Also see Associate of Arts - Music Field of Study
Collin’s Commercial Music program provides career training in performance, audio engineering and sound reinforcement, electronic music, and composition / songwriting. Internship opportunities are available through the Cooperative Work Experience program for practical training in the field.
Many Collin graduates perform professionally or work in recording studios, tape duplication and editing facilities, or sound reinforcement companies.
Students planning to transfer to a college or university should check with the Collin academic advisor prior to beginning this program to verify course transferability.
Career Options
The Commercial Music program prepares students for positions in:
Audio Duplication / Manufacturing
Audio Engineering
Digital Audio Editing
Instrumental / Vocal Arranging
Jingle Composition
Music Marketing
Music Transcribing
Performance
Studio Management
Synthesizer Programming
AAS – Commercial Music
61 - 67 credit hours
| FIRST YEAR | ||
| First Semester | ||
| ARTC | 1325 | Introduction to Computer Graphics |
| MUSB | 1305 | Survey of the Music Business |
| MUSC | 1327 | Audio Engineering I ~ |
| MUSC | 2427 | Audio Engineering II ~ |
| MUSI | 1301 | Music Fundamentals |
| Second Semester | ||
| MUSC | 1313 | Commercial Music Theory I |
| MUSI | 1116 | Aural Skills I 1 |
| SPCH | 1321 | Business and Professional Speaking 2 |
| Option 1 | ||
| Option 2 | ||
| Elective ** | ||
| SECOND YEAR | ||
| First Semester | ||
| ENGL | 1301 | Composition / Rhetoric I |
| MATH | 1314 | College Algebra 3 |
| MUSC | 1171 | Commercial Class Piano I 4 |
| MUSC | 1323 | Audio Electronics |
| MUSC | 1331 | MIDI I |
| Second Semester | ||
| MUSB | 2380 | Cooperative Education - Music Management and Merchandising (Capstone) |
| MUSC | 1172 | Commercial Class Piano II 5 |
| MUSC | 1405 | Live Sound I |
| MUSC | 2355 | MIDI II |
| MUSI | 1307 | Introduction to Music Literature 6 |
| PHED / DANC | Any activity course 7 | |
| PSYC | 2301 | General Psychology 8 |
| ~ | Audio Engineering courses (MUSC 1327, MUSC 2427, MUSC 2447 and MUSC 2448) are offered in both eight- and sixteen-week formats. Students planning to follow the curriculum outline above may need to take the cuorses in the eight-week format in order to meet the prerequisite requirements. |
| 1. | No course substitutions. Required for Music, Commercial Majors |
| 2. | May substitute SPCH 1311 or SPCH 1321 |
| 3. | May substitute - Mathematics courses: MATH 1316, MATH 1324, MATH 1325, MATH 1332, MATH 1342, MATH 1350, MATH 1351, MATH 1414, MATH 2305, MATH 2312, MATH 2318, MATH 2320, MATH 2413, MATH 2414, MATH 2415, MATH 2417, MATH 2419; Natural Science courses: BIOL 1406, BIOL 1407, BIOL 1408, BIOL 1409, BIOL 1411, BIOL 1414, BIOL 1415, BIOL 2401, BIOL 2402, BIOL 2404, BIOL 2406, BIOL 2416, BIOL 2421, CHEM 1405, CHEM 1411, CHEM 1412, CHEM 2401, CHEM 2423, CHEM 2425, ENVR 1401, ENVR 1402, GEOL 1401, GEOL 1402, GEOL 1403, GEOL 1404, GEOL 1405, GEOL 1445, GEOL 1447, PHYS 1401, PHYS 1402, PHYS 1403, PHYS 1404, PHYS 1405, PHYS 1410, PHYS 1415, PHYS 2425 or PHYS 2426 |
| 4. | May substitute MUSI 1181, departmental permission required |
| 5. | May substitute MUSI 1182, departmental permission required |
| 6. | Required to fulfill the Humanities / Fine Arts core requirement |
| 7. | May take: DANC 1101, DANC 1110, DANC 1111, DANC 1141, DANC 1142, DANC 1145, DANC 1146, DANC 1147, DANC 1148, DANC 1151, DANC 1152, DANC 1222, DANC 1223, DANC 2141, DANC 2142, DANC 2145, DANC 2146, DANC 2147, DANC 2148, DANC 2151, DANC 2152, DANC 2301, DANC 2325, PHED 1100, PHED 1102, PHED 1104, PHED 1106, PHED 1111, PHED 1112, PHED 1113, PHED 1114, PHED 1115, PHED 1116, PHED 1117, PHED 1118, PHED 1120, PHED 1121, PHED 1123, PHED 1124, PHED 1125, PHED 1126, PHED 1127, PHED 1129, PHED 1130, PHED 1131, PHED 1133, PHED 1136, PHED 1137, PHED 1140, PHED 1147, PHED 1148, PHED 1253 or PHED 1338. |
| 8. | May substitute ANTH 2346, ANTH 2351, ECON 1301, ECON 2301, ECON 2302, GOVT 2301, GOVT 2302, HIST 1301, HIST 1302, HIST 2301, PSYC 2302, or SOCI 1301 |
| Option 1 | (maximum of 4 credit hours): any MUAP, any MUEN, MUSC 2447, MUSC 2448, MUSP 1104, MUSP 1105, MUSP 1110, MUSP 1117, MUSP 1127, MUSP 2230, MUSP 2233, MUSP 2235, MUSP 2237 or MUSP 2249 |
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| Option 2 | (maximum of 3 credit hours): MUSB 1341, MUSB 1391, MUSB 2345, MUSB 2355 or MUSC 1303 | |
| **Electives: | (maximum of 3 credit hours) MUSB 2301, MUSC 1209, MUSC 1321, MUSC 1333, MUSC 2313, MUSC 2314, MUSC 2330, MUSC 2345, MUSC 2351, MUSC 2356, MUSI 1117, MUSI 1183, MUSI 1184, MUSI 1192, MUSI 1193, MUSI 1312, MUSI 1386, MUSI 2116, MUSI 2117, MUSI 2181, MUSI 2182, MUSI 2192, MUSI 2193, MUSI 2311, MUSI 2312, MUSP 1151 or MUSP 1202 |
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CERTIFICATE
Certificate - Audio Engineering
31 credit hours
| FIRST YEAR | ||
| First Semester | ||
| MUSB | 1305 | Survey of the Music Business |
| MUSC | 1323 | Audio Electronics |
| MUSC | 1327 | Audio Engineering I ~ |
| MUSC | 1331 | MIDI I |
| MUSC | 2427 | Audio Engineering II ~ |
| Second Semester | ||
| MUSB | 2301 | Music Marketing |
| MUSC | 1405 | Live Sound I |
| MUSC | 2447 | Audio Engineering III ~ |
| MUSC | 2448 | Audio Engineering IV ~ (Capstone) |
| ~ | Audio Engineering courses (MUSC 1327, MUSC 2427, MUSC 2447 and MUSC 2448) are offered in both eight- and sixteen-week formats. Students planning to follow the curriculum outline above would need to take the courses in the eight-week format in order to meet the prerequisite requirements. |
Certificate - Music Business
33 - 34 credit hours
| FIRST YEAR | ||
| First Semester | ||
| MUSB | 1305 | Survey of the Music Business |
| MUSB | 2301 | Music Marketing |
| MUSC | 1303 | History of Popular Music |
| MUSC | 1327 | Audio Engineering I |
| SPCH | 1321 | Business and Professional Speaking |
| Second Semester | ||
| MUSB | 1341 | Concert Promotion and Venue Management |
| MUSB | 1391 | Special Topics in Music Business Management and Merchandising |
| MUSB | 2345 | Live Music and Talent Management |
| MUSB | 2355 | Legal Aspects of the Entertainment Industry |
| MUSB | 2380 | Cooperative Education - Music Management and Merchandising (Capstone) |
| Elective * | ||
*Elective - (minimum of 3 credit hours): MUSC 1331, MUSC 1405 or MUSC 2427
Note: The second digit in a course number indicates the number of credit hours
for that course.
