# Audio Recording (Certificate of Achievement)

Chabot College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: Music Recording Technology

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#### Description

The Certificate of Achievement in Audio Recording is designed for students who want to learn how to record and mix sounds in a variety of different applications. Students will learn the basics of recording hardware and software and will work in an extremely hands-on environment with abundant opportunities to engage in actual recording sessions. Housed in the state-of-the-art Chabot College recording studio & technology lab, this program offers a streamlined, efficient pathway for emerging audio engineers to establish a solid foundation of technical and aesthetic knowledge to begin working in the largely freelance and project-based creative music industry.

#### Program Learning Outcomes

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

1.  develop and implement the fundamental technical skills upon which to build a meaningful professional pathway into the music industry;
2.  cultivate an essential aesthetic basis upon which to make artistically viable, personally meaningful musical decisions;
3.  practice and demonstrate professional behaviors required in the music industry.

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| MURT 20 | Introduction to Music Technology (Active) | 3 |
| MURT 21 | Audio Recording I (Historical) | 3 |
| MURT 23 | Audio Recording II (Historical) | 3 |
| MURT 24 | Advanced Mixing Techniques (Historical) | 3 |
| MURT 25 | Live Concert Sound (Historical) | 1 |
| MUSL 8 | History of Rock and Roll and Popular Music (Historical) | 3 |
| **Total** | | **16** |

#### Other Information

Discipline: Arts & Design

Program Control Number: 40927

TOP Code: 100500 - Commercial Music

CIP Code: 10.0203 - Recording Arts Technology/Technician