Program: Certificate in Sound Design - Southern Oregon University

Apr 03, 2025

2024-2025 Catalog

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 - Jazz and Justice 4 credits
MUS 205 - Rock History from 1900 - 1959 4 credits
MUS 206 - Rock Music of the 1960s-1970s 4 credits
MUS 207 - Rock Music from the 1970s-Present 4 credits
MUS 208 - Hip Hop Revolution: Rap Music and Culture in Contemporary America 4 credits
MUS 210 - American Country Music 4 credits
MUS 362 - Music History: 20th Century Music to Present 3 credits
MUS 460 - Special Topic: History 3 credits

Skills (6-8 credits required)

DCIN 101 - Production Tools: Audio (2 credits)

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

MUS 115 - Audio and Music Production I - Foundations (3 credits)

TA 242 - Fundamentals of Sound (4 credits)

and

MUS 215 - Audio & Music Production II - Pro Tools (3 credits)

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 (2 credits) / MUS 124 - Aural Skills 1 (2 credits)

Electives (15-16 credits from the following)

Courses taken to meet one of the requirements above will not also count toward the elective requirement.

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 302 - Podcast Design & Production 4 credits
EMDA 350 - Projects in Digital Media 1 to 4 credits
EMDA 407 - Seminar in Digital Media 4 credits
EMDA 409 - Practicum in Digital Media 1 to 15 credits
EMDA 461 - Programming for Artists 4 credits
EMDA 499 - Special Studies 1 to 4 credits
MUS 100 - Music Fundamentals 4 credits
MUS 115 - Audio and Music Production I - Foundations 3 credits
MUS 121 - Music Theory 1 2 credits
MUS 122 - Music Theory 2 2 credits
MUS 123 - Music Theory 3 2 credits
MUS 215 - Audio & Music Production II - Pro Tools 3 credits
MUS 216 - Audio & Music Production III - Micing, Mixing, and Mastering 3 credits
MUS 340 - Audio and Music Production IV - Game Audio (ProTools 130) 3 credits
MUS 341 - Audio and Music Production V - Music & Audio for Film & Video 3 credits
MUS 342 - Audio & Music Production VI - Live Sound Engineering 3 credits
MUS 409 - Practicum 1 to 15 credits
MUS 415 - Music Industry Studies 3 credits
MUS 416 - Music Publishing, Copyright, and Licensing 3 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 - Sound Design 4 credits