Required Courses (6 hours)

• RIM 3010 - Audio Fundamentals 3 credit hours *
• RIM 3300 - Digital Audio Technology 3 credit hours

• *NOTE: RIM 3010 is required in the Music Business and Commercial Songwriting concentrations and cannot count in both the major and minor. Music Business and Commercial Songwriting majors will need to take an additional minor elective to earn 15 hours in the minor. (12 hours of minor electives instead of 9.)

  *RIM 3011 Survey of Audio Technology  cannot substitute for RIM 3010 and cannot count in the Audio Production minor or major.

Electives (9 hours)

All courses require the stated prerequisites and /or approvals by the AP minor advisor. Other Audio Production-focused RIM courses may count with approval of the AP minor advisor or RIM department chair. Seek approval for these before enrolling.

• RIM 1230 - Commercial Musicianship 3 credit hours *
• RIM 3450 - Advanced Commercial Musicianship 3 credit hours **
• RIM 4100 - Audio Signals and Systems 3 credit hours
• RIM 4190 - Introduction to MIDI and Sound Synthesis 3 credit hours
• RIM 4210 - Desktop Music Production 3 credit hours
• RIM 4330 - Sound Reinforcement 3 credit hours
• RIM 4400 - Recording Studio Techniques 3 credit hours
• RIM 4440 - Critical Listening 3 credit hours
• RIM 4480 - Mastering 3 credit hours
• RIM 4570 - Film Sound Theory and Analysis 3 credit hours
• RIM 4575 - Sound Effects Design for Picture 3 credit hours
• RIM 4580 - Sound for Picture 3 credit hours
• RIM 4740 - Independent Contracting: Pro Audio Freelance 3 credit hours
• RIM 4830 - Recording Studio Maintenance 3 credit hours

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