Audio Production & Engineering Diploma

This course will provide students with a broad introduction to the entertainment industry and the interrelationships between art, technology, and business. During the course, students will be introduced to the music, broadcast, motion picture, game, and live event industries and their various subsidiaries.

This course introduces students to topics related to entertainment law, with emphasis on entertainment contracts and intellectual property protection. Students explore the impact of the digital revolution and its impact on the entertainment industry and explore strategies for protecting and exploiting rights within the digital domain. Students are also introduced to entertainment agreements and evolving trends and the impact of entertainment law on specific entertainment industry sectors.

This course will provide students with the knowledge and skills to properly represent themselves as working professionals in the entertainment industry. During this course, students will be introduced to resume writing, communication skills, business ethics, and goal recognition, as well as practical information and practical exercises that will enhance career development plans and improve job-search skills. Students will also examine the various jobs and career paths within the entertainment industry.

This course will provide students with a broad and thorough insight into basic and advanced rudiments of music theory and composition. During this course, students will be introduced to notation, structure, terms and symbols, chord structures, and scales in a practical sense, to compose and arrange music. Students will also be introduced to the core concepts of harmony and arranging, and apply them to practical exercises.

This course will provide students with a broad introduction into the theoretical, technical, creative, and artistic principles of sound and recording in the digital domain. During this course, students will be introduced to digital audio basics, hardware, software and interfaces through theory, application, and operating principles.

This course will provide students with an understanding of the practical applications and creative principles used in sound for motion picture and television. During the course, students will be introduced to various post-production principles and techniques in a practical hands-on environment. Students will explore and develop the recording and editing techniques used for sound design, dialogue, sound effects, Foley and music for film, television, games and mobile applications.

This course will provide students with the comprehensive practical skills needed to work with digital audio recording technologies and is designed to cover the practical application of the theoretical principles learned in the Digital Technologies course. During this course, students will develop advanced practical skills using hardware and software based digital technologies, as well as the principles and techniques of advanced recording and editing of music on a DAW through a comprehensive study of Pro Tools.

This course will provide students with a broad introduction into the theoretical, technical, creative and artistic principles of sound and recording in the digital domain. During this course students will be introduced to digital audio basics, hardware, software and interfaces through theory, application and operating principles.

This course will provide students with the comprehensive practical skills needed to work with digital audio recording technologies and is designed to cover the practical application of the theoretical principles learned in the Digital Technologies course. During this course, students will develop advanced practical skills using hardware and software based digital technologies, as well as the principles and techniques of advanced recording and editing of music on a DAW through a comprehensive study of Pro Tools.

This course will provide students with a practical and creative introduction to synthesizer technology, synthesis, sampling, and the MIDI Protocol. During this course, students will be introduced to synthesizers and the creative practical application of keyboards, hardware and software as they apply to musical composition and production.

This course will provide students with a broad introduction to the technical, creative, and business responsibilities of a record producer. During this course, students will be introduced to production communication skills, the creative, business, and management responsibilities of today’s music producers, and an overview of record producers and their music throughout the history of recorded music.

This course will provide students with a broad and thorough insight into the history of music and art, and their impact on and from culture. During this course, students will be introduced to the evolution of music and the interrelationships between various musical styles and genres through historical study.

This course will provide students with a complete introduction to the principles of sound through a comprehensive study of physics. During this course, students will be introduced to acoustic principles, wave propagation, and auditory perception as they apply to the techniques used to produce and record sound.

This course will provide students with comprehensive insight into the principles of electricity and electronics. During this course, students will be introduced to a variety of concepts and terms, including electric charges, electromagnetic fields, electric current, electric circuits, electric fields, and electric potential, as well as the use
of electricity as it pertains to show systems in live entertainment. Students will also examine analog and digital electronics and become familiarized with the concepts behind fundamental circuits found in nearly all electronic instruments, including the behavior of passive Ohmic elements, resistors, capacitors, inductors, in circuits (voltage dividers and filters) and passive non-Ohmic components like diodes and transistors in circuits.

This course will provide students with comprehensive insight into the principles of electricity and electronics. During this course, students will be introduced to a variety of concepts and terms, including electric charges, electromagnetic fields, electric current, electric circuits, electric fields, and electric potential, as well as the use of electricity as it pertains to show systems in live entertainment. Students will also examine analog and digital electronics and become familiarized with the concepts behind fundamental circuits found in nearly all electronic instruments, including the behavior of passive Ohmic elements, resistors, capacitors, inductors, in circuits (voltage dividers and filters) and passive non-Ohmic components like diodes and transistors in circuits.

This course will provide students with thorough practical application of the theoretical, technical, creative, and artistic principles learned in the Recording Engineering class. Students will gain knowledge of practical physics and become technically capable and encouraged to begin acting and thinking as professional recording engineers.

This course will provide students with a comprehensive introduction into the techniques used by successful songwriters to craft memorable songs. During this course, students will analyze contemporary songs through a study of lyrics, melody, chord progressions, rhythm, form, arrangement, and production styles, in order to begin to understand the principles and techniques used to create commercially successful and marketable music.