Digital Audio Production (A.A.S.)
Purpose
The Digital Audio Production A.A.S. curriculum is designed for students planning to obtain a two-year degree in Digital Audio Production. Graduates will be able to obtain entry-level positions as a sound technician, audio engineer, recording studio technician, game audio designer, sound engineer for animation and film, audio producer, sound design artist, digital audio editor, production manager, production assistant, theater sound designer, and multimedia developer. The A.A.S. curriculum offers a comprehensive background and digital audio production expertise comparable to the first two years at a media conservatory.
Program Objectives
A graduate should be able to:
- Apply a basic knowledge of the recording industry, communication and audio history and theory to practical use.
- Use professional sound recording techniques and tools to record, engineer and edit music as well as conceive, plan, write, record, produce and edit audio pieces, projects, packages, programs, and stories.
- Tell, write, record, engineer and otherwise present a story using professional digital audio production and recording industry techniques and equipment.
- Apply practical knowledge of terminology, process, procedures, and use of current technology to enter entry-level employment in the recording industry and digital audio field.
Curriculum
First Semester
| COM 100 | Mass Media and Society | 2 |
| COM 160 | Media Literacy Workshop | 1 |
| COM 114 | Survey of Performing Arts | 3 |
| ENG 101 | English Composition I | 3 |
| HIS 103, 105 or 107 | History of Western Civilization | 3 |
| SPC 110, 113 or 115 (15 Credit Hours) |
Speech Elective | 3 |
Second Semester
| COM 101 | Survey of Mass Media Industries in U.S. | 2 |
| COM 161 | Media Industries Workshop | 1 |
| COM 104 | Introduction to Audio Equipment | 2 |
| COM 164 | Aural Experience Workshop | 1 |
| COM 153 or 159 | Workshop Elective | 1 |
| Elective | Laboratory Science | 4 |
| ENG 102 | English Composition II | 3 |
| Elective (16 Credit Hours) |
Physical Education | 2 |
Third Semester
| Elective | Discipline History * | 3 |
| MUS 120 | Music Fundamentals | 3 |
| COM 200 | Ethics, Responsibility, Mass Media, Law | 3 |
| COM 120 | Introduction to Scriptwriting | 2 |
| COM 121 | Introductory Scriptwriting Workshop | 1 |
| OR | ||
| COM 123 | Intro to Writing for Broadcast News | 2 |
| COM 124 | Broadcast News Writing Workshop | 1 |
| COM 250 | Introduction to Audio Production | 2 |
| COM 251 | Sound Design Workshop | 1 |
| COM 253 or 259 (16 Credit Hours) |
Workshop Elective | 1 |
Fourth Semester
| Elective | Communication or Music | 3 |
| COM 208 | Introduction to Media Operations | 2 |
| COM 209 | Media Operations Workshop | 1 |
| COM 256 | Audio Production | 2 |
| COM 257 | Digital Sound Production Workshop | 1 |
| COM 235 | Current Issues in Mass Media | 3 |
| COM 290 | Communication Capstone | 1 |
| Elective (16 Credit Hours) |
Elective ** | 3 |
TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS CREDIT: 63
| * | Choose One for Third Semester Elective COM 213 Rock and Roll, Radio, and the Recording Industry COM 214 Radio Around the World MUS 112 African American Traditional Music MUS 113 Music in American Culture MUS 114 Introduction to World Music Cultures MUS 210 History of Jazz |
| ** | Choose One for Fourth Semester Elective ANT 104 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology ECO 110 Elements of Economics GEO 130 or 137 Geography Elective POL 101 Introduction to Political Science PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology SOC 101 or 103 Sociology Elective |
