BA in Audio Production with an emphasis in International Audio Production
- Program Description
- Student Learning Outcomes
- Portfolio Review Course Requirements
- Degree Requirements
- Required Courses
- Additional Requirements
- Course Descriptions
As a global institution, Webster University recognizes the need for audio production professionals throughout the world. The emphasis in International Audio Production is earned in addition to the requirements for a BA degree in audio production. Students achieving the emphasis are industry professionals capable of addressing this worldwide need.
Students earning the emphasis learn:
- Fluency in a foreign language;
- Technical fluency in a foreign language;
- How to live and function in a foreign country;
- A practical appreciation of a foreign culture;
- Audio Production techniques as practiced in another country;
- Audio Production aesthetics as practiced in another country;
- The operation and economics of the Audio Production industry outside the United States.
Portfolio Review Course Requirements
- EPMD 1000 Introduction to Media Production
- MEDC 1010 Introduction to Mass Communications
- AUDI 1100 Audio Production I for Audio Production Majors
- AUDI 2000 Audio Production II
- AUDI 3000 Multitrack Recording
- 63 required credit hours
- 36 general education credit hours
- 29 elective credit hours
| EPMD 1000 Introduction to Media Production | 3 hours |
| MEDC 1010 Introduction to Mass Communications | 3 hours |
| MEDC 1050 Introduction to Media Writing | 3 hours |
| AUDI 1100 Audio Production I for Audio Production Majors | 3 hours |
| AUDI 1200 Introduction to MIDI | 3 hours |
| AUDI 2000 Audio Production II | 3 hours |
| MEDC 2200 Ethics in the Media | 3 hours |
| MEDC 2800 Cultural Diversity in the Media | 3 hours |
| AUDI 3000 Multitrack Recording | 3 hours |
| AUDI 3200 Applied Audio Maintenance | 3 hours |
| AUDI 3500 Digital Media | 3 hours |
| AUDI 3900 Audio Aesthetics | 3 hours |
| MEDC 4100 The Law and the Media | 3 hours |
| AUDI 4700 Professional Development in Audio | 3 hours |
| MEDC 4950Professional Media Practicum* | 3 hours |
| *Capstone Course |
A minimum of 15 credit hours must be chosen from the following:
| INTM 1600 Introduction to Interactive Media | 3 hours |
| VIDE 1810 Video Production I | 3 hours |
| AUDI 2100 Radio Production | 3 hours |
| AUDI Pro Tools | 3 hours |
| AUDI 3150 Topics | 3 hours |
| AUDI 3300 Sound System Operations and Design | 3 hours |
| AUDI 3400 Location Recording | 3 hours |
| AUDI 3600 MIDI Applications Sequencing | 3 hours |
| AUDI 3800 Professional Level Audio Production | 3 hours |
| AUDI 4000 Music Recording | 3 hours |
| AUDI 4100 Advanced Audio Mixing | 3 hours |
| AUDI 4300 Advanced MIDI Applications: Film Scoring | 3 hours |
| AUDI 4400 Audio Facility Management and Operations | 3 hours |
| AUDI 4500 Soundtracks for Visual Media | 3 hours |
| AUDI 4610 Readings in Audio Production | 3 hours |
| AUDI 4800 Audio Engineering | 3 hours |
| AUDI 4900 Pro-Seminar in Music Recording | 3 hours |
- Successful completion (with a B or better) of 18 credits in a foreign language. Or, if the student is already proficient in more than one language, a statement by the Chair of the Department of International Languages and Cultures stating that the student meets a reasonable requirement for basic fluency in the chosen language. (A foreign language is defined as one not native to the student. If English is the second language, then the internship must still take place as defined below.)
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Successful completion of an audio international internship is defined as follows:
- The internship is completed outside the United States. The internship is in the foreign language in which the student has concentrated (or demonstrated proficiency in.)
- The student receives a grade of B or better in the internship (MEDC 4950.)
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