Music, Commercial - Advanced Certificate of Achievement

The Advanced Commercial Music Certificate of Achievement  provides a deeper study of commercial music production as well as more advanced industry skills, processes and practices.  It gives students crucial musical and audio engineering tools.  Students emerge with commercial music for their personal or professional portfolio.

In this certificate program, students receive direct, hands-on experience creating commercial music that is entertaining, emotional, sophisticated and compelling. The program builds on the elements learned in the basic certificate program, covering advanced aspects of commercial music production, including writing, directing, performing, producing, editing and marketing.

Semester 1

Course Code Title Units
MUS 012* Fundamentals of Music 3
MUS 021A** Piano I 1
MUS 078C Live Sound Reinforcement I 3
  Elective Units  3

 Semester 2

Course Code Title Units
BUMA 027 Marketing 3
MUS 013 Songwriting 3
MUS 021B Piano II 2
MUS 078D*** Digital Audio IV Capstone 1
  Elective Units 3

* MUS 012 is a prerequisite for MUS 013.

** MUS 021A is a prerequisite for MUS 021B.

*** Prerequisites for MUS 078D; MUS 078C and MUS 003 or MUS 021C or MUS 023 or MUS 050B.

Elective Units Course list