Audio Recording
Certificate of Achievement Music Recording Technology · Chabot College · 2026-2027 Catalog
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:
- develop and implement the fundamental technical skills upon which to build a meaningful professional pathway into the music industry;
- cultivate an essential aesthetic basis upon which to make artistically viable, personally meaningful musical decisions;
- 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