Recording Arts Technician
Certificate of Achievement Music · Chaffey College · 2026-2027 Catalog
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:
- Apply skills and concepts to create recorded sound.
- Apply critical thinking in the creation, analysis, and interpretation of musical recordings.
- Engage creativity and develop thinking about the study of musical recordings.
- 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 |
| orMUSIC 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