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: Campaign Management, Strategic Communication, Advertising, Marketing Communications, Resource Allocation, Media Strategy, Brand Management, Earned Media, Communication Strategies, Owned Media, Public Relations, Shared Media, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Goal Setting, Target Audience, Research and Design, Research, Market Research
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Virginia
Skills you'll gain: Product Management, New Product Development, Product Roadmaps, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Improvement, Innovation, Business Modeling, Stakeholder Engagement, Product Testing, Leadership and Management, Growth Strategies, Customer Engagement, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Insights, Data-Driven Decision-Making
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Instagram, Canva (Software), Photo Editing, Social Media Content, Social Media Management, Social Media, Graphic and Visual Design, Branding, Design
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Marketing Analytics, Dashboard, HubSpot CRM, Management Reporting, Marketing, Performance Reporting, Business Strategy, Leadership and Management
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: ISO 9000 Series, Governance Risk Management and Compliance, Quality Management Systems, Quality Improvement, Program Implementation, Quality Management, Operational Risk, Continuous Improvement Process, Risk Management, Internal Controls, Compliance Management, Auditing
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Virginia Darden School Foundation
Skills you'll gain: ChatGPT, Personalized Service, Prompt Engineering, AI Personalization, Customer Engagement, Generative AI, Customer Service, Self Service Technologies, Customer experience improvement, Customer Support, Performance Analysis, Performance Improvement
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of California, Irvine
Skills you'll gain: Project Planning, Stakeholder Management, Planning, Conflict Management, Project Management, Project Scoping, Leadership and Management, Project Coordination, Influencing, Organizational Structure, Communication Strategies
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Global Positioning Systems, Journalism, Music, Political Sciences, Entrepreneurship, Systems Engineering, Culture, Aerospace Basic Quality System Standards, Media and Communications, International Relations, Governance, Higher Education, Public Policies, Physical Science, Liberal Arts, Geographic Information Systems, Physics, Engineering Design Process, Environmental Science, Writing
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Product Knowledge, Product Marketing, Product Management, Product Assortment, Product Strategy, Go To Market Strategy, Product Development, New Product Development, Performance Analysis
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Google Gemini, LLM Application, AI Enablement, AI Product Strategy, Stakeholder Analysis
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Vanderbilt University
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Prompt Patterns, ChatGPT, Generative AI, LLM Application, Productivity, AI Personalization, AI Enablement, OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Modeling, Anthropic Claude, Expense Management, Productivity Software, Creativity, Verification And Validation, Communication, Planning, Marketing
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Program Management, Communication Planning, Project Documentation, Project Management Software, Workflow Management, Technical Communication, Diagram Design, Agile Methodology, Process Development
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours