Bachelor of Science Degree in Digital Audio Technology

Catalog 2004 - 2006

Today’s entertainment, manufacturing and information delivery industries are driven by sophisticated audio technologies and need audio experts with both musical skills and production experience.

The Digital Audio Technology program offers a unique blend of music, audio, science, and technology that offers students the opportunity to study and utilize the concept-to-delivery audio production pipeline. Unprecedented advances in audio technology allow musicians and audio specialists to acquire their own studio quality professional audio gear.

In the DAT program, students receive instruction in recording, audio editing, musicianship, and the business of audio and project management. The final three trimesters of study concentrate on audio production tailored to students’ specific needs.

A student who completes the DAT program is prepared for future employment as a studio recording engineer, CD producer, audio contractor, songwriter, musician, DJ, video game composer, motion picture composer, corporate audio media specialist or sound designer.

offerings

Learning Outcomes

By completing the requirements for the Digital Audio technology degree students will:

• Apply and integrate knowledge of music, science, and technology to convey, store, and disseminate audio information
• Create formally consistent and emotionally engaging musical structures,
• Be able to analyze landmark issues pertaining to music and its industry

Credits

Core courses (52)
General Education courses (47)
Concentration courses (30)

TOTAL credits for Bachelor of Science Degree (129)

Program of Study

CORE COURSES (52 credits)

CV101 2D Design & Color I (3)
CV142 Interactivity Fundamentals (3)
CV242 Interactivity and Synchronization (3)
DA100 Desktop Audio Production (3)
DA110 Sound Synthesis I (3)
DA200 Audio Recording I (3)
DA215 Portfolio Preparation (3)
DA240 Technology of MIDI (3)
DA300 Audio Recording II (3)
DA320 Principles of Digital Audio (3)
MU102 Comprehensive Musicianship I (3)
MU112 Comprehensive Musicianship II (3)
MU140 Music Perception (3)
MU202 Comprehensive Musicianship III (3)
MU212 Comprehensive Musicianship IV (3)
MU230 Synthestration (3)
SE Programming Elective (4)

GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES (47 credits)

EN100 English Composition (3)
EN210 Cultural Diversity In Literature (3)
EN320 Technical Communication (3)
HU170 US History - Or - SS100 US Government (3)
HU122 World Music (3)
HU127 History of Music Technology (3)
HU222 History of 20th Century Music (3)
HU300 General Studies Project (3)
SS123 World Cultures (3)
HU/SS Electives (3)
EN/HU/SS Electives (3)
MA116 Pre-Calculus(4)
MA133 Calculus I (4)
SC100 Basic Concepts of Physics (3)
SC120 Foundations of Musical Acoustics (3)

CONCENTRATION COURSES (30 credits)

MU330 Composition for Soundtracks (3)
MU302 Style and Idea in Music (3)
DA440 Digital Sound Design - Or- DA401 Advanced Audio Recording (3)

2 Portfolio Courses (6)
(DA 491, 492)

IM401 Innovation Management I (3)
IM402 Innovation Management II (3)

3 Upper Division Electives (9)