Entertainment & Recording Industry Management

MISSION, GOALS, AND OBJECTIVES

The Entertainment and Recording Industry Management (ERIM) program is a student-centered comprehensive undergraduate program committed to ensuring quality education. ERIM offers innovative concentrations ultimately transforming diverse students into lifelong learners, engaged citizens, and creative leaders in their local, national, and global communities. Our faculty 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 encourage 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 ERIM. 

ERIM students have access to a wide 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), and KTSU2 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 fourth largest city and eighth 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 in order to select a concentration.
• ERIM offers four concentrations: 
  • Sound & Audio Production
  • Multimedia Creation
  • Entrepreneurship & Entertainment Management
  • Esports & Sports Entertainment