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It may not be a soaring guitar solo, but Audio Production is an essential element in the digital arts. It's the bass line—always there, tying it all together. A degree in Audio Production prepares you to be an effective member of a multimedia design team, with skills as an audio recording engineer for music production, audio for video, and live sound applications.
Quality music production takes more than a passionate performer. The Audio Specialist skillfully adds order, sparkle, clarity, balance and depth to an artist’s creation while controlling intensely cool software, consoles, microphones, and processors. The engineer may or may not be a performing musician, but still develops a deep understanding for music in a wide range of styles.
This degree lays a solid foundation for a career in a music recording studio, television and film sound recording, commercial advertising and voice-over, corporate presentations, and even computer game audio. Live sound control is needed in concert halls, churches, clubs, theaters, and theme parks across the nation, and production facilities are not limited to Nashville, New York, and Los Angeles.
In addition to sound production, this degree uniquely prepares our students to work as leaders on a multimedia team, rooted firmly in traditional and computer graphics, computer programming, and business marketing.
Some audio professionals earn tremendous amounts of money, but a middle-class income is more typical. Graduates can expect initially to earn moderate incomes in entry-level or assistant positions with career expansion coming as responsibility and experience grow.
- Recording studio engineer
- Audio-visual specialist
- Broadcast engineer
- Movie and Video sound production
- Foley artist
- Live Sound engineer
- Media project technician
- Performance applications manager
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| Serving Size 1 Semester (16cr) Semesters Per Degree 8 (128cr)* |
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| Bachelor of Science in Digital Arts & Design Audio Production Specialization |
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| Degree Requirements | 128 cr |
| Credits | |
| Digital Arts & Design Core | 27 |
| ART 122 Design II - Color | 3 |
| ART 123 3-D Design | 3 |
| ARTD 282 2-D Design on Computers I | 3 |
| DAD 110 Introduction to Digital Arts & Design | 3 |
| DAD 215 Team Building/Creative Problem Solving | 3 |
| DAD 222 Audio Production I | 3 |
| DAD 494 Internship | 1 |
| DAD 498 Undergraduate Research/Scholarship | 2 |
| SPCM 225 Symbolic & Strategic Communication | 3 |
| ENGL 480 Contemporary Rhetoric | 3 |
| Audio Production Specialization | 37 |
| NOTE: Students in this specialization must take ART 121, SOC 285 and CSC 150 as part of the general education requirements. | |
| BADM 360 Organization Mgmt | 3 |
| CSC 250 Computer Science II | 3 |
| DAD 322 Audio Production II | 3 |
| DAD 323 Live Sound Reinforcement | 2 |
| DAD 350 Recording Sessions | 2 |
| DAD 422 Audio Production III | 3 |
| DAD 423 Midi Techniques | 3 |
| DAD 424 Audio for Video Post Production | 3 |
| MCOM 353 Web-based Interactivity | 3 |
| MUS 108 Basic Musicianship for Audio/Music Industry | 3 |
| MUS 204 Intro to American Pop Music | 3 |
| MUS 292 Topics. | 3 |
| SPCM 250 Storytelling OR THEA 241 Stagecraft |
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| Electives | 23 |
| NOTE: Students are strongly encouraged to take MUAP 110 or MUAP 115 and MUEN 100 or MUEN 122 for electives. | |
| General Education Requirements | 30 |
| Institutional Requirements | 11 |
| * The serving size is based on a four year degree plan, so your course load may vary depending on your specific educational goals. The values here are current as of the 2009-10 DSU course catalog. | |
