Degrees offered: B.S.
The recording arts program provides training for careers in the complex recording industry with highly skilled, professional faculty. Course offerings include the principles, techniques and aesthetic possibilities of the audio recording chain and its application to the various media; studies in remote recording techniques; multi-channel re-mixing with simultaneous audio reprocessing up to 48 channels; and the application of multi-track studio to film music production. Laboratories offer musicians the opportunity to learn basic studio procedures and recording technology and to gain practical experience in studio work of all types. In addition, the program provides special studies in record production management with emphasis on the function of the producer, studio procedures, music business law, union relations, and in the development and use of recording facilities in home studios, community centers, small businesses and public schools.
Richard McIlvery, chair of the Recording
Arts Department, with Paul McGlaughlin
and Mike Mauer
Bachelor of Science in Music Recording
Entrance Requirements
Applicants who select the bachelor of science in music recording as their major must be able to read, play and/or sing simple diatonic melodies, show reasonable keyboard facility and knowledge of major and minor scales, key signatures and intervals. A personal audition or recent cassette tape recording is required of all applicants in their principal performance medium. A knowledge of calculus and physics is desirable.
General Education Requirements
For information concerning general education requirements, please consult the current USC Catalogue.
Diversity Requirement
All students must pass one course from the list of courses approved to meet the standard diversity requirements (see the USC Catalogue). These courses carry the designation "m" for multiculturalism.
Curriculum Requirements Units General education requirements 12 courses Writing 2 courses Mathematics requirement MATH 040x Basic Mathematical Skills or placement exam Ensemble electives 4 MUHL 200xg 4 MUIN 275ab (8), 286 (2), 291 (2), 379ab (4), 380 (2), 389 (2), 392 (2), 477 (2), 478 (2), 488ab (4), 493 (2) 32 MUPF 201 (4), 250ab (4) 8 MUTC 132ab (2), 133ab (6), 232ab (2), 233ab (6) 16 Electives 8 Remote Project 0 Studio Recording Projects 0 Film Scoring Projects 0 Qualifying Exam 0 128 Minor in Music Recording
A minor in music recording is offered for undergraduate students to provide them with the background necessary to enter the field of recording engineering and to familiarize them with the design needs of recording equipment. A minimum of 24 units of coordinated courses is required for completion of this minor.Prerequisite-acceptance into the program will require either MUPF 475a or the equivalent and a personal interview by the Recording Arts Department to assure that the student has sufficient musical background and skill.
Students admitted to this minor will be expected to have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and to maintain that average with no grade lower than a "C" for all courses taken in the minor.
Required Courses Units MUIN 286 Recording Production Management 2 MUIN 291 The Mixing Console 2 MUIN 380 Tape and Tape Recorders 2 MUIN 389 Digital Equipment and Recording 2 MUIN 475abx Recording Arts Workshop 8 MUIN 477 Remote Recording Techniques 2 MUIN 478 Advanced Multichannel Remix 2 MUIN 493 Audio Signal Processing Equipment 2 24 * Engineering majors may omit MUIN 379ab and MUIN 488ab.
MUIN 379b* Recording Studio Theory 4 MUIN 488ab* Recording Studio Maintenance 4 32
