Music Department | 3 CC - Certificate of Completion | 1 year

You will develop some exciting new skills in this program. Among these new skills, you should be able to:

• Utilize music and audio in digital format, including sound processing, editing, and mixing and others
• Analyze multimedia works in regards to music history and/or theory
• Demonstrate an awareness of ethical, legal, and business considerations involved when creating recorded audio works

Careers

Careers include:

• recording engineer
• live sound engineer
• media and sound post-production for internet companies
• sound/music for video games
• sound/media engineer for TV
• recording/sound for advertising production
• video post-production engineer
• sound engineer for radio
• video production engineer
• film sound recording engineer
• film post production for mixed media
• film post production for sound only
• film sound designer (FX)
• film foley artist
• technical support for music production software companies
• technical development for music production hardware and software
• sound technical development for software companies

Job Market

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PROGRAM CODE: CC.MUSICTECH

The Music Technology certificate gives students the core skills needed to enter the sound and music production industry.

RELATED INSTRUCTION OUTCOMES

Computation (1 course- MTH-050 Technical Mathematics I or MTH-065 Algebra II or higher)

• Use appropriate mathematics to solve problems.

Communication (1 course- WR-101 Communication Skills: Occupational Writing or WR-121 English Composition)

• Read actively, think critically, and write purposefully and capably for professional audiences.

Human Relations (1 course- COMM-100 Basic Speech Communication or COMM-126 Introduction to Gender Communication or COMM-140 Introduction to Intercultural Communication or COMM-218 Interpersonal Communication).

• Engage in ethical communication processes that accomplish goals

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:

• complete recording projects illustrating competence in professional audio recording technologies and the ability to complete the production process using appropriate software/hardware;
• complete recording projects that include elements of music and audio in digital format, including MIDI, sound sampling, synthesis, processing, editing, and mixing and display confidence in the use of associated software/hardware appropriate for these tasks in a professional setting;
• produce a final recording project that demonstrates preparedness for entry into a career related to music technology, and articulate how that project relates to professional opportunities in that field;
• critically analyze and discuss multimedia works (their own or others) in the context of music history and/or theory;
• demonstrate an awareness of ethical, legal, and business considerations involved when creating recorded audio works, including basic professional skills related to documentation and rights licensing for copyright, fair use, etc.