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Audio Production Technologies Certificate

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Audio Production Technologies

Major Code:
5334
 
Award:
Certificate
 
First Term:
2009 Fall
 
Description:
The Certificate of Completion (CCL) in Audio Production Technologies certificate and degree program offers students an opportunity to receive training on industry-standard equipment by instructors with real-world experience and professional resumes. Students learn the concepts and theory associated with recording arts technologies while applying them in lab settings appropriate to their skill levels. Students completing the Audio Production program will gain the knowledge base, competency, and confidence they need to enter the commercial music marketplace.



Consumer Program Costs and Career Information: GC, MC, PC, PV, SC
 
Credits: 39
Total Credits:
 
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Program Prerequisites:

None

 
Credits: 39
Required Courses:
 
MTC101 
Introduction to Music Theory 
3 
 
 
MTC103 
Introduction to Aural Perception 
2 
 
 
MTC180 
Computer Literacy for Musicians (3) OR 
 
 +
MUC295 
Studio Music Recording III (3) 
3 
 
 
MTC191 
Electronic Music I 
3 
 
 +
MTC192 
Electronic Music II 
3 
 
 
MUC109 
Music Business: Merchandising and the Law 
3 
 
 
MUC110 
Music Business: Recording and Mass Media 
3 
 
 +
MUC111 
Digital Audio Workstation I (DAW I) 
3 
 
 +
MUC112 
Digital Audio Workstation II (DAW II) 
3 
 
 
MUC195 
Studio Music Recording I (3) OR 
 
 
MUC195AA 
Studio Music Recording I (3) 
3 
 
 +
MUC196 
Studio Music Recording II 
3 
 
 
MUC197 
Live Sound Reinforcement I 
3 
 
 +
MUC198 
Live Sound Reinforcement II 
3 
 
 +
MUC297AA 
Music Internship 
1 
 
 
Credits:
Restricted Electives:

None

 
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Free Electives:

None

 
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General Education Requirement:
 
Credits:
General Education Core:
 
Credits:
First-Year Composition:

None

 
Credits:
Oral Communication:

None

 
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Critical Reading:

None

 
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Mathematics:

None

 
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General Education Distribution:
 
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Humanities and Fine Arts:

None

 
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Social and Behavioral Sciences:

None

 
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Natural Sciences:

None

 
 
Program Competencies:
 
  1. Apply music notation including pitch, meter, scales, key signatures, intervals, triads, time signatures, and rhythm. (MTC101)
  2. Apply aural skills necessary to hear relationships of intervals, rhythms, melody, and harmony in music. (MTC103)
  3. Apply basic computer literacy skills, including generic applications and music-specific programs with hands-on experience. (MTC180, MTC191, MTC192, MUC295)
  4. Apply commercial music and sound design techniques, using digital audio workstations and desktop music production system. (MTC191, MTC192)
  5. Follow the procedures to copyright a song, publish it, and select an appropriate performance rights agency. (MUC109, MUC110)
  6. Locate and use different levels of music industry professionals including entertainment attorneys, managers, agents, and concert promoters. (MUC109, MUC110)
  7. Market musical products in such areas as music arranging/composing, score preparation, recording technology, audio engineering, postproduction for film and television, and the advertising industry. (MUC109, MUC110)
  8. Apply pro tools editing and recording using the digidesign pro tools LE package. (MUC111, MUC112)
  9. Use recording studio components: speakers, signal processing equipment and electronic keyboards and MIDI equipment in a studio recording session. (MUC195, MUC195AA, MUC196)
  10. Apply generic signals flow concepts for recording consoles in different recording studios. Use recording studio components: recording consoles, recorders, microphones, and signal processing equipment in a studio recording session with various musicians. (MUC195, MUC195AA, MUC196)
  11. Set up sound reinforcement systems for mixing live performances with various styles of music. Apply concepts of signal flow for concert sound and placement of consoles, loudspeaker arrangements and microphones. (MUC197, MUC198)
  12. Produce and engineer a recording project from pre-production through delivery of the final mix. (MUC195, MUC195AA)
  13. Integrate human relations, communication, and technical skills as an intern in an appropriate business or industry. (MUC297AA)
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