Music Recording Technology

Associate in Science (A.S.)

Curriculum Requirements

As a student in this program, you are required to complete a minimum of 64 credit hours with a grade point average of no lower than C (2.0). For this degree program, you must successfully complete the following:

Program Core:

  • MUS 106 Music Theory I*
  • MUS 106L Music Theory I Lab
  • MUS 107 Music Theory II
  • MUS 107L Music Theory II Lab
  • MUS 170 Techniques of Audio Recording I
  • MUS 177 Introduction to Music Business
  • MUS 206 Music Theory III
  • MUS 206L Music Theory III Lab
  • MUS 207 Music Theory IV
  • MUS 207L Music Theory IV Lab
  • MUS 270 Techniques of Audio Recording II
  • MUS 271 Techniques of Audio Recording III
  • MUS 272 Techniques of Audio Recording IV
  • MUS 290 Sound Reinforcement and Live Recording Techniques
  • 4 credit hours of Applied Music Electives (Four semesters in one specific instrument or voice are required)
  • 4 credit hours of Music Ensemble Electives (Four semesters are required)

General Education:

  • ENG 101 Composition I
  • ENG 103 Composition II
  • 3 credit hours of SUNY General Education approved course in Oral Communications
  • 3 credit hours of SUNY General Education approved course in US History and Civic Engagement OR World History and Global Awareness
  • 3 credit hours of SUNY General Education approved course in Social Science AND Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice
  • 3 credit hours of SUNY General Education approved course in Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning)
  • 4 credit hours of SUNY General Education approved course in Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning) (PHY 105 Physics of Sound recommended)
  • 2 credit hours of Health/Physical Education (HPE) Electives

Notes:

* All incoming students must take the Music Theory Placement Test. View placement test details.

SUNY General Education Electives

For information on which courses fulfill SUNY General Education Electives and for information on transferring to a four-year school, visit www.flcc.edu/academics/transfer-guidelines.