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MTRA offers an Associate of Science (A.S.) Degree and 2 Certificates of Achievement. All courses are designed to give students the skills they need to pursue a wide range of music careers, such as sound design, music composition, audio engineering, live sound engineering, and music production.

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Music Technology & Recording Arts A.S. Degree

The Associate in Science (AS) degree requires:

• 15 units of Core MTRA courses (MUS 31A and B, 31LS, 31TS, 31SP, 57A and B, 57NS, 7)

• 18 units of General Education courses

• 10 units of required Music courses

• 2 units of Music Performance electives

• 2 units of Music Applied electives

• 3 units of Music electives

• 6 units of approved outside electives

• 2 units of Special Studies

• 2 units of Career Work Experience

These courses provide instruction in a wide array of skills, such as live sound production, studio production, and recording techniques. Students can choose from a wide variety of music performance classes and instrument lessons, as well as diverse outside electives in business, video production, physics, or theater. The entire course of study amounts to a total of 60 units.

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