Certificate in Sound Design

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The Certificate in Sound Design provides students with a focused curriculum in sound design theory and practice. Students engage in technical, cultural, and interdisciplinary contexts for sound and build experience creating sound-based projects for a variety of media and end-use applications.

Certificate Requirements (31-35 credits)

Context (3-4 credits from the following)

ARTH 311 / MUS 311 - Art and Music of the Twentieth Century to Present 4 credits
MUS 201 - Classical Music 4 credits
MUS 202 - Music of the World 4 credits
MUS 203 - American Jazz 4 credits
MUS 205 - Rockin’ in the Free World: Rock History from 1900-1959 4 credits
MUS 206 - Hey, Hey, My, My, Rock and Roll Will Never Die: Rock Music of the 1960s-1970s 4 credits
MUS 207 - On the Cover of the Rolling Stone: Rock Music from the 1970s-Present 4 credits
MUS 208 - Hip Hop Revolution: Rap Music and Culture in Contemporary America 4 credits
MUS 362 - Music History 3 3 credits
MUS 460 - Special Topic: History 3 credits

Skills (6-8 credits required)

DCIN 101 - Production Tools 1: Audio (2 credits)

EMDA 202 - Sound and Narrative Design / EMDA 202R - Sound and Narrative Design - Recitation (4 credits)

TA 242 - Theatre Sound (4 credits)

and

TA 342 - Sound Engineering (4 credits)

Theory (7 credits required)

SC 120 - Concepts in Science: Light and Sound (4 credits)

and

MUS 100 - Music Fundamentals (3 credits)

MUS 121 - Music Theory 1 (3 credits)

Electives (15-16 credits from the following)

ART 363 - Digital Performance Methods 1-4 credits
ART 365 - Sound Art and Experimental Music Methods 1-4 credits
DCIN 313 - Design Problems in Sound & Light 4 credits
DCIN 409 - Practicum/Internship in Digital Cinema 1 to 15 credits
EMDA 350 - Projects in Digital Media 1 to 4 credits
EMDA 407 - Seminar in Digital Media 1 to 4 credits
EMDA 409 - Practicum in Digital Media 1 to 15 credits
EMDA 461 - Programming for Artists 1 to 4 credits
EMDA 499 - Special Studies 1 to 15 credits
MUS 100 - Music Fundamentals 3 credits
MUS 121 - Music Theory 1 3 credits
MUS 122 - Music Theory 2 3 credits
MUS 123 - Music Theory 3 3 credits
MUS 409 - Practicum 1 to 15 credits
MUS 415 - Introduction to the Music Industry 4 credits
MUS 440 - Musical Form 3 credits
MUS 441 - Orchestration 3 credits
MUS 442 - Counterpoint 3 credits
MUS 443 - Composition Survey 3 credits
MUS 444 - Jazz Theory 3 credits
MUS 445 - Special Topic: Theory 3 credits
MUS 446 - Theory in Performance 3 credits
TA 407 - Seminar 1 to 9 credits
TA 442 - Theatre Sound Design 4 credits