# Recording Arts Technician (Certificate of Achievement)

Chaffey College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: Music

Source: https://chaffey.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/19210/20265/18867/20092/19176

### Description

The Recording Arts Technician Certificate is a one-year program that is designed to give students relevant information to enter the field of Recording Arts as an engineer or technician in sound-related recording environments. Students will produce and analyze recordings to develop their creative process as engineers and music producers in the field of recorded sound. Students who earn the Recording Arts Technician Certificate will have made significant progress towards the Commercial Music A.S. degree at Chaffey College.

### Program Learning Outcomes

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

1.  Apply skills and concepts to create recorded sound.
2.  Apply critical thinking in the creation, analysis, and interpretation of musical recordings.
3.  Engage creativity and develop thinking about the study of musical recordings.
4.  Have greater confidence in their own potential to express themselves creatively through music.

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Requirements for the Certificate of Achievement (CA):** | | 16 |
| COMSTD 8 | Fundamentals of Speech Communication | 3 |
| MUSIC 5 | Music Theory and Musicianship I | 4 |
| MUSIC 16 | Introduction to Recording | 3 |
| MUSIC 17 | Electronic Music | 3 |
| **Choose one:** | | 3 |
| MUSIC 18 | Introduction to Pro Tools | 3 |
| or MUSIC 19 | Introduction to Logic and Live | 3 |
| **Total** | | **16** |

### Other Information

Arts, Communication, and Design

Local Program (Major) Code: B315

Program Control Number: 37436

TOP Code: 1005.00\*

CIP Code: 10.0203