Also see Associate of Arts - Music
Collin’s Commercial Music program provides career training in performance, audio engineering and sound reinforcement, electronic music, and composition / songwriting. Internship opportunities are available through the Cooperative Work Experience program for practical training in the field.
Many Collin graduates perform professionally or work in recording studios, tape duplication and editing facilities, or sound reinforcement companies.
Students planning to transfer to a college or university should check with the Collin academic advisor prior to beginning this program to verify course transferability.
Career Options
The Commercial Music program prepares students for positions in:
Audio Duplication / Manufacturing
Audio Engineering
Digital Audio Editing
Instrumental / Vocal Arranging
Jingle Composition
Music Marketing
Music Transcribing
Performance
Studio Management
Synthesizer Programming
AAS – Commercial Music
64 credit hours
| FIRST YEAR | ||
| First Semester | ||
| ARTC | 1325 | Introduction to Computer Graphics |
| MUSB | 1305 | Survey of the Music Business |
| MUSC | 1327 | Audio Engineering I ~ |
| MUSC | 2427 | Audio Engineering II ~ |
| MUSI | 1301 | Music Fundamentals |
| Second Semester | ||
| MUSC | 1313 | Commercial Music Theory I |
| MUSI | 1116 | Aural Skills I 1 |
| SPCH | 1311 | Fundamentals of Speech Communication |
| Elective ** | ||
| Elective ** | ||
| SECOND YEAR | ||
| First Semester | ||
| ENGL | 1301 | Composition / Rhetoric I |
| MATH | 1314 | College Algebra 2 |
| MUSC | 1171 | Commercial Class Piano I 3 |
| MUSC | 1323 | Audio Electronics |
| MUSC | 1331 | MIDI I |
| Elective ** | ||
| Second Semester | ||
| MUSB | 2380 | Cooperative Education - Music Management and Merchandising (Capstone) |
| MUSC | 1172 | Commercial Class Piano II 4 |
| MUSC | 1405 | Live Sound I |
| MUSC | 2355 | MIDI II |
| MUSI | 1307 | Introduction to Music Literature 5 |
| PHED / DANC | Any activity course | |
| PSYC | 2301 | General Psychology |
Note: Preferred core choices are underlined. See other options in AAS core, unless otherwise noted.
| ~ | Taught in eight-week format. Also available in sixteen-week format. |
| 1 | No course substitutions. Required for Music, Commercial Majors |
| 2 | No course substitutions |
| 3 | May substitute MUSI 1181, departmental permission required |
| 4 | May substitute MUSI 1182, departmental permission required |
| 5 | Required to fulfill the Humanities / Fine Arts core requirement |
| ** |
Electives (10 credit hours): Any MUAP courses (maximum of 8 credit hours), any MUEN courses (maximum of 4 credit hours), MUSB 2301, MUSB 2355, MUSC 1209, MUSC 1303, MUSC 1321, MUSC 1333, MUSC 2313, MUSC 2314, MUSC 2330, MUSC 2345, MUSC 2351, MUSC 2356, MUSC 2447, MUSC 2448, MUSI 1117, MUSI 1183, MUSI 1184, MUSI 1192, MUSI 1193, MUSI 1312, MUSI 1386, MUSI 2116, MUSI 2117, MUSI 2181, MUSI 2182, MUSI 2192, MUSI 2193, MUSI 2311, MUSI 2312, MUSP 1104, MUSP 1105, MUSP 1110, MUSP 1117, MUSP 1127, MSUP 1151, MUSP 1202, MUSP 2230, MUSP 2233, MSUP 2235, MUSP 2237, or MUSP 2249 |
CERTIFICATE
Audio Engineering Certificate
31 credit hours
| FIRST YEAR | ||
| First Semester | ||
| MUSB | 1305 | Survey of the Music Business |
| MUSC | 1323 | Audio Electronics |
| MUSC | 1327 | Audio Engineering I ~ |
| MUSC | 1331 | MIDI I |
| MUSC | 2427 | Audio Engineering II ~ |
| Second Semester | ||
| MUSB | 2301 | Music Marketing |
| MUSC | 1405 | Live Sound I |
| MUSC | 2447 | Audio Engineering III ~ |
| MUSC | 2448 | Audio Engineering IV ~ (Capstone) |
| ~ | Taught in eight-week format. Also available in sixteen-week format. |
Note: The second digit in a course number indicates the number of credit hours
for that course.
