The BS in Entertainment Business is designed for future entrepreneurs, producers, managers, and creatives who want to combine business acumen with performance expertise to lead and innovate in the entertainment industry. It is ideal for students who dream of starting production companies, managing artists, or launching their own creative brands. The program requires 120 credits, including 30 credits in general education. The BS program is divided into three phases: Discovery, Journey, and Mastery, with Discovery and Journey providing students with a solid business entrepreneurship foundation.
- Self-paced online learning
- Live Lectures (recorded, in case you miss a session)
- Minimum of 120 credit hours; 35 courses
- Complete coursework within three years
- $300 per year (or $100 now and $25 monthly for 10 months)
OVERVIEW
OVERVIEW
The BS in Entertainment Business blends business entrepreneurship with the fundamentals of acting, performance, and content creation. Students learn to manage creative enterprises, market entertainment products, and build sustainable careers in a fast-evolving industry. Through project-based experiences, students earn while they learn, applying business strategies directly to entertainment ventures.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Become a dynamic entertainment entrepreneur, ready to launch brands, build empires, and perform your way to success.
- How to develop, market, and manage entertainment brands and creative ventures.
- How to master performance and content creation skills that fuel business success.
- How to build revenue streams through strategic entrepreneurship in the entertainment sector.
- How to lead and innovate across the film, music, stage, and digital media industries.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants must have completed secondary education or its equivalent and demonstrate English competency. We seek students with a passion for creativity, entrepreneurship, and leadership in the entertainment world. No prior performance experience is required, just the drive to learn, create, and launch successful ventures. Osiri University will accept up to 60 credits (approximately 20 undergraduate courses) previously taken courses at other universities towards an undergraduate degree. Exemptions may be made on a case-by-case basis.
To begin the enrollment process, please upload a copy of your high school diploma/secondary school certificate or equivalent or an unofficial statement of results showing the subjects you have completed in high/secondary school, along with the administrative fee. After starting classes, ensure that official transcripts/results are sent to the Registrar via email at [email protected], or mailed to The Registrar, 2737 N. 49th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, 68504, directly from your former institution.
CURRICULUM / COURSES
The BS in Entertainment Business prepares students to lead and innovate in the fast-paced entertainment industry. The curriculum integrates business fundamentals, including finance, marketing, management, with core entertainment courses in acting, performance, and creative production. Students engage in real-world projects, learning to build brands, manage productions, and market themselves and others. With an emphasis on entrepreneurship and earning while learning, students graduate with the skills, portfolio, and mindset needed to thrive as leaders and business owners in entertainment.
DISCOVERY
HUMA 300 Ubuntu Mind (GedEd)
BICE 102 Principles of Management
BICE 103 Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Venture Creation
BICE 104 Media Writing (GedEd)
BICE 105 Global Issues (GedEd)
BICE 201 Global Entrepreneurial Environment
BICE 106 Basic Mathematics (GedEd)
BICE 107 Financial Literacy (GedEd)
BICE 202 Entrepreneurial Marketing
BICE 203 Entrepreneurship and Innovation
CSIS 101 Introduction to Computers (GedEd)
BICE 108 Principles of Project Management (6 credits)
BICE 204 Principles of Economics (6 credits) (GenEd)
Total Credits: 45
JOURNEY
BICE 300 Principles of Communication (GedEd)
BICE 205 Theories of Entrepreneurship
BICE 301 Business Strategy for Sustainability
BICE 302 Sustainable Leadership
BICE 206 Statistics (GedEd)
BICE 303 Supply Chain Management
CSIS 302 Data Ethics and Governance
HUMA 210 Happiness (GenEd)
BICE 304 Global Sustainable Human Resource Management
BICE 305 Law and Ubuntu
BICE 207 Biographical Studies of Entrepreneurial Thinkers and Giants
BICE 306 Leading with Accounting and Finance
BICE 401 Business Opportunity Scouting and Evaluation (6 credits)
Total Credits: 42
EMPOWERMENT
BICE 401 International Business and Management (6 credits)
BICE 402 Research Methods (6 credits)
HUMA 371 Poetry Theater Performance
HUMA 372 Script Writing
HUMA 373 Essentials of Film Making
HUMA 374 Acting Practicum I
HUMA 375 Acting Practicum II
BICE 403 Social Entrepreneurship and Community Development (6 credits)
Total Credits: 33