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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