2021-2022 Catalog

Music Production Concentration

Coursework

Required Courses:

MUSC 113Learning to Compose

4 units

MUSC 247Pro Tools Fundamentals

4 units

MUSC 348Mixing and Mastering

4 units

MUSC 351Music Theory IV

4 units

Production Elective

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

MUSC 242Music and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

4 units

MUSC 245Introduction to Music Business

4 units

MUSC 246Live Sound Engineering

4 units

MUSC 248Advanced Production: Sampling and Synthesis

4 units

MUSC 249Recording Techniques

4 units

MUSC 252Introduction to Songwriting

4 units

MUSC 258Introduction 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 109Piano Class

1 unit

MUSA 204Jazz & Commercial Piano (One Hour)

0 or 1 unit

Ensemble

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

MUSC 120College Chorus

1 unit

MUSC 121Glee Club (Sopranos/Altos)

2 units

MUSC 122Glee Club (Tenors/Basses)

2 units

MUSC 123Afro-Cuban Drumming

1 unit

MUSC 124Son Jarocho Ensemble

1 unit

MUSC 127Jazz Ensemble

1 unit

MUSC 129Chamber Music

0 or 1 unit

MUSC 130Symphony Orchestra

0 or 1 unit