The Master of Music degree is designed for students who want to enter the industry, as music content providers, specialists in multimedia, or music/audio programmers. It is a two-year program with a final project completed during the second year that demonstrates mastery in areas such as multimedia, sound design and audio programming.

Our undergraduate degree is the Bachelor of Music in Music Technology. Consider also the Bachelor of Arts degree that can be focused in Music Technology.

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Further information on graduate admissions

Requirements for Admission: Each applicant must have a fully completed application on file, including transcripts, letters of reference, and a portfolio demonstrating previous work in music technology.

Qualifications: Applicants may be admitted with a Bachelor’s degree, typically in music. We will consider applicants with degrees in areas other than music provided that there is a significant academic background in music.

Program of Study: This major requires 18 units of credit, which normally take two years to complete. A typical program of student includes one course each quarter in the areas of cores studies, musical studies, and cognate or elective courses.

Required Classes

Core Studies (8-12)
320 – Physics of Sound
335 - Selected Topics in Music Technology
337 - Multimedia for the Web
338 - Programming
340 - Composing With Computers
342 - Computer Sound Processing
345 – Technology-based Performance
348 - 3D Sound and Spatial Audio
370 – Sound Design for New Media
434 - Computers, Technology, and Music Experience
435 - Selected Topics in Music Technology
441 - Advanced Computer Composition
442 – History and Analysis of Electroacoustic Music
450 - Advanced Audio Signal Processing

Projects and Applied Research (2-4)
444 - Advanced Projects in Music Technology
485 - Master's Project (required for a maximum of 1 unit)
493 – Technology Colloquium (required for last three quarters)

Professional Emphasis
Musical Studies (3-6): 300- and 400-level music courses offered for music majors (excluding courses in music technology).

Cognate Areas (2-4)
Related courses in an area outside of music. Recommended Courses: COMM_SCI 302 Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory Mechanism
CSD 306 Introduction to Psychoacoustics
RTVF 388 Radio/Audio Production
RTVF 398 Selected Topics: Foundations of Sound Design

Electives (0-2): Courses chosen by the student.

Masters Final Project: Students must register for Technology Colloquium during their last three quarters of study. Within the Colloquium meeting final Masters projects will be proposed, discussed and evaluated with the faculty. Students must submit a project proposal for approval prior to the start of 485 Masters Project, which is usually taken during the last quarter of study. Students must complete 485 in order to graduate.

In addition to the general requirements for the B.Mus., the following is required for a specialization in music technology:

1 unit required of all Music Studies Majors

MUS TECH 385-0 Senior Project

12 units selected from among the following and approved by the advisor:

Recommended Area Courses within Music Studies:

MUS TECH 259-0 Introduction to Music Technology
MUS TECH 262-0 Technology in the Music Classroom
MUS TECH 320-0 Physics of Sound
MUS TECH 321-0 Producing in the Virtual Studio
MUS TECH 335-0 Selected Topics in Music Technology
MUS_TECH 337-0 Multimedia for the Web
*MUS TECH 338-1,2 Programming I & II
*MUS TECH 340-0 Composing with Computers
*MUS TECH 342-0 Computer Sound Synthesis
MUS TECH 343-0 Sound Design for New Media
MUS TECH 344-0 Advanced Projects in Music Technology
MUS TECH 345-0 Technology-Based Performance
MUS TECH 348-0 3-D Sound and Spatial Audio

Other Recommended Courses in Music

MUS COMP 112-0, 212-0, 312-0 Composition
MUSICOL 326/327/328 Topics in World Music: Asia/Africa/The Americas
MUS THRY 335 Selected Topics: Internet Music
MUS THRY 351-1,2 Music Cognition

Recommended Courses Outside of Music

COMM_SCI 306-0 Introduction to Psychoacoustics
COMM_SCI 302 Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory Mechanism
*RTVF 398 Selected Topics: Foundations of Sound Design
RTVF 388 Radio/Audio Production

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* Denotes highly recommended courses.