Bachelor degree in Audio Production at American University

Admission to the Program
Formal admission to the program requires a grade point average of 2.00 (on a 4.00 scale) and departmental approval.

University Requirements
•A total of 120 credit hours
•6 credit hours of college writing
•3 credit hours of college mathematics or the equivalent by examination

General Education Requirements
•A total of ten courses, consisting of one foundation course and one second-level course in an approved sequence from each of five curricular areas
•No more than 6 credit hours may be taken in the same discipline

Major Requirements
•56 credit hours with grades of C or better

Course Requirements
Core Courses (23 credit hours)
•ATEC-101 Fundamentals of Audio Technology (3)
•ATEC-102 Audio Technology Laboratory (1)
•ATEC-210 Sound Synthesis I (3)
•ATEC-220 Sound Synthesis II (3)
•ATEC-410 Sound Studio Techniques and Practice (3)
•ATEC-420 Advanced Sound Studio Techniques (3)
•ATEC-450 Audio Technology Capstone (1-6)
•ATEC-507 Digital Audio Workstations I (1-3)
•ATEC-508 Digital Audio Workstations II (3)
Art Courses (12 credit hours)
•Two sequences (4 courses total) from the following:
MMDD-200 Multimedia (3) and
MMDD-400 Multimedia II (3)
PERF-102 Modern Dance I (3) and PERF-202 Modern Dance II (3)
PERF-115 Theatre: Principles, Plays,
and Performance 1:1 (3) and PERF-200 Dance and
Society 1:2 (3)
PERF-124 Harmony I (3) and PERF-125 Harmony II (3)
PERF-227 Musicianship I (3) and
PERF-228 Musicianship II (3)
PERF-260 Production I: Stagecraft (3) and
PERF-261 Production II: Introduction to Design (3)
PERF-305 History and Philosophy of Dance I (3) and
PERF-306 History and Philosophy of Dance II (3)
PERF-322 Music History I (3) and
PERF-323 Music History II (3)
PERF-365 Theatre History I (3) and
PERF-366 Theatre History II (3)
Business and Communication Courses
(12 credit hours)
•Two sequences (4 courses total) from the following:
ACCT-201 Legal Issues in Business (3) and
ACCT-240 Principles of Financial Accounting (3)
COMM-100 Understanding Mass Media 4:1 (3) and
COMM-200 Writing for Mass Communication (3)
COMM-105 Visual Literacy 1:1 (3) and COMM-200
Writing for Mass Communication (3)
COMM-331 Film and Video Production I (3) and
COMM-333 Fundamentals of TV and VTR (3)
ECON-100 Macroeconomics 4:1 (3) and ECON-200
Microeconomics 4:2 (3)
FIN-200 Personal Finance and Financial Institutions 4:2 (3)
and IBUS-200 The Global Marketplace 3:2 (3)
Electives (9 credit hours)
• 9 credit hours from the following:
ARTH-105 Art: The Historical Experience 1:1 (3)
ARTH-210 Modern Art: Nineteenth and Twentieth
Centuries 1:2 (3)
ATEC-305 Acoustics (3)
ATEC-390 Independent Reading (1-6)
ATEC-491 Internship (1-6)
COMM-331 Film and Video Production I (3)
COMM-333 Fundamentals of TV and VTR (3)
CSC-100 Computers and Information (3)
CSC-210 Creativity and Computers (3)
MMDD-200 Multimedia I (3)
MMDD-400 Multimedia II (3)
MMDD-450 Multimedia III (3)
PSYC-105 Psychology: Understanding Human
Behavior 4:1 (3)
PSYC-115 Psychology as a Natural Science 5:1 (4)
PSYC-235 Theories of Personality 4:2 (3)
PSYC-240 Drugs and Behavior 5:2 (3)