Music Production Concentration

Coursework

Required Courses:

MUSC 247	Pro Tools Fundamentals	4 units
MUSC 257	Composition Seminar	4 units
MUSC 348	Mixing and Mastering	4 units
MUSC 351	Theory and Practice of Music III	4 units

Production Elective

Students are required to complete one 4-unit production elective from the list below.

MUSC 245	Introduction to Music Business	4 units
MUSC 246	Live Sound Engineering	4 units
MUSC 248	Advanced Production: Sampling and Synthesis	4 units
MUSC 249	Recording Techniques	4 units
MUSC 252	Introduction to Songwriting	4 units
MUSC 258	Introduction to Film Scoring	4 units

Piano Study

Students new to piano study are required to take two semesters of MUSC 109. Students with substantial prior piano study may take the Piano Proficiency Exam to pass out of one or both semesters of MUSC 109. Those students who pass out of one semester of MUSC 109 will complete this requirement with one semester of MUSA 204. Those students who pass out of two semesters of MUSC 109 will complete this requirement with two semesters of MUSA 204. 

MUSC 109	Piano Class	1 unit
MUSA 204	Jazz & Commercial Piano (One Hour)	0 or 1 unit

Ensemble

Students must participate in two semesters of ensemble, selected from the courses below.

MUSC 120	College Chorus	1 unit
MUSC 121	Women's Glee Club	2 units
MUSC 122	Men's Glee Club	2 units
MUSC 123	Afro-Cuban Drumming	1 unit
MUSC 124	Son Jarocho Ensemble	1 unit
MUSC 127	Jazz Ensemble	1 unit
MUSC 129	Chamber Music	0 or 1 unit
MUSC 130	Symphony Orchestra	0 or 1 unit