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 1010	English Composition I	4.5 credits

Humanities/social sciences

	Humanities/social sciences	4.5 credits

See Humanities/social sciences course options

Quantitative/numeracy skills

	Mathematics or Financial Literacy	4.5 credits

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 1500	Moving Image Lab	6.0 credits
VACA 1010	Audio and Video Production Engineering	4.5 credits
VACA 1020	Audio I	4.5 credits
VACA 1110	Introduction to Scriptwriting	4.5 credits
VACA 2020	Audio II	4.5 credits
VACA 2030	Audio III	4.5 credits
	OR
VACA 2981	Internship	variable credits
VACA 2050	Pro-Tools	4.5 credits
VACA 2060	Audio Mixing and Summing	4.5 credits
VACA 2070	Modern Recording Techniques	4.5 credits

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