Music Production Minor

Prerequisite

Acceptance into the program might require a personal interview by the Thornton School of Music to assure that the student has sufficient musical background and skill.

Students admitted to this minor will be expected to have a minimum GPA of 2.0 and to maintain that average with no grade lower than a “C” for all courses taken in the minor.

Required Courses

• MTEC 245 Introduction to MIDI Sequencing Units: 1
• MTEC 246 Introduction to Audio Recording and Editing Units: 1
• MTEC 277x Introduction to Music Technology Units: 4 ^*
• MUCO 130ax Basics of Music Theory Units: 3
• MUSC 255 Songwriting I Units: 2

Select 8 units from the following:

• MTEC 378 Introduction to Mixing and Mastering Units: 2
• MTEC 443 Desktop Music Production Units: 2
• MTEC 444 Non-Linear MIDI Sequencing Units: 2
• MTEC 445 Advanced Desktop Music Production Units: 2
• MTEC 446a Computer Assisted Recording and Editing Units: 2
• MTEC 446b Computer Assisted Recording and Editing Units: 2
• MTEC 474a Electronic Synthesizer Techniques Units: 2, 3, 4 (2 units total)
• MTEC 474b Electronic Synthesizer Techniques Units: 2, 3, 4 (2 units total)
• MTEC 478 Advanced Multichannel Remix Units: 2
• MUSC 355 Songwriting II Units: 2
• MUCO 338x Elementary Orchestration Units: 2
• SCOR 403 Introduction to Scoring Movies and Television Units: 2 ^**
• SCOR 405 Introduction to Scoring Video Games Units: 2 ^**

Note:

*Music Industry majors can substitute MTEC 175  and MTEC 176  for MTEC 277 .

**Courses have prerequisites

Total Units: 19