Music Production Certificate (MPC)
This curriculum prepares students for entry-level employment as a sound engineering technician or an audio-visual technician. Sound engineering and audio/visual technicians work in a variety of different business and nonprofit settings, including film, television, video, and theatre enterprises, universities and colleges, sound recording studios, and religious organizations. The Certificate in Music Production includes a combination of required music technology and general education courses, as well as elective music theory and practices courses, designed to prepare students for employment in organizations which use music or sound for commercial or operational purposes. The program includes both theoretical instruction and practical recording studio experience on the Morton College campus as well as internship affiliations in area business or nonprofit settings.
Requirements
First Semester
| MUS 110 | Music Theory I | 3 |
| MUS 112 | Keyboard Musicianship I | 1 |
| MUS 115 | Ear Training & Sight Singing I | 1 |
| MUS 180 | Introduction to Media Production | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 8 |
Second Semester
| MUS 111 | Music Theory II | 3 |
| MUS 116 | Ear Training and Sight Singing II | 1 |
| MUS 117 | Keyboard Musicianship II | 1 |
| MUS 181 | Music Production I | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 8 |
Third Semester
| MUS 182 | Music Production II | 3 |
| MUS 280 | Music Production for Media | 3 |
| MUS 281 | Live Sound Recording | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Fourth Semester
| MUS 282 | Music Production Internship | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 1-4 |
Total Credit Hours: 26-29