Undergraduate Division
Audio Engineering and Sound Production Degrees
Associate of Science in Audio Engineering and Sound Production
Admission Requirements
A background in music is recommended for admission to the degree program. See "Admission Requirements" in the Undergraduate Division section of this bulletin.
Major Ensemble
X90 Audio Technical Crew (2 cr.) 2 credit hours each semester until four fall-spring enrollments are reached.
Audio Engineering and Sound Production Courses
34 credit hours
Required:
- A101 Introduction to Audio Technology (3 cr.)
- A102 Audio Techniques I (3 cr.)
- A111 Electronics I (3 cr.)
- A112 Electronics II (3 cr.)
- A150 Introductory Seminar in Audio Engineering and Sound Production (1 cr.)
- A201 Audio Techniques II (3 cr.)
- A202 Audio Techniques III (3 cr.)
- A270 Multitrack Studio Techniques I (3 cr.)
- A350 Seminar in Audio Engineering and Sound Production (1 cr.)
- A370 Multitrack Studio Techniques II (3 cr.)
- A461 Final Project in Audio Engineering and Sound Production (1 cr.)
- A470 Individual Multitrack Studio Projects (3 cr.) (One semester of A360 Classical Music Recording and Production may be substituted for A470.)
- A480 Internship in Audio (3 cr.)
Core Music Courses
6 credit hours
- Z111 Introduction to Music Theory (3 cr.)
- Z211 Music Theory II (3 cr.)
Or, for students with sufficient music background:
- T109 Rudiments of Music I (3 cr.) or Music Fundamentals Online
- T151 Music Theory and Literature I (3 cr.)
General Education
17 credit hours
- English Composition (3 cr.) ENG W131 Reading, Writing, & Inquiry I, ENG W170 Introduction to Argumentative Writing, or CMLT C110 Writing the World
- Arts and Humanities (3 cr.) Fulfilled by completing MUS T109, MUS T151, MUS Z101, or MUS Z111
- Social and Historical Studies (3 cr.)
- Natural and Mathematical Sciences (3 cr.) Required physics course: PHYS P105 Basic Physics of Sound
- Electives 5 credit hours selected from general education course list or foreign language courses.
To Complete Degree
Music or non-music electives as needed to bring the total credit hours to 60, excluding I400 and major ensemble.