performance Management, Meeting Facilitation, Rapport Building, Constructive Feedback, Team Building, Team Performance Management, Goal Setting, Collaboration, Team Management, Teamwork, Leadership and Management, Strategic Leadership, Leadership Development
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of California, Davis
Skills you'll gain: Food and Beverage, Consumer Behaviour, Quality Assurance, Laboratory Testing, Product Testing, Usability Testing, Science and Research, Data Collection, Nutrition and Diet, Surveys, Scientific Methods, Research, Psychology, Acceptance Testing, Analytical Testing, Biology, Product Development, Analytical Skills, Medical Science and Research, Physiology
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of California, Davis
Skills you'll gain: Presentations, SQL, Descriptive Statistics, Data Storytelling, Data Analysis, Peer Review, Exploratory Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Data Modeling, Performance Metric, Business Analytics, Text Mining, Data Science, Target Audience, Data Manipulation, Proposal Development
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Fundação Instituto de Administração
Skills you'll gain: Innovation, Project Risk Management, Risk Management, New Product Development, Organizational Strategy, Product Development, Project Management, Project Portfolio Management, Strategic Partnership, Product Improvement, Portfolio Management, Decision Making
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Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

The University of Notre Dame
Skills you'll gain: Crisis Management, Business Ethics, Conflict Management, Strategic Communication, Corporate Communications, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Business Communication, Interpersonal Communications, Communication, Leadership Studies
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Customer Analysis, New Product Development, Persona Development, Customer Insights, Product Strategy, Product Development, Design Thinking, User Research, Business Planning, Business Strategy, Marketing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours