2015-2016 Catalog

Video/Audio Communications Arts - Sound Recording (VSRC1)

Award: Certificate of achievement

Pathway to associate degree: General Studies (GSAAS)

Program location: Elkhorn Valley Campus

This certificate provides students with basic professional skills to work in the audio recording field. Students earning a certificate may seek employment in entry-level recording environments, including live music performance, sound for television and film, and the sound recording studio.

Graduation Requirements

General education

13.5

Major requirements

40.5

Total credit hours required

54.0

General education requirements (13.5 credit hrs.)

Communications

ENGL 1010English Composition IONLINEHYBRID

4.5

Humanities/social sciences

Humanities/social sciences

4.5

Quantitative/numeracy skills

Mathematics or Financial Literacy

4.5

Major requirements for Video/Audio Communications Arts – Sound Recording (40.5 credit hrs.)

Students should work with faculty to select courses from the list that meet their career goals.

PHOT 1500Moving Image Lab

6.0

VACA 1010Audio and Video Production Engineering

4.5

VACA 1020Audio I

4.5

VACA 1110Introduction to Scriptwriting

4.5

VACA 2020Audio II

4.5

VACA 2030Audio III

4.5

OR

VACA 2981Internship

variable

VACA 2050Pro-Tools

4.5

VACA 2060Audio Mixing and Summing

4.5

VACA 2070Modern Recording Techniques

4.5

Internship must be taken for 4.5 credit hours if taken in lieu of VACA 2030 Audio III.