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Lamar State College Port Arthur
2016-2017 Catalog
opportunities will be available in the field when
sufficient work experience is combined with
academic preparation include record production,
publishing, artist management, concert promotion,
venue management and music merchandising.
Graduates will have a strong background in the
appropriate core sub-disciplines of music theory;
writing, orchestrating, arranging and composing
music; audio recording; and the music industry.
Laboratory training encompasses state-of-the-art
instruments, materials and techniques employed in
the commercial music industry.

Total Hours .......................................................... 14
Fourth Semester
MUSC 2448 Audio Engineering IV ........................ 4
MUSB 1305 Survey of Music Business.................... 3
MUSC 2403 Live Sound II ...................................... 4
MUSC 1423 Audio Electronics ................................. 4
Total Hours .......................................................... 15
Grand Total:......................................................... 60

Students must earn a minimum grade of ‘C’ in all
technical courses in the Recommended Program of
Study.

Recommended Program of Study
Associate of Applied Science in
Commercial Music–Sound Engineer
First Year
First Semester ................................................Credit
MUSC 1327 Audio Engineering I ............................ 3
MUSI 1301 Music Fundamentals ............................ 3

Live Sound Design and Technology

MUSI 1181 Class Piano I ......................................... 1

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MUSC 1325 Acoustics .............................................. 3
SPCH 1315 Public Speaking .................................... 3
Total Hours ............................................................. 13
Second Semester ............................................Credit
MATH 1314 College Algebra or
MATH 1332 Contemporary Mathematics I ...... 3
MUSC 2327 Audio Engineering II .......................... 3
MUSC 1211 Commercial Music Sight Singing/Ear
Training I ........................................................... 2
MUSC 1213 Commercial Music Theory I ................ 2
MUSC 1331 MIDI I .................................................. 3

John Freyermuth
Performing Arts Center, Office 137D
[e-mail]
409-984-6520

The Live Sound Design and Technology Certificate
blends creative application of live sound
reinforcement with solid foundation in electronics
theory, circuitry and system installation. The
certificate may be completed in one year. Twenty
one credits are focused in the area of live sound,
maintenance, and installation of audiovisual
systems. The other nine credits focus specifically on
the fundamentals of electricity, circuits, and digital
fundamentals.

MUSI 1182 Piano Class Instruction II .................... 1
Total Hours ............................................... 14
Summer Semester
PHYS 1415 Physical Science or
PHYS 1405 Elementary Physics .............................. 4
Total Hours ........................................................... 4
Third Semester ...............................................Credit
MUSC 1196 Special Topics in Recording Arts ........ 1
MUSC 2347 Audio Engineering III ......................... 3
MUSC 1405 Live Sound I ........................................ 4
MUSI 1310 American Popular Music ..................... 3
Social/Behavioral Science Elective .......................... 3

Students must earn a minimum grade of ‘C’ in all
technical courses in the Recommended Program of
Study.

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