SOU Interview: Currcicular Development (Courses and Ensembles)
Certificate or Degree in
Audio & Music Production (AMP)
(note: most core courses below can be taught remotely,
thus developing and online certificate program is certainly possible)
Core Courses (12 credits for certificate / 20 credits for degree)
AMP I - Introduction to digital audio recording and editing (microphones, signal chain, placement, peripherals, projects, basic song writing / arranging, consumer-line DAWs) - open to all students, mandatory for all majors. 4 credits
AMP II - (ProTools 101) - small track counts, arranging short compositions/sound design/music for film/video, foley, intermediate song writing (modern commercial composition), signal chain, insert sends/receives, bussing, clips groups, exporting media. 4 credits
AMP III - (ProTools 110) - larger track sounds, multi-track recording, original composition (intermediate song writing, sound tracking), sound design for longer video projects, on location recording (for film/video). Successful completion of the course and passage of Avid Exam culminates with certification with Avid Technologies as a “Certified User Level 1”. 4 credits
AMP IV - (Pro Tools 210 ) - multi-track large ensemble recording productions, original composition (advanced song writing, scoring and orchestration, sound tracking). Successful completion of the course and passage of Avid Exam culminates with certification with Avid Technologies as a “Certified User Level 2”. 4 credits
AMP V - Audio & Music for Multimedia - installation, virtual reality, concert/theater/dance stage, and gaming - includes training in gaming and virtual reality software (cross listed with ART 365 Sound art and Experimental Music Method or EMDA 202 - Sound and Narrative Design). 4 credits
AMP VI - Composition with Computers, Laptops, & Mobile Devices - spatialization, interactivity, control surfaces, kinesthetic control, programming, performance applications. 4 credits
Performance Ensembles (3 cred. cert. / 6 cred. deg.)
MUS 182/382 - Commercial Music Ensemble (CME) - ensembles specializes in realizing existing (covering) and creating original (composing) music that embraces ‘popular’ aesthetics (hip hop, rock, metal, country, musical theater, EDM, jazz, LatinX, world, afro-pop, etc.) and intersections thereof. audition not required.
MUS 183/383 - Mobonik Music Ensemble (MME) - ensemble specializes in creating original music that utilizes laptops, mobile devices, and un/wired peripherals. Students will create music that exists on the fringe between musical genres, explores un/common performance spaces, and practices and seeks interdisciplinary collaborations with sister departments across the Oregon Center for the Arts and beyond. audition not required.
MUS 185/385 - SOU Jazz Ensemble - focuses on developing student jazz musicians by providing an opportunity for a challenging ensemble experience while encouraging the performer to explore jazz improvisation. In addition, members have the opportunity to compose and arrange music for the ensemble. Membership is open to all students regardless of major, and also opens its doors to talented community members as well. audition required.
Other ensembles open to Commercial Music Program students (all require audition):
Cascade Clarinet Consort
Jefferson State Choral Coalition
Left Edge Percussion
Maraval Rd. Steel Band
Performance Chamber Ensemble
Rogue Valley Symphony
Siskiyou-Saxophone-Orchestra
SOU Chamber Choir
SOU Concert Choir
SOU Percussion Ensemble
SOU Raider Band
SOU Wind Ensemble/Rogue Valley Symphonic Band
Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon
Electives (15 cred cert. / 20 cred. deg.)
ART/THEATER
TH 342 - Sound Engineering
ART 365 - Sound Art and Experimental Methods
BUSINESS
BA 211 - Financial Accounting 4 credits
BA 213 - Managerial Accounting 4 credits
BA 330 - Principles of Marketing 4 credits
BA 414 / BA 514 - Nonprofit Fund Development 4 credits
BA 436 / BA 536 - Internet Marketing and E-Commerce 4 credits
BA 480 / BA 580 - Introduction to Nonprofit Organizations 4 credits
COMMUNICATIONS
COMM 221 - Creative Industries 2 credits
COMM 323 / EMDA 323 - Strategic Social Media 4 credits
COMM 327 - Creative Careers Bootcamp 4 credits
DIGITAL CINEMA
DCIN 101 - Production Tools 1: Audio
EMDA
EMDA 321 - Theory & Practice in Emerging Media & Digital Arts 4 credits
EMDA 330 - Cybernetics & Cyberculture 4 credits
EMDA 340 - Responsive Web Design 1-4 credits
EMDA 341 - Remix Culture 4 credits
EMDA 350 - Projects in Digital Media 1 to 4 credits
MUSIC
MUS 201 - Classical Music 4 credits
MUS 202 - Music of the World 4 credits
MUS 203 - American Jazz 4 credits
MUS 205 - Rockin’ in the Free World: Rock History from 1900-1959 4 credits
MUS 206 - Hey, Hey, My, My, Rock & Roll Will Never Die: Rock Music of the 1960-70s
MUS 207 - On the Cover of the Rolling Stone: Rock Music from the 1970s-Present
MUS 208 - Hip Hop Revolution: Rap Music and Culture in Contemporary America
MUS 210 - American Country Music 4 credits
MUS 360 - Music History 1 3 credits
MUS 361 - Music History 2 3 credits
MUS 362 - Music History 3 3 credits
MUS 409 / MUS 509 - Practicum 1 to 9 credits
MUS 440 / MUS 540 - Form and Analysis 3 credits
MUS 441 / MUS 541 - Orchestration 3 credits
MUS 443 / MUS 543 - Composition Survey 3 credits
MUS 444 / MUS 544 - Jazz Theory 3 credits
Capstone/Final Project (2 cred. cert. / 4 cred. deg.)
MUS 400 or MUS 503