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Course Info for FYSM - 157 - 01, Fall 2024
Class number: 3401 Title: Multimedia Sound Production Department: First Year Sem & Colloq
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: Yes Grading Basis: Graded Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 15 Current enrollment: 15 Available seats: 0
Start date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 End date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: MW: 1:30PM-2:45PM, AAC - 104 Instructor(s): Swist, Christopher
Prerequisite(s): Only first-year students are eligible to enroll in this class.
Distribution Requirement: Meets FirstYr Seminar Requirement
Course Description:
A "hands on" laboratory seminar that explores the acoustic and electronic elements of sound design in various forms of media. Included topics will be the physics of sound, analog audio, headphone/loudspeaker design, synthesis, sampling, digital audio, immersive sound, and interactive computer music/installation. This will include a review of the history of music technology and acoustic/electronic sound inventions. By the end of the semester, each student will have the knowledge and skills necessary to produce, analyze, and write about electro-acoustic sound compositions using the resources in the electronic music lab. The course also will include extensive critical listening assignments of the vast 100+ year canon of sound design and recording.