Associate of Applied Science | 67 credits minimum

Communication and Performing Arts Division
South City Campus SCM 1-159
General Information 801-957-4073
Program Information 801-957-3099
Program Website
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Program Faculty
Professors - Craig Ferrin
Associate Professors - Thomas Baggaley, Jon Clark

Program Description
The Music Recording Technology AAS degree program will provide students with the required skills to perform high-level tasks in the music recording industry, the business skills to be successful entrepreneurs, and the opportunity to build a portfolio of projects that will demonstrate their skills and technical abilities. Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators perform a wide variety of tasks. Their duties include setting up, operating, and maintaining the electronic equipment used in nearly all radio and television broadcasts, concerts, plays, sound recordings, and movies. They also install and maintain audiovisual equipment in businesses, schools, homes, performance venues, and other settings. There are many specialized occupations in this field.

This program will help students develop the requisite skills and technical knowledge to install and maintain audiovisual equipment and to make professional quality audio recordings for a variety of media (film, television, radio, commercial recordings, computer games, etc.); it will also help students develop the entrepreneurial ability to help them to monetize these skills. The program strives to combine a solid foundation in traditional musical and technical instruction with opportunities to gain experience working on projects modeled after those regularly encountered by professionals in the music and multimedia production industries. Music Recording Technology students will collaborate with students from other programs, such as film or animation students, as a part of their education and training.

Career Opportunities
Students completing the degree program will have received training that will help to prepare them to work as a recording engineer in a music recording studio and for freelance work as a sound designer for live concert productions. According to the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Handbook 2010-11 edition, about 29 percent of broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators worked in broadcasting (except Internet broadcasting), and 15 percent worked in the motion picture, video, and sound recording industries. About 13 percent were self-employed. Students may also find freelance work in the allied fields of sound design/synthesis, film sound, songwriting, composition and arranging, although the best preparation for such jobs will take place through the completion of the appropriate elective courses.

Transfer/Articulation Information
The core of classes of the Music Recording Technology AAS, also required for the Music AS degree, have been articulated with all state-sponsored higher education institutions in the state of Utah.

Estimated Cost for Students
Tuition and student fees: http://www.slcc.edu/student/financial/tuition-fees.aspx
Books: $550-$600
Course Fees: $425 (This can vary substantially if students take private music lessons or which performing groups they choose to participate in)

Estimated Time to Completion
If students follow the suggested sample schedule, completion time is four (4) semesters. Taking less than the recommended credits per semester will increase time to completion.

Program Entry Requirements
A musical background with performance experience including basic piano/keyboard skills and the ability to read music notation are desirable and will benefit students entering the program. Students with insufficient prior preparation may be required to take MUSC 1100 - Introduction to Music Theory  before being allowed to begin taking the required courses in Music Theory. Students with insufficient piano/keyboard skills may be required to take MUSC 1150  and MUSC 1160  to complete the piano proficiency requirement. Contact Thomas Baggaley: thomas.baggaley@slcc.edu.