Music Production Minor

The Music Production Minor provides students with a wide variety of skills using digital audio technology to create, record, master, and manipulate music. and sounds. In addition, students hone their listening and music-creation ability through the study of music theory, composition and sound design.

Required Courses (19 Units)

MUS 111 - Keyboard Musicianship Units: 2
MUS 219 - Foundations of Harmony Units: 3
MUS 320 - Composition: Film Scoring Units: 3
MUS 320C - Music Production: DAWs, Beat-making, and Mixing Units: 3
MUS 360 - Music Tech Essentials - Notation, MIDI, and DAWs Units: 2
MUS 361 - Music Production: Recording and Live Sound Units: 3
JMC 154 - Radio and Audio Production Units: 3

Program Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to:

Use technology to digitally create musical compositions in all genres;
Demonstrate effective midi recording and digital editing skills;
Apply principles of harmonic progressions and rhythmic grooves to generative electronic and electro-acoustic music.