Sound Production & Design Fundamentals

Catalog description

Offered every semester. Sound Production & Design Fundamentals introduces students to the fields of sound production, sound design, audio technology, and sonic art. This course is intended as a foundation course to create shared terminology, skill sets, aesthetics, and techniques for students to utilize as they take additional sound design, sonic art, or audio courses within the School of Visual and Media Arts (SVMA) or larger College of the Arts and Media (CAM). This course includes the study of notable examples in sound art/design, music, intermedia, and installation. Starting with listening, students will examine the practices and innovations that led to the most current ideas about sound art and sound design and from there develop contemporary analytical methods for exploring sound as a creative medium. Additionally, students will apply this knowledge to the creation of their own sonic art works.