Capture Sound. Create Impact.
Our Music Recording program provides immersive, hands-on training in recording, mixing, and effects processing, paired with a foundational curriculum in music instruction. Students master the technical and creative skills needed to work as audio engineers in studios, live sound, broadcasting, and events. With emphasis on both musical proficiency and understanding the business of music, graduates are ready to hit the ground running in the audio industry.
Career Opportunities and Income
Visit sanjac.edu for information regarding career opportunities and potential earnings in the Greater Houston region.
Learning & Career Pathway
This learning pathway - a series of related and “stacked” certificates and degrees - includes the following awards. You can start at any point on the path and earn certificates on your way to completing the degree.
- Music, Sound Recording, Occupational Certificate (1 year)
- Music, Techniques of Audio Engineering, Certificate of Technology (2 years)
- Music Recording, Associate of Applied Science Degree (2 years)
Learning Outcomes and Career Skills
Apply audio-related concepts and troubleshooting skills to workplace situations/scenarios
Exhibit the work ethic and the interpersonal skills required for sustained employment in the audio/media industries
External Learning Experiences
This program includes external learning experiences outside of the classroom, e.g., an internship, externship, clinical, practicum, or cooperative learning experience. Those experiences are typically on-site at a business or organization.
All students participating in external learning experiences are required to comply with the immunization requirements and policies of the external learning sites. Some learning sites outside the college have their own vaccination requirements. These rules come from those facilities and are not mandated by the college. Failure to meet those immunization requirements may limit a student’s ability to complete the program and/or may delay the student’s graduation date. San Jacinto College does not process exemptions, and students should address potential vaccination exemptions directly with the external learning site.
Locations
College Admission
San Jacinto College is an open admission institution. All students are welcome to apply and will be admitted to the College. You may begin the process on the College’s “How to Apply” webpage.
Program Admission
There are no additional admission requirements for the Music Recording program; you only need to complete your application to the College, as noted in “College Admission” above, and follow the enrollment steps.
Plan of Study
3MUS-RCRD
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Term | Credits | |
| MUSI 1303 | Fundamentals of Music 1 | 3 |
| MUSI 1181 | Piano Class I 2 | 1 |
| Select one of the following: | 1 | |
MUAP | Private Music Lesson | |
| Class Percussion | ||
| Guitar Class | ||
| Voice Class | ||
| MUSC 1327 | Audio Engineering I | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Speech Communication | ||
| Public Speaking | ||
| Interpersonal Communication | ||
| Business and Professional Communication | ||
| ENGL 1301 | Composition I | 3 |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Second Term | ||
| MUEN or MUAP | MUEN:Ensemble or MUAP:Private Lesson | 1 |
| MUSC 2427 | Audio Engineering II | 4 |
| MUSC 1405 | Live Sound I | 4 |
| MUSC 1335 | Commercial Music Software | 3 |
| MATH 1332 or MATH 1314 | Contemporary Mathematics (Quantitative Reasoning) or College Algebra | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Summer Year One Term | ||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences or Government/Political Science or American History | 3 | |
| MUSI 1306 or MUSI 1310 | Music Appreciation or American Music | 3 |
| Credits | 6 | |
| Second Year | ||
| First Term | ||
| MUSI 1311 | Music Theory I | 3 |
| MUSC 2403 | Live Sound II or Advanced Mixing Techniques and Musical Instrument Digital Interface | 4 |
| MUSI 1116 | Sight Singing and Ear Training I | 1 |
| MUSC 1323 | Audio Electronics Troubleshooting | 3 |
| MUAP | Private Lesson | 1 |
| MUEN | Ensemble | 1 |
| Credits | 13 | |
| Second Term | ||
| MUSB 1305 | Survey of Music Business | 3 |
| MUEN | Ensemble | 1 |
| MUSC 2386 | Internship-Recording Arts Technology/Technician | 3 |
| MUSC 2447 or MUSC 2453 | Audio Engineering III or Live Sound III | 4 |
| MUSC 2101 | Audio Engineering Practices | 1 |
| Credits | 12 | |
| Total Credits | 60 | |
Capstone Experience: MUSC 2386 Internship-Recording Arts Technology/Technician
Verification of workplace competencies.
- 1
Subject to placement testing, a student placing out of MUSI 1303 Fundamentals of Music may take MUSI 1311 Music Theory I and MUSI 1116 Sight Singing and Ear Training I during the first year and substitute a three-hour music theory elective for MUSI 1303 Fundamentals of Music.
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Students may substitute private piano for class piano with department chair approval.