Undergraduate Division

Recording Arts Degrees  

Associate of Science in Recording Arts 

Major Ensemble

X090 Audio Technical Crew (2 cr.) required every fall semester, spring semester, and second summer session in which a student is registered for any music or non-music course.

Recording Arts Courses

37 credit hours

Required:

  • A101 Introduction to Audio Technology (3 cr.)
  • A102 Audio Techniques I (3 cr.)
  • A201 Audio Techniques II (3 cr.)
  • A202 Audio Techniques III (3 cr.)
  • A111 Basic Electricity (3 cr.)
  • A112 Electronics I (3 cr.)
  • A211 Electronics II (3 cr.)
  • A311 Audio Repair and Maintenance I (3 cr.)
  • A270 Multitrack Studio Techniques I (3 cr.)
  • A370 Multitrack Studio Techniques II (2 cr.)
  • A470 Individual Multitrack Studio Projects (2 cr.) (one semester of A360 Recording Arts: Techniques and Production I, may be substituted for A470)
  • A150 Introductory Seminar in Recording Arts (1 cr.)
  • A350 Seminar in Recording Arts (1 cr.)
  • A461 Final Project in Recording Arts (1 cr.)
  • A480 Internship in Audio (3 cr.)
Core Music Courses
  • Z101 Music for the Listener (3 cr.) and Z111 Introduction to Music Theory (3 cr.)
  • Or, for students with sufficient music background, T109 Rudiments of Music I (3 cr.) and T151 Music Theory and Literature I (3 cr.).
General Education

17 credit hours

  • Written and Oral Expression English composition, 2 credit hours or competency.
  • Humanities 3 credit hours.
  • Life and Physical Sciences and Mathematics 5-10 credit hours.
    • Required physics courses: PHYS P105 Basic Physics of Sound (3 cr.) and PHYS P108 Intermediate Acoustics Laboratory (2 cr.)
    • Recommended: PHYS P201 General Physics (5 cr.) or PHYS P221 Physics I (5 cr.).
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours.
  • Electives 0-4 credit hours selected from “General Education Requirements.”
To Complete Degree

Free music or non-music electives as needed to bring the total credit hours to 60, excluding major ensemble and I400.

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