The creative professions require innovative individuals with clear vision. Freshmen at The Art Institute of Philadelphia will work together to develop the vision of what makes a successful student and professional. This course begins by welcoming students into the Art Institute of Philadelphia community and helping them integrate into this student environment. Students then get to know college and community resources, explore their goals for success, and work on establishing a visionary course for the development of their professional portfolio. The course concludes with attending the portfolio show of the graduating class. (0 quarter credits, 2 hours per week)
Prerequisites: None
This course introduces students to the theories, practices, and tools used in digital audio production and techniques of non-linear editing, focusing on the fundamental theories and concepts behind various types of digital audio tools. Through lectures and in-class projects, students develop knowledge and skills needed to operate non-linear audio workstations. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: Co-requisite AP10120
This course examines the principles of audio signals and the equipment used to record, edit, and playback audio content. Students will begin to develop an understanding of signal flow of audio systems using block diagrams. A survey of audio transmission, manipulation, and delivery systems including cables, connectors, basic stereo mixers, microphones, amplifiers, and loudspeakers will be presented. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: Co-requisite AP10110
Students explore the music industry and its constituent sectors, including musical performance, recording, promoting, and record distribution. Lectures and projects focus on identifying various career opportunities and typical career paths in the music industry and knowledge and skill sets needed to succeed as an entry level professional. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
In this course students continue to study the principles of audio signals and the equipment used to record, process, and distribute audio content. Sound in acoustical form is discussed in relation to studio acoustics. Students expand their understanding of signal flow of advanced audio systems by creating and reading complex block diagrams. Some of the topics studied in depth are: signal processors, dynamic range, distortion, analogue recording, and SMPTE time code. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: AP10120
This course introduces the student to ear-training and critical listening from the perspective of the audio engineer and contemporary production techniques. The student will learn to aurally analyze and identify typical contemporary popular song forms and the production techniques used to create them. This course examines the physical behavior of sound indoors and outdoors. Topics include human hearing and the principles of psychoacoustics, sound propagation, transmission, reflection, diffraction, diffusion, noise reduction, basic studio and room acoustics, and sound isolation. Concepts will be presented through lectures and case studies. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: AP10110
The theoretical foundations presented in Audio Technology II are reinforced in this course through practical, hands-on applications. Students learn the operational techniques of basic audio systems with an emphasis on mix down of prerecorded multi track tapes and eight-track recording projects. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: AP10220
This course introduces students to the rudiments of music theory. Students will begin to develop proficiency in the language of music by learning to identify notes, clefs, and other symbols used in music as notation as well as common scales and simple rhythms. Time will be spent introducing the concept and structure of the lead sheet. An ear-training component will develop the students’ skill in identifying and transcribing simple melodies, chords, and rhythms. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: AP10230
Students learn the concepts and production techniques used with ProTools integrated into a digital audio workstation. Topics include computer based digital audio workstations, sound design; field recording, digital audio transfer protocols, software-based effects plug-ins, and online automation. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: AP10320
This course continues developing students’ understanding of the rudiments of music theory by introducing the concepts of harmony, voice leading, modes and compound time signatures. Students will move from reading and understanding simple lead sheets and learn to create lead sheets of their own. Ear training exercises will expand on work done in Music Theory I to include more complex chords and intervals. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: AP10330
This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts of electronics as they relate to audio production. Topics include Ohm’s Law, AC and DC circuits, basic troubleshooting for audio equipment, AC line voltage and filtered DC voltage, etc. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: AP10220, GE10340
This course covers in depth the use of Pro Tools in a number of different professional studio operation scenarios. Topics include SMPTE time code and synchronization, digital console automation, OMF file transfers, synchronization and machine control in post-production, and introduction to surround mixing and surround formats. Additionally, this course will outline the terminology and practice of typical post-production audio. Concepts of ADR, foley, sound design, and composing for film and video will be explored. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: AP10410
Sound Design is the most critical part of audio post production. This course covers the fundamentals of sound design concept development, music selection, scoring, selection of sound effects, the whole process of creating, designing, and producing sound content for targeted audiences, and intended delivery systems. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GE10120, GE10210, AP10230
In this course, students explore the concepts, building, and application of transformers and filters to learn to read, interpret, and utilize data from schematic circuit diagrams. Emphasis is placed upon applying these electronic devices to the operation and troubleshooting of audio equipment. Students focus on the theoretical principles, physical properties, build, and characteristics of various microphones. They will learn to take apart and assemble the components of a microphone and perform basic troubleshooting and repairing of microphones. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: AP20510
This course allows students to develop a working theoretical and skills-based knowledge of the multi-timbral synthesizer and the sequencing environment within the context of the contemporary MIDI production studio. Both live and studio applications are covered, and full use is made of the digital signal processing resources available within the equipment. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: AP10220, AP10420
In this course students learn to set up and operate various audio equipment for a typical live sound reinforcement. Topics include reading block diagrams of audio systems, wiring speakers, connecting powers, testing and adjusting microphones, troubleshooting sound systems, and fine-tune reinforcement effects. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
In MIDI Systems II, students develop a detailed knowledge of the MIDI language and learn to apply more flexible and in-depth uses of sequencers involving graphical and list-based editing, static and dynamic parameter and tempo automation, and the basic recording of MIDI messages. Students gain greater proficiency in MIDI production processes through small group and individual production projects. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: AP20620
Prerequisites: AP20630
This is a marketing course for an Audio Media Business. Students develop and understanding of the strategic planning process, assessing organization marketing resources and opportunities, SWOT, understanding the marketing concept, managing customer relations, and conduct demographic analysis for customer needs. Students develop and understanding of marketing strategies to market effectively a value-added Audio Media Business. Additionally, issues revolving around Audio Media e-commerce and Audio Media e-business strategies will be explored. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: LS20620
This course covers the techniques and technology typical to professional music recording and mixing using advanced large format consoles. Topics include: studio procedures and professionalism, computerized console operation, advanced signal flow, signal processing, analytical and critical listening skills, close, distant and stereo mix techniques for a variety of musical instruments, and basic mix down strategies. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: AP20720, AP20520
Students expand and develop the skills learned in Fundamentals of Audio Production through multi-track recording projects. The course focuses on recording techniques used in music production. Emphasis is placed on signal flow for basic tracks, mix down, and overdubs. Other topics include close and distant microphone techniques, recording session management, studio documentation, signal processing, and moving fader automation systems. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course develops advanced skills using synthesizers and samplers. Students study the elements of sound and how they apply to simple and complex waveforms, envelopes, lfo’s, filters, and keyboard architecture. Theory and practice with sampling and subtractive synthesis using software and hardware sound sources. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: AP20710
This course initiates a two quarter long comprehensive project which will be integral to students’ final portfolios. Students will employ their cumulative skills to pre-produce a significant, sophisticated, multi-track digital audio work. Committee and/or faculty will approve the project content and the type of audio work. Projects will be carried out individually or in groups based on the needs of the class as determined by the instructor. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: AP20810
This course will survey both commercially available synthesis methods and recent developments at audio research institutes. Students will also survey the current market for hardware and software implementations of various synthesis methods. Analytical listening sessions will expose students to synthesis methods in various musical contexts. Detailed study of subtractive, FM, physical modeling, and granular synthesis will culminate in original sound design projects. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: AP20830
Prerequisites: AP30910
In this course students will study the methods and systems used in mastering audio. They will study gain structure, compression, equalization and other techniques as applied to the mastering process. They will gain an understanding of optimum working levels for the various delivery methods of audio. The course also looks at various problems that are addressed in the mastering process. Ultimately, they will prepare a PMCD which is ready for mass production. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course covers the multiple facets of starting up and operating an audio media business. Topics of learning consist of the development of an industry analysis, and a comprehensive business plan. The industry analysis will provide the empirical market data so that the student can assess and define a need in a particular audio media market niche. The business plan will include the legal structure of the business, organizational hierarchy, executive summary, competitive analysis, locations) plan, startup costs, operational budget, human resource plan, training and development plan, traditional and Web marketing plan, accounting plan, trade association plan, social responsibility plan, contingency and disaster management plan, business proposal, contracts, ethics, government regulations, copyrights, etc. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: AP20730
In this first portfolio course, students will assess personal strength to establish a career goal and decide how to organize their audio production work in a graduation portfolio. Guided by a faculty or a team of faculty, each student assembles a preliminary portfolio and identifies areas for more work an/or content enhancement. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course continues the two-quarter long comprehensive project begun in Senior Project I. Students will employ cumulative skills to produce a significant, sophisticated, multi-track digital audio work. Projects will be carried out individually or in groups based on the needs of the class as determined by the instructor. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: AP31010
Built on the preliminary collection of work form Portfolio Preparation, this course allows each student to determine and design the final organization and presentation of the graduation portfolio. Each student is expected to verbally present the portfolio and address audience questions as a form of defense. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: AP41120
This course introduces the students to video production. Instruction is given on basic techniques of production including video camera orientation, lighting, sound, set-up and operation. The course provides an overview of various video and television production processes. Introduction to the technology of video recording playback is also covered. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
In this course students explore the features and functions of video editing systems and learn to edit using these non-linear systems. Students will also explore various media available for output of animation and use the appropriate equipment to output animation to tape. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: DF10110
Interactive visual design encompasses broadcast design skills and information architectures as utilized in the creation of interactive, media-rich, streaming applications and presentations. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: VE20710 OR DF20620 OR AP20620
In this course students will output broadcast quality video projects to digital media formats such as CD-ROM, DVD, DVD-ROM, and learn the art of digital video compression for digital distribution via the Internet. Students will demonstrate the ability to design and create basic menu interfaces for the digital video disc media using industry standard software packages. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: DF20620 OR AP20620
This is a composition course that stresses the writing process. Students will write multi-paragraph essays using the following expository modes: description, narration, example, comparison/contrast, classification/division, process analysis, and causal analysis. Nonfiction readings will be covered to help illustrate writing structures and the organization of ideas. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: ASSET placement OR successful completion (grade "C") of GE0011EN and/or GE0012RD
This is a composition course that focuses primarily on analytical and persuasive writing, as well as the research paper. Emphasis is also placed on critical reading and thinking. Cultural issues such as diversity, multiculturalism, tolerance, and effective communication will be discussed in connection with some writing assignments. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GE10110
This course covers algebraic techniques and problem-solving, such as algebraic and complex fractions, operations with real numbers, linear functions and systems, quadratic equations, radicals and radical expressions, factoring, polynomials, conic equations and applications, exponents and radicals. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: ASSET placement OR successful completion (grade "C") of GE0013MA, GE0013MA
This course surveys Western art forms relative to political, social, religious, and economic movements from the Baroque to present day. Topics include painting, sculpture, decorative arts, architecture, photography, and conceptual art. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
In this course, students will learn professional methods of speaking and of communicating their ideas and experience to others. Students will prepare and deliver demonstration and persuasive speeches designed to be effective with a variety of audiences. Students will also participate in small group presentations. Topics include subject selection, audience analysis, research, organization, and the use of voice and body in speech delivery. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
In this course, students apply technology, modeling, and problem-solving skills to the study of trigonometric and circular functions, identities and inverses, along with their applications. This also includes the study of polar coordinates and complex numbers. Vectors in two and three dimensions are studied and applied. Quadratic relations are represented in polar, rectangular, and parametric forms. The concept of limit is applied to rational functions and to discrete functions such as infinite sequences and series. The formal definition of limit is applied to proofs of the continuity of functions and provides a bridge to calculus. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GE10220
This course presents a survey of major events and development in the history of motion media and mass communication. The survey focuses on the relationship between technology and media development and explores the impact motion media and mass communication have on society and economy. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This is course an introduction to the concepts, theory and practice of ethical decision-making in the personal and social realms. Concepts such as justice, mercy, responsibility, and morality are considered. Students will learn about a broad range of ethical theories and theorists, ancient to modern. These theories will be compared, contrasted, and applied to a variety of ethical problems, dilemmas, and controversies. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GE10110, GE10210
Students will study the following principles: motion and the effects of unbalanced force systems acting upon rigid bodies; Newton’s laws of motion; motion along straight and curved paths; weight; work, energy and power; impulse, momentum and impact. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GE10220 OR GE10450
This course focuses on aesthetics, which is alternately defined as philosophy of art, philosophy of beauty, and philosophy of taste. All three definitions point to the ways in which we create, experience, think about, and write about the fine arts. Through texts, lectures, videos, and discussions, students will learn about the variety of ways in which individuals generate their own critical voice and aesthetic theories. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GE10110, GE10210 AND GE10120 OR GE10230
This course introduces students to the aesthetic, technical, and historical principles of film and the artists who were instrumental in its development and growth. Students will examine the creative process and analyze the different genres of film. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course is an introduction to theories about the process of communication, including key concepts and terms for human communication. Additionally, listening and feedback, nonverbal communication, intrapersonal and interpersonal communication, group and organizational communications will also be a focus. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course focuses on the development of critical reasoning skills, including the ability to evaluate a wide variety of information. Students will consider what an argument is, how arguments go wrong and what makes an argument valid. Students will study both informal and formal logical arguments and structures. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
In this course students will explore the different media theories and their impact upon society, ethics, and popular culture. Students will use this information to inform and enrich their own work and to critically evaluate media art. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Students develop basic image manipulation skills in a raster-based computer environment. Emphasis is on mastering the fundamentals of scanning, color management, photo retouching, imaging, special effects, and filters and masks. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: LS10110
Through an internship, students apply acquired subject matter and career/professional skills in a real and practical situation. The main objectives of the internship are to allow students the opportunity to observe and participate in the operation of a successful business relating to their field of study. The students will gain experience needed to enter the field upon graduation. (3 quarter credits, 9 hours per week)
Prerequisites: Completion of 135 credits or permission of Department Director
Through a field experience, students will be able to apply acquired subject matter and career/professional skills in a real and practical situation. The main objectives of the internship are to allow students the opportunity to observe and participate in the operation of a successful business relating to their field of study. The students will gain experience needed to enter the field upon graduation. (3 quarter credits, 9 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IN31010AP
This course introduces the theories and applications of both the IBM and Macintosh computers. Topics include word processing, spreadsheets, databases, PowerPoint, computer graphics, file preparation for high-end output, file management, basic data storage and retrieval and the Internet. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course gives an overview of basic legal principles related to starting and conducting a business. Topics include legal systems, litigation, dispute resolution and contracts. The protection of intellectual property, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, and service marks, is also emphasized. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course is an introduction to the principles and practices of American Government. Concepts such as democracy, civil rights, civil liberties; public opinion; mass media, political parties, and the three branches of government will be discussed. Students will learn about the framework of government from colonialism to the present day. Government ideologies will be discussed and applied to various situations in an unbiased manner. Students will be able to see the importance of government and how decisions made by the government affect our everyday daily lives. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course surveys Western art forms relative to political, social, religious, and economic movements from antiquity to the Mannerist period. Topics include painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and architecture. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course provides a framework for considering critically significant photographers and their work. Students will be expected to describe, interpret, and evaluate the origins, stylistic changes, and artistic innovations in the history of photography from the nineteenth century through contemporary times. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course focuses on international literary selections. Topics include the critical evaluation of the literary genres: short story, poetry, and drama. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course focuses on a working knowledge of human sensory processes and their subsequent perceptual and behavioral manifestations. Topics include learning, memory, consciousness, and cognition. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course will introduce the student to the physical, ecological, social and political principles of environmental science. The student should gain an understanding of scientific method and how it is used to analyze the relationship between humans and the natural environment. The course will help the student to develop an analytical framework that he/she can use to judge environmental issues and intelligently discuss environmental responsibility. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course focuses on points in a coordinate system, formulas for figures in one, two, and three dimensions: points, directions, lines, triangles, polygons, conic sections, general quadratic equations, and spheres. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: ASSET placement OR successful completion (grade "C") of GE0013MA
In this course students will examine group interaction within human society. Through texts, lectures, videos, and discussions, students will learn about the variety of ways sociologists view human culture and society, as well as the sociological phenomena that affect the lives of individuals within the world-wide human family. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course provides an introduction to the principles of economics emphasizing an analysis of the economy as a whole. Interrelationships among the consumer, business, and government sectors are explored from American and international economic perspectives. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GE10110, GE10210, AND GE10220 OR GE10450
This course covers the period of U.S. history from early colonization to the Spanish/American War. Primary emphasis is on the English colonies and the period of nationhood. This course will examine U.S. history in terms of social, economic and political perspectives, and students will also trace the histories of various American populations, such as women, African-Americans, Native Americans, etc., throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course covers the period of U.S. history from the turn of the century to the present. This course will examine U.S. history in terms of social, economic and political perspectives. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course covers Western civilizations from the Ancient Near East, through Greece and Rome, to the Middle Ages, the rise of Christianity, and the Renaissance. These civilizations will be examined in terms of social, economic, political and cultural perspectives. Major historical events, ideas, and developments will be discussed, and issues of race, class, and gender will be considered. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course covers European history from the Reformation/Counter-Reformation, through the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution, to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, ending with World War II. This course will examine social, economic, political and cultural perspectives. Major historical events, ideas, and developments will be discussed, and issues of race, class, and gender will be considered. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course is designed for students who wish to study abroad. Students will travel between the spring and summer quarters and will return to campus to complete a final exhibition project during the summer quarter. The course will consist of lectures, activities, research, and discussions designed to examine the culture, history, and aesthetics of the city or cities chosen for the study abroad experience. Students will also be encouraged to explore issues of identity and place, ideology (values, norms, customs), society (conformity/autonomy, gender, class), and structure (religious, political, economic) as they share, analyze, and reflect upon their experiences throughout the course. (3 quarter credits, 44 hours over two week break)
Theatre Appreciation introduces students to the art, in theory and in practice, of live theatre and the many types of artists who collaborate to create a theatrical production. This course will enhance students’ appreciation of the nature and place of theatre in contemporary culture. Students will experience theatre in depth through reading scripts, analyzing productions, and completing a creative theatre project. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course focuses on past and current social issues and political and economic trends that influence America and its people. Additionally, the course will focus on how political and economic trends impact world affairs. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course offers students the opportunity to explore the diversity of cultures through the reading and analysis of modern literary works. Included in the study will be historical and political influences, social trends, customs and values. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course will introduce the student to the historical development of music and the composers of different eras. Students will focus on the role that music plays in our lives today as well as examining the cultural influences that have determined the varied musical languages throughout the world. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course will focus on the museum and its function in society. Topics will include the role of museums, their history and philosophy, and their structure and nature. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GE10110, GE10210, AND GE10120 OR GE10230
This course will cover the history of 20th Century art. It will explore the inter-relationship between historical, social, political, religious and technological developments in the 20th century and the art that was a reflection of these developments. The course will discuss the modern artist’s role in society as innovator, social activist, explorer, critic and prophet. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course will consider up to three genres of creative writing: fiction, poetry and the nonfiction essay. Throughout the quarter, assignments and activities will provide students with opportunities to hone their creative voices and have their work, as well as that of their peers, critiqued in a workshop setting. In addition to producing creative writing, critical and formalist approaches will be applied to contemporary and canonical works; these exercises will provide students with an objective vocabulary with which to evaluate two rather polished pieces that they will generate during the course. Students will also be introduced to the methods and procedures of the publishing market. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course is designed for students who wish to study abroad. Students will travel between the spring and summer quarters and will return to campus to complete a final exhibition project and an in-depth research paper during the summer quarter. The course will consist of lectures, activities, research, and discussions designed to examine the culture, history, and aesthetics of the city or cities chosen for the study abroad experience. Students will also be encouraged to explore issues of identity and place, ideology (values, norms, customs), society (conformity/ autonomy, gender, class), and structure (religious, political, economic) as they share, analyze, and reflect upon their experiences throughout the course. (3 quarter credits, 44 hours over two week break)
This course includes representing and analyzing data through such measures as central tendency, dispersion, probability theory, the binomial distributions, the normal curve and normal distributions, central limit theory, and sampling distributions. Graphing and using polynomial functions and systems of equations and inequalities in the interpretation and solution of problems will be examined. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
The Comparative Religions course is an introduction to the academic study of religion. The course objectively examines religious beliefs and practices across human history, with particular emphasis upon how the human past has shaped worldwide religious belief and experience in the present. Students learn about a broad range of religious traditions, and how particular beliefs might affect ritual behavior, interpersonal relationships and the practice of “community.” (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: GE20510 OR GE20530
Topics are based upon important trends and developments in audio. Lectures, demonstrations, or research reports pertaining to areas of interest in audio presented by resident faculty, expert visitors, and working professionals. Group projects may also be assigned. Topics selected are based upon important trends and developments in the industry. As an Independent study, this course allows the student to select special topics in audio and produce, under the guidance of an instructor, work related to the industry. The student will be exposed to the various application of audio and apply audio skills to chosen topics. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: Permission of the Academic Department Director
This class is designed to emulate a real world environment by combining the skills of students from more than one curriculum. One quarter a project may be selected that will require audio, video, animation, and industrial design students to complete the final project. Another quarter, the project may require audio, photography, and multimedia and web skills. Projects will vary and students and faculty will have the ability to propose projects for future classes. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of sound design. Students will examine the roles and functions of spoken sound, music, and sound effects, and will analyze the components of sound structure and the ways in which changes in that structure can affect content meaning and audience perception. The relationship of sound to picture and the role of sound in the editing process will also be examined. In-class production exercises will provide students opportunities to test their design concepts. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: AP10420, AP10410
This course introduces sectors of the industry that employ interactive audio. Topics include sound design and programming for video games, web applications, Flash development, and other emerging markets. Through hands on projects and research assignments, students will learn the basic principles of creating audio for interactive formats. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: AP30920, AP20520
This course provides the student an understanding of music recording sessions. They will produce a song starting with the initial rhythm sessions to a final mix. The course discusses miking techniques for a variety of instruments. They will also learn to use a multiple mix foldback system so the musicians can hear one another. The student will also learn how to overdub from various instruments as well as vocals. Ultimately, the student will create a basic mix with processing and some basic automation. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course provides an examination of the business, legal, and creative issues involved in running a recording studio and in leading a recording project. Students will evaluate approaches to managing logistical concerns such as scheduling and inventory in addition to leadership strategies. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course introduces the student to the operation of television studio production with emphasis on live-to-tape video recording. Production facets include rehearsal, multi-camera shooting, live switching, videotape roll-ins, chroma-keying, electronic graphics, and the use of teleprompting for television performance. The course stresses team building and working with a large crew. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
This course covers the process of non-linear video editing. Using a computer and Avid software, students explore the essentials of editing video and audio in a digital environment, from digitizing to outputting onto videotape. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: DF10240
The importance of the artist in television broadcast communications is explored as students take a broadcast graphic project from concept to completed videotape. Students produce graphics specifically for video, utilizing a keyer, character generator, and computer paint system. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM10210 OR PH10111 AND DF10311
This course introduces students to the fundamental terminology, concepts, and techniques of digital photography. It focuses on the principles of using color, composition, lighting, and other techniques for overall thematic and visual effects of photographic images. (3 quarter credits, 4 hours per week)
Prerequisites: IM10210 OR GR10471 OR AD10231 OR PH10111