Audio & Stage Production, CD

Location(s): Cheyenne Campus

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The Audio and Stage Production Credit Diploma provides students with the critical skills needed to enter the audio and stage/entertainment production industry. A balanced combination of classroom instruction and hands-on training allows students to quickly turn concepts into valuable work experience. The program is designed to offer a solid foundation in production techniques in audio recording, live sound reinforcement, and stage production for theaters, auditoriums, and entertainment venues.

Students who complete the program will have the skills and ability to enter the workforce as an independent contractor with organizations such as live audio and stage production companies, and both nonprofit, public, and for-profit theatres, auditoriums, and performing arts centers.

Students wishing to continue their education will have an introductory set of skills to pursue further education from programs such as the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences. Students can also use these courses to transfer to AA and BA degrees in music and theatre.

Contact Information

Contact information is available on the Communication & Creative Arts website.

Map your individual academic plan of courses with your Student Success Coach.

If students choose to transition to another program within the Communication & Creative Arts pathway, they should be particularly aware of the choice points that indicate when a decision to branch off into another program must be made to ensure credits and time are not lost.

Coursework common to all degrees within this pathway is indicated by CAC, Common Academic Coursework, in the program map.

Competencies

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

Demonstrate compliance with industry safety standards and procedures.
Develop skills used by theatre technicians and craft people through fundamental practices of the technical methodology of scenic, lighting, and rigging.
Successfully operate a medium size public address system, including pre-production, mic placement, and tuning.
Successfully setup and produce a small scale recording session and edit composite takes of audio and mixdown multitrack recordings.

First Semester

Course Requirements

MUSC 1435 - Audio Recording Credits: 3
THEA 1200 - Intro to Stage Design Credits: 3

Milestones

Students complete a multitrack recording and mixing project.
Students complete stage design using theatre design principles.

Semester Total: 6 Credits

Second Semester

Course Requirements

THEA 2230 - Stage Lighting I Credits: 3
MUSC 2410 - Techniques for Live Sound Credits: 3
TREX 2000 - Transition Experience Credits: 1

Milestones

Completion of on-campus coursework for the program.
Students complete a “hang and focus” and gain valuable knowledge about stage lighting.
Students learn how to run a small/medium sized audio system.

Semester Total: 7 Credits

Third Semester

Choice Points

Students interested in pursuing additional training or education in theatre production should take THEA 2470 .
Students interested in pursing additional training or education in audio production should take MUSC 2470 .

Course Requirements

MUSC 2470 - Music Internship Credits: 3
OR
THEA 2470 - Theater Internship Credits: 3

Milestones

Students apply their newly acquired skills in a professional setting and reflect on their internship experience.
Completion of the Audio and Stage Production, CD.

Semester Total: 3 Credits

Program Credit Hour Total: 16 Credits

Program Comments

The information below is intended to be a guide, and does not guarantee regional job placement, job availability, or a specific wage after completion of the program.

The potential jobs listed below may require some work experience after the completion of the program. The Audio and Stage Production program is intended to give students coursework and applied learning helpful in obtaining potential jobs. Possible careers in or related to the program include; independent contractor stage hand, positions with live audio and stage production companies, and nonprofit, public, and for profit theatres, auditoriums, and entertainment venues.

Additional information on careers in Audio and Stage Production is available through Career Coach.

Transfer Information

LCCC courses may transfer to institutions in addition to those with formal articulation agreements. Students are strongly encouraged to determine the degree requirements and transfer policy of the specific college/university and program to which they plan to transfer.