Sonic Arts and Music Production (SAMP) B.A./B.S.
Program Coordinator: A. Willette
Serving students who seek a broad liberal arts degree with a major in music, the B.A./B.S. in Music: Sonic Arts & Music Production provides a music foundation with an emphasis in music technology within a broad liberal arts framework. Students engage multiple creative contexts including recording, mixing and mastering, working with visual media, live interactive performance, sound installations, and online possibilities. Students successfully completing the B.A. or B.S. in Music: Sonic Arts & Music Production will have gained the necessary skills in music technology and supportive curriculum to prepare them for continued academic study in the discipline along with the breadth of knowledge, creative thinking, and expressive skills that can be translated to artistic, technical, entrepreneurial, and research endeavors.
Requirements
In addition to meeting the general University degree requirements, music majors seeking the B.A. or B.S. in Sonic Arts and Music Production must complete the following courses:
Courses
| Mus 045 | Portfolio Review | 0 |
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| Mus 101 | Contemporary Music Theory I | 4 |
| Mus 102 | Contemporary Music Theory II | 4 |
| Mus 103 | Contemporary Music Theory III | 4 |
| | or | |
| Mus 111 | Music Theory I | 3 |
| Mus 112 | Music Theory II | 3 |
| Mus 113 | Music Theory III | 3 |
| | And | |
| Mus 114 | Sight Singing/Ear Training I | 1 |
| Mus 115 | Sight Singing/Ear Training II | 1 |
| Mus 116 | Sight Singing/Ear Training III | 1 |
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| Mus 188 | Performance Attendance | 0 |
| | (6 terms required) | |
| Mus 191 | Group Lessons for Beginners I: Piano, Guitar or Voice | 2 |
| Mus 192 | Group Lessons for Beginners II: Piano, Guitar or Voice | 2 |
| Mus 193 | Group Lessons for Beginners III: Piano, Guitar or Voice | 2 |
| Mus 194, 195, 196, 197, or 198 | Small or Large Ensemble | 3 |
| Mus 145 | Music Technology Lab I | 1 |
| Mus 146 | Music Technology Lab II | 1 |
| Mus 147 | Music Technology Lab III | 1 |
| Mus 245 | SAMP I: Audio Recording | 3 |
| Mus 246 | SAMP II: Studio Techniques | 3 |
| Mus 247 | SAMP III: Studio Production | 3 |
| Mus 344 | Sonic Arts and Music Production Laptop Ensemble | 3 |
| Mus 345 | SAMP IV: Acoustics for Musicians | 3 |
| Mus 346 | SAMP V: Music with Visual Media | 3 |
| Mus 347 | SAMPVI: Integrated Sound Arts | 3 |
| Mus 357 | History of Electronic Music | 4 |
| Mus 445 | Business of Music | 3 |
| Mus 476 | Computer Music Composition | 3 |
| | Upper-division music electives to be chosen by student in consultation with an advisor. | 5 |
4 credits of the following:
| Mus 301U | Survey of Music Literature I: Medieval to Classical Era | 4 |
| Mus 302U | Survey of Music Literature II: Romantic to Modern Era | 4 |
| Mus 355U | Jazz History | 4 |
| Mus 365U | Film Music | 4 |
| Mus 374U | World Music: Africa and the Middle East | 4 |
| Mus 375U | World Music: Asia | 4 |
| Mus 376U | American Musical Traditions | 4 |
| Mus 377U | World Music: Latin America and the Caribbean | 4 |
| Mus 378 | World Music: Native American Traditions | 4 |
| Mus 470 | Topics in Music History | 2 |
| Mus 482 | Topics in Music of the African Diaspora | 2 |
8 credits of the following:
Total Credit Hours: 72
Interested students will submit two creative projects and a written statement of purpose for acceptance as a SAMP major after completing Contemporary Music Theory and Mus 247 or upon transferring to PSU with equivalent coursework.
To meet core musicianship requirements, all SAMP students need to either take group piano (Mus 191, Mus 192, Mus 193) or show piano proficiency through testing.