Sound
Physics concepts and methods associated with musical instruments, musical recording, and musical acoustics are discussed at an introductory level. Topics include periodic motion, normal modes and resonance, superposition and Fourier series, waves, sound and acoustics, magnetism and electromagnetic induction, and topics from non-linear physics. Course is also offered online on demand in spring and summer semesters.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
- Pre-Requisite(s): MA 1031(C) or MA 1032(C) or MA 1120(C)
A companion hands-on lab course covering topics from PH1090.
- Credits: 1.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-0-2)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Summer
- Pre-Requisite(s): PH 1090(C)
A hands-on introduction to mixing music with emphasis on the support of musical principles and style. Students develop a technical understanding and practice the manipulation of volume, frequency, dynamics, pitch, and time to support the focus, rhythm, melody, and mood of a wide variety of musical styles.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Summer
An introduction to hands-on creative and technical work in sound. Work covers script analysis, story telling approaches, dialog direction and editing, sound effect and ambiance design, music integration and DAW based mixing.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered: Spring
Introduction to the technological fundamentals, both practical and theoretical, of sound equipment and systems for the performing arts. Focus on the basics of sound physics, sound measurement and perception, and sound system components and interconnections.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
- Semesters Offered: Spring
Fundamentals of sound systems design & engineering for a variety of entertainment industry scenarios, including: speaker coverage, system tuning, DSP programming, technical documentation, design phases, revision control, interaction with clients, interaction with design teams in other disciplines, and budget estimation.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
- Semesters Offered: Spring
- Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Theatre & Entertain Tech (BS), Sound Design, Audio Production & Technology; May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman
- Pre-Requisite(s): (FA 1601 or SND 1102) and (FA 1602 or SND 1101) and (FA 1702 or SND 1150)
Learning in the art of the recording engineer. Students develop an understanding of pop and classical recording approaches, skills to decide which approach is appropriate for a given task, and the technical knowledge necessary to implement the chosen approach.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered: Fall
- Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Sound Design, Theatre & Entertain Tech (BS), Theatre & Electr. Media Perf., Audio Production & Technology
- Co-Requisite(s): SND 2151
- Pre-Requisite(s): (FA 1601 or SND 1102) and (FA 1602 or SND 1101) and (FA 1702 or SND 1150)
Hands-on learning in the art of the recording engineer. Students develop an understanding of pop and classical recording approaches, skills to decide which approach is appropriate for a given task, and the technical knowledge necessary to implement the chosen approach.
- Credits: 1.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-0-3)
- Semesters Offered: Fall
- Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Theatre & Entertain Tech (BS), Sound Design, Audio Production & Technology
- Co-Requisite(s): SND 2150
- Pre-Requisite(s): (FA 1601 or SND 1102) and (FA 1602 or SND 1101) and (FA 1702 or SND 1150)
Introduction to designing sound through design projects. Focuses on fundamental technical understanding, practical design presentation techniques, specific drafting conventions, exploration of sound equipment, designer/ director/artist relationships, script analysis and design concepts, and design history.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered: Fall
- Pre-Requisite(s): (FA 1601 or SND 1102) and (FA 1602 or SND 1101) and (FA 1702 or THEA 1120 or SND 1150)
In depth study of Microphone and Loudspeaker design as it applies to usage in recording and live sound reinforcement with an emphasis on interaction with the acoustical environment.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered: Fall
- Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Theatre & Entertain Tech (BS), Sound Design, Audio Production & Technology
- Co-Requisite(s): SND 4121
- Pre-Requisite(s): (FA 1702 or SND 1150) and (FA 2662 or SND 2610) and (FA 3736 or SND 2120) and PH 1090
Laboratory to practice the application of loudspeaker and microphone principles. Designed to be taken concurrently with FA4740 Transducer Theory.
- Credits: 1.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-0-3)
- Semesters Offered: Fall
- Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Theatre & Entertain Tech (BS), Sound Design, Audio Production & Technology
- Co-Requisite(s): SND 4120
Students design, install, program, run, and record a major live production. Sound will be an essential part of the story telling experience requiring a close relationship with the actors and extensive integration with other design elements.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-0-3)
- Semesters Offered: Fall
- Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Sound Design, Theatre & Entertain Tech (BS), Theatre & Electr. Media Perf., Audio Production & Technology; May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman, Sophomore
- Pre-Requisite(s): (FA 1601 or SND 1102) and (FA 1602 or SND 1101) and (FA 2662 or SND 2610) and (FA 3730 or SND 3330) and (SND 1150 or FA 1702)
Techniques for building a professional design and technical portfolio for the theatre and entertainment industry. The final result of the course will be a portfolio of all work to date.
- Credits: 1.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-1-0)
- Semesters Offered: Fall
- Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman, Sophomore
Music
This course provides the means for gaining a foundational knowledge of Western musical theory principles. The course includes study in improvisation, aural skills, composition using industry standard notation software and functional harmony within the framework of Western tonal music.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered: Fall
This course includes study in improvisation, part writing, counterpoint, aural skills, composition using industry standard notation software and functional harmony within the framework of Western tonal music.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered: Spring
- Pre-Requisite(s): FA 2501 or MUS 1100
Explores the elements of jazz improvisation while developing creative ideas and technical facility in the individual musician. Emphasis will be placed on learning the idiomatic use of the major scale and associated modes, the jazz melodic minor scale, the blues scale, pentatonic scales, and the 8-tone dominant scale. Development of stylistic conformity by exploring the styles of swing, bebop, cool, blues, Latin and rock/funk. Emphasis on the II-V-I progression in major and minor keys and symmetric harmony.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, in odd years
- Pre-Requisite(s): MUS 2103
Contemporary Music will explore music from the late nineteenth century through today. The focus of the class will be modern composers' search for new sounds using electronic instruments, popular music, non-western music, and new performance techniques.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
- Semesters Offered: Spring, in odd years
- Pre-Requisite(s): (FA 2500 or MUS 2101) and (FA 3560 or MUS 2000) and UN 1015 and (UN 1025 or Modern Language - 3000 level or higher)
A capstone seminar course that examines philosophies of music interpretation, analyzing music scores, comparing and contrasting recorded music, and defining musicianship. Students will learn basic conducting techniques and be given the opportunity to conduct live ensemble rehearsals.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered: Spring
- Restrictions: Permission of instructor required
- Pre-Requisite(s): FA 2500 or FA 2501 or MUS 1100 or MUS 2101
This course includes study in improvisation, counterpoint, aural skills, and harmony within the framework of Western tonal music and musical style, form and composition in music from diverse musical traditions.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered: Fall
- Pre-Requisite(s): FA 2500 or MUS 2101
This course covers jazz harmony, chord/scale theory, ear training, spelling chords, writing original chord progressions, analyzing jazz solo transcriptions, and analyzing jazz standards.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered: Spring, in odd years
- Pre-Requisite(s): MUS 1100 or FA 2501
A capstone seminar course that examines philosophies of music interpretation, analyzing music scores, comparing and contrasting recorded music, and defining musicianship. Students will learn basic conducting techniques and be given the opportunity to conduct live ensemble rehearsals.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered: Spring
- Restrictions: Permission of instructor required
- Pre-Requisite(s): FA 2500 or FA 2501 or MUS 1100 or MUS 2101
Developments in western classical music from the 1770s to 1970s in Europe, Russia, and America. Concentrates on music, style, aesthetics, culture, and biographies of major composers from the Classical, Romantic, and Twentieth-Century periods.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
- Semesters Offered: Spring, Summer
This course surveys the development of film music. Students will learn how music functions to support the aesthetic/narrative elements of the story. Students will learn skills to identify how music manipulates the listener and how composers shape that manipulation.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
- Semesters Offered: Spring, in even years
This course acquaints students with the musical, historical, cultural, and sociological elements of Rock music. It covers the major stylistic eras from the 1920s to the 1990s, and the major artists and their contributions. Emphasis is placed on students developing critical listening skills.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Summer
Covers the musical, historical, and sociological elements of America's only original musical art form, jazz. Focuses on the major stylistic eras from 1900 to the present in addition to the major artists and their contributions. Emphasizes developing interactive, aural, and critical skills.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, in odd years
This course introduces the student to the diversity of traditional music from around the globe. Students will explore the universal importance of music, its place within a global community, and effects of technology on the cross pollination of musical styles.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
- Semesters Offered: Spring, in odd years
Examination of selected works from the canon of Western music. Topics change according to faculty preferences.
- Credits: 3.0; Repeatable to a Max of 6
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, in odd years
- Pre-Requisite(s): FA 2500 or FA 2501 or MUS 1100(C) or MUS 2101(C)
Introduction to the history of, and practices of making, electronic music. This course presents a survey of the most significant artists in the history of electronic music. Provides hands-on training and projects in electronic music production.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
- Semesters Offered: On Demand
- Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman
- Pre-Requisite(s): (FA 1601 and FA 1602) or (SND 1101 and SND 1102)
Theatre and Film
Overview of the basic techniques, theories, and terminology of technical theatre. Focus on practical application of stagecraft and rigging for a theatrical production, safety in technical theatre, physical theatre structures, production processes, and theatre organization.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
Introduction to hand drafting conventions and standards by the entertainment industry. Focus on technical and design techniques using CAD for views such as: ground plans, elevations, sections, detail drawings, orthographic projections, and scale perspective drawings.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered: Spring
Focuses on critical engagement with cinematic form and its relationship to cultural, historical, and/or theoretical contexts.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (2-0-3)
- Semesters Offered: Fall
An introduction to creative writing with readings in contemporary and emerging literatures. Genres covered may include fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and screenplay. This course stresses individual production through process-oriented writing exercises, small group workshops, individual conferences, and creative theory.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
This course focuses on mainstream and/or independent films in their historical and sociocultural contexts from selected regions such as Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Europe.
- Credits: 3.0; Repeatable to a Max of 6
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered: Spring, in odd years
- Pre-Requisite(s): UN 1015 and (UN 1025 or Modern Language - 3000 level or higher)
Focus on film style and genre with an emphasis on study of directors, movements, and aesthetics and their technological, theoretical, and socio-cultural contexts. Includes small lab projects.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-2-3)
- Semesters Offered: Spring
- Pre-Requisite(s): UN 1015 and (UN 1025 or Modern Language - 3000 level or higher)
Advanced work in creative nonfiction writing; workshop format. Readings will include short memoirs, personal essays, lyric essays, and other sub-genres of contemporary creative nonfiction. Emphasis on individual production through process-oriented writing exercises, small group workshops, individual conferences, and revision/development.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered: On Demand
- Pre-Requisite(s): HU 2510 and UN 1015 and (UN 1025 or Modern Language - 3000 level or higher)
Advanced work in poetry writing; workshop format. Students will study contemporary and emerging works in order to enrich and stimulate their own poetic practice. Emphasis on individual production through process-oriented writing exercises, small group workshops, individual conferences, and revision/development.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered: On Demand
- Pre-Requisite(s): HU 2510 and UN 1015 and (UN 1025 or Modern Language - 3000 level or higher)
Advanced work in fiction writing; workshop format. Readings will include 'canonical', contemporary, and emerging examples of short-form fiction. Emphasis on individual production through process-oriented writing exercises, small group workshops, individual conferences, and revision/development.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered: On Demand
- Pre-Requisite(s): HU 2510 and UN 1015 and (UN 1025 or Modern Language - 3000 level or higher)
Considers technical, theoretical, aesthetic and ethical dimensions of documentary media through analysis and production.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-2-3)
- Semesters Offered: Fall
- Pre-Requisite(s): UN 1015 and (UN 1025 or Modern Language - 3000 level or higher)
Production-intensive focus on how media producers use audio, video, and digital platforms to tell a story, realize a creative vision, and engage an audience.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-2-3)
- Semesters Offered: On Demand
- Pre-Requisite(s): HU 2324
Fundamentals of designing theatrical lighting through various explorations and projects. Focus on professional design development and presentation techniques: theatrical drafting conventions, light sketches, plots. Also, designer/director relationships, script analysis, research, design concepts/history. Students are introduced to a mainstage theatre design.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, in odd years
- Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman
- Pre-Requisite(s): FA 1702 or FA 2820 or THEA 1000 or THEA 1120
An introduction to scenic design for theatre and collaborative design in entertainment. This project-based class develops technical and conceptual skills: collaborative relationships, design development, story boards, rendering paint elevations, model making, hand drafting.
- Credits: 3.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
- Semesters Offered: Spring, in even years
- Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman
- Pre-Requisite(s): FA 1701 or FA 2820 or THEA 1000 or THEA 1110
Dramatic Literature
An examination of dramatic literature with an emphasis on theatre production. Students will examine a selection of plays each semester. Students can repeat the course up to four times; each semester examines different plays.
- Credits: 1.0; Repeatable to a Max of 4
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-0-3)
- Semesters Offered: Spring, Summer
- Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Technical Theatre, Sound Design, Audio Production & Technology, Theatre & Entertain Tech (BS), Theater Arts, Theatre & Electr. Media Perf.; May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman
Private Lessons
Professional private music instruction on brass, woodwind, string, percussion, piano, organ, guitar, voice, harp, and composition.
- Credits: 0.5; May be repeated; Graded Pass/Fail Only
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-0-1)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Professional private instruction on music mixing.
- Credits: 0.5; May be repeated; Graded Pass/Fail Only
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-0-1)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
- Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Sound Design, Audio Production & Technology
- Pre-Requisite(s): FA 1602 or SND 1101
Professional Development
Provides students the opportunity to attend professional events which contribute to the development of their careers. Students will experience seminars, workshops, performance opportunities, competitions, and may perform services and interact with professionals at such events as AES and USITT.
- Credits: 1.0; Repeatable to a Max of 6
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-0-1)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
- Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Sound Design, Theatre & Entertain Tech (BS), Theatre & Electr. Media Perf., Audio Production & Technology
Provides students the opportunity to present at professional events which contribute to the development of their careers. Students will prepare and present design, technical, or performance projects, papers, and/or posters to be viewed and critiqued by professionals at such events as KCACTF, AES, USITT, and URTA.
- Credits: 1.0; Repeatable to a Max of 4
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-0-1)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
- Pre-Requisite(s): SND 2120 or SND 3330 or SND 3610 or FA 3662 or FA 3730 or FA 3736
Provides students the opportunity to attend professional events which contribute to the development of their careers. Students will experience seminars, workshops, performance opportunities, competitions, and may perform services and interact with professionals at such events as KCACTF and USITT.
- Credits: 1.0; Repeatable to a Max of 6
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-0-1)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
- Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Sound Design, Theatre & Entertain Tech (BS), Theatre & Electr. Media Perf., Audio Production & Technology
Provides students the opportunity to present at professional events which contribute to the development of their careers. Students will prepare and present design, technical, or performance projects, papers, and/or posters to be viewed and critiqued by professionals at such events as KCACTF, AES, USITT, and URTA.
- Credits: 1.0; Repeatable to a Max of 4
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-0-1)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
- Pre-Requisite(s): FA 3700 or FA 3730 or FA 3750 or FA 3760 or FA 3650 or FA 2640 or FA 2730 or FA 2705 or THEA 3340(C) or SND 3330(C) or THEA 3320(C) or THEA 3330(C) or THEA 3660(C) or THEA 2330(C) or THEA 2130(C) or THEA 2111(C)
Application Coursework
Production
Students get hands-on experience in live and recorded sound as well as in system maintenance and design. This work is done in a simulated internship experience. Students are expected to take this course multiple times and work towards leadership positions.
- Credits: variable to 3.0; May be repeated
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
Students get hands-on experience in live and recorded sound as well as in system maintenance and design. This work is done in a simulated internship experience. Students are expected to take this course multiple times and work towards leadership positions.
- Credits: variable to 3.0; May be repeated
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
- Pre-Requisite(s): SND 1610
Open to students who take significant responsibility for sound on a major production, such as sound designer, recording engineer, live sound engineer.
- Credits: variable to 3.0; May be repeated
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
- Pre-Requisite(s): SND 2610 or FA 2662
A creative lab for students interested in the aural arts. Students will be challenged to create sound designs and compositions in response to various aesthetic, dramatic, and philosophical goals for radio, multimedia, and live performance.
- Credits: 1.0; Repeatable to a Max of 4
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-0-2)
- Semesters Offered: Spring
- Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman
- Pre-Requisite(s): (FA 1601 or SND 1102) and (FA 1602 or SND 1101) and (FA 1702 or SND 1150)
Students propose and lead creative or technical projects that demonstrate mastery of several integrated audio concepts. Project types are flexible depending on students' intended career goals and prior course experience.
- Credits: variable to 3.0; May be repeated
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
- Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s): Theatre & Entertain Tech (BS), Sound Design, Audio Production & Technology
- Pre-Requisite(s): FA 3662 or SND 3610
Performance in a stage production or electronic media project. The project must be approved by the instructor either through audition or written contract of planned project.
- Credits: 1.0; May be repeated
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-0-1)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
- Restrictions: Permission of instructor required
- Pre-Requisite(s): THEA 1400 or THEA 1600
Open to students selected for the crew of a mainstage theatre production sponsored by the Department of Visual and Performing Arts. Positions on stage crews are open to all MTU students. Work assignments will be made by the technical director of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts.
- Credits: variable to 3.0; May be repeated
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
Enterprise
Interdisciplinary teams work as part of an enterprise to address real-world design projects or problems. Third-year students will practice designing approaches to solve problems and develop procedures to achieve specified project objectives.
- Credits: 1.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-0-3)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
- Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Junior, Senior
Interdisciplinary teams work as part of an enterprise to address real-world design projects or problems. Third-year students practice designing approaches to solve problems and develop procedures to achieve specified project objectives.
- Credits: 1.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-0-3)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
- Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Junior, Senior
Interdisciplinary teams work as part of an enterprise to address real-world projects or problems of significance to industry, government and communities. Fourth-year students gain experience in defining project objectives and planning strategies to achieve these objectives, and leading teams to accomplish project goals. This course is for students who are not participating in Enterprise to fulfill their capstone requirements.
- Credits: 2.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-0-6)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
- Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following College(s): College of Engineering; Must be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Senior
Interdisciplinary teams work as part of an enterprise to address real-world projects or problems of significance to industry, government and communities. Fourth-year students gain experience in defining project objectives and planning strategies to achieve these objectives, and leading teams to accomplish project goals. This course is for students who are not participating in Enterprise to fulfill their capstone requirements.
- Credits: 2.0
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-0-6)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
- Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following College(s): College of Engineering; Must be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Senior
Students get hands-on experience in live and recorded sound as well as in system maintenance and design. This work is done in a simulated internship experience. Students are expected to take this course multiple times and work towards leadership positions.
- Credits: variable to 3.0; May be repeated
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
Students get hands-on experience in live and recorded sound as well as in system maintenance and design. This work is done in a simulated internship experience. Students are expected to take this course multiple times and work towards leadership positions.
- Credits: variable to 3.0; May be repeated
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
- Pre-Requisite(s): SND 1610
Open to students who take significant responsibility for sound on a major production, such as sound designer, recording engineer, live sound engineer.
- Credits: variable to 3.0; May be repeated
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
- Pre-Requisite(s): SND 2610 or FA 2662
A creative lab for students interested in the aural arts. Students will be challenged to create sound designs and compositions in response to various aesthetic, dramatic, and philosophical goals for radio, multimedia, and live performance.
- Credits: 1.0; Repeatable to a Max of 4
- Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-0-2)
- Semesters Offered: Spring
- Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman
- Pre-Requisite(s): (FA 1601 or SND 1102) and (FA 1602 or SND 1101) and (FA 1702 or SND 1150)
Open to students selected for the crew of a mainstage theatre production sponsored by the Department of Visual and Performing Arts. Positions on stage crews are open to all MTU students. Work assignments will be made by the technical director of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts.
- Credits: variable to 3.0; May be repeated
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring