Audio Technology Curriculum
First Year (30 total credits)
First Semester
3 – AUD 1850 Introduction to Audio Technology
3 – MATH 1020 Business Calculus I1
1 – MUSC 1010 Beginning Class Piano2
3 – PA 1010 Introduction to Performing Arts
4 – PHYS 2070 General Physics I and
PHYS 2090 General Physics I Lab
or
4 – PHYS 1220: Physics with Calculus I and
PHYS 1240: Physics Lab
1 – Elective
15 Credits
Second Semester
3 – AUD 2850 Acoustics of Music
3 – ENGL 1030 Composition and Rhetoric
1 – PA 2790 Performing Arts Practicum I
4 – PHYS 2080 General Physics II and
PHYS 2100 General Physics II Lab
or
4 - PHYS 2210 Physics with Calculus II and
PHYS 2230 Physics Lab
4 – Elective
15 credits
Second Year (31 total credits)
First Semester
3 – AUD 2800 Sound Reinforcement
3 – AUD 3800 Audio Engineering I
3 – MUSC 1420 Music Theory 13
1 – MUSC 1430 Aural Skills I3
3 – PA 2010 Career Planning & Professional Development
3 – Modern Language Requirement4
16 credits
Second Semester
3 – AUD 3850 Advanced Live Sound Reinforcement or
AUD 3860 Electronic Composition & Sound Design
3 – MUSC 2100 Music in the Western World
3 – Modern Language Requirement4
3 – Social Science Requirement5
3 – Elective
15 credits
Third Year (31 total credits)
First Semester
3 – AUD 2790 Audio Practicum
1 – PA 2800 Performing Arts Practicum II
3 – PA 3010 Principles of Arts Administration
3 – Minor Requirement
3 – Music History Requirement6
3 – Social Science Requirement5
16 credits
Second Semester
3 – AUD 4800 Audio Engineering II
3 – COMM 2500 Public Speaking
3 – MUSC 3180 History of Audio Technology
3 – Arts and Humanities – Literature Requirement5
3 – Minor Requirement
15 credits
Fourth Year (29 total credits)
First Semester
3 – PA 4010 Capstone Project7
3 – Minor Requirement
3 – Music History Requirement6
5 – Elective
14 credits
Second Semester
3 – PA 3990 Internship
3 – Major Requirement8
6 – Minor Requirement
3 – Elective
15 credits
Notes
1 MATH 1060 or 1070 may be substituted.
2 Audio Technology students may demonstrate piano competence at the MUSC 1010 level with a competency test and not have to take the class. Students will still be responsible for this hour of credit by substituting another class.
3 Students minoring in music must also take MUSC 1440/MUSC 1450.
4 Students must complete through 2020 in a modern language. See Modern Languages Requirement at Clemson University statement.
5 See General Education Requirements.
6 Select from MUSC 3080, MUSC 3090, MUSC 3110, MUSC 3120, MUSC 3130, MUSC 3140, MUSC 3170, MUSC 4150 or MUSC 4160.
7 Audio students must pass AUD 4800 with a C or better before enrolling in PA 4010.
8 Select any 3000- or 4000-level MUSC course.
Note: Audio Concentration majors must earn a C or better in all required AUD, MUSC and PHYS courses, including those satisfying the music requirement and music history requirement.
