Department: Business Studies
Discipline: Business/Management
Subject Code: MUSB
Course #: 227
Course Title: Studio and Performance Production Operations
HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
FORM 335
Course Form 335 must be updated at least every five years per AP 765 to include, at
a minimum, the following elements. [§335.2]
1.
Digital Description:
Credit hours:
Lecture hours:
Lab hours:
4.0
3.0
2.0
Approved Online/Blended Face-to-Face Instruction Ratios:
[__] 25/75% [__] 33/67% [__] 50/50% [__] 67/33% [__] 75/25%
(Note: The first number indicates the percentage of online instruction. The second number indicates the percentage of
in-class instruction.)
2.
Maximum Enrollment (Insert new/revised maximum enrollments below):
In-Class Instruction: 24
Lab Instruction:
(It is assumed that maximum enrollments for blended courses are the same as those identified for In-Class instruction.
Maximum enrollments for Virtual Learning courses are to be 75% of In-Class instruction, as per the SGP on Maximum
Class Size)
3.
4.
Catalog Description:
Covers the technical and artistic sides of recording studio activities. Students
experience the workings of a real recording studio during the laboratory portion of
the course. (Students must participate in laboratory sessions at off-campus
recording studios and are responsible for their own transportation.) A course fee is
required.
Minimum Grade Required
Prerequisites:
Corequisites:
Other:
5.
Learning Outcomes
[These outcomes are necessary to enable students to attain the essential
knowledge and skills embodied in the program’s educational objectives.]
Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:
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Employ the common nomenclature of the sound reinforcement and
recording industries
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Department: Business Studies
Discipline: Business/Management
Subject Code: MUSB
Course #: 227
Course Title: Studio and Performance Production Operations
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6.
Interact with production industry professionals
Create audio recordings in compliance with current industry standards
Configure equipment for portable and installed sound systems, recording
devices, and audio editing computers
Negotiate with and contract hired providers of the high SPL sound,
lighting, and projection systems
Manipulate the hardware and modify the parameters of modern audio
recording systems
Describe the process of negotiating and hiring providers of high SPL sound,
lighting and projection systems
Classify the various forms of energy subsumed in various audio processes
Diagnose difficulties in routing and gain structure and troubleshoot flaws in
various production technologies
Assemble detailed records of production processes and manage the
consequent changes
Describe the complexity of everyday audio events
Planned Sequence of Learning Activities
[These must be designed to help students achieve the learning outcomes.]
1.
Overview of Tone Production, Reproduction and Equipment
Specifications
A.
Wave Shape
B.
Harmonics and Filters
C.
Frequency vs. Wavelength
D.
Electrical Measurement
E.
Acoustical Measurement
F.
Digital vs. Analog
G.
Balanced vs. Unbalanced
H.
Specifications vs. The Truth
2.
Studios, Stages and Manual Pages
A.
Electrical Considerations
B.
Grounding Considerations
C.
Transducer Fundamentals
D.
Mixer Fundamentals
E.
Equalizer Fundamentals
F.
Compressor Fundamentals
G.
Time Domain Processing
H.
Basic Room Acoustics
I.
Gain Structure and Dynamic Range
J.
Wire, Cabling and Connectors
K.
Amplifier Fundamentals
L.
Speakers, Horns and Enclosures
M.
Monitors
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Department: Business Studies
Discipline: Business/Management
Subject Code: MUSB
Course #: 227
Course Title: Studio and Performance Production Operations
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O.
Troubleshooting
Contracts and Riders, Outside Providers
3.
7.
Recording and the Studio Environment
A.
Recording Formats
B.
Recorder Considerations and Tracks
C.
Console Considerations
D.
Monitors
E.
Equipment
F.
Facility
G.
Engineers and Producers
H.
Prior Product
I.
Rates and Packages
Assessment of Student Learning
[Methods of assessment should be appropriate for Learning Outcomes listed
above.]
Assessment of student learning outcomes for the course, as required by AP 765, is
part of regular curriculum maintenance and/or improvement. The specific plan
has been determined by the pertinent faculty involved and is maintained in the
College’s assessment management system.
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8.
Objective quizzes and exams
Essay questions
Lab assignments
Projects
List of Texts, References, Selected Library Resources or other Learning
Materials (code each item based on instructional use): C-Lecture/Laboratory,
A-Lecture, B-Laboratory, LC-Lecture/Clinical, CLN-Clinical, I-Online,
BL-Blended, D-Independent Study, P-Private Lessons, E-Internship,
F-Cooperative Work-Study, FE-Field Experience. [These resources must be easily
accessible to students.]
Modern Recording Techniques; Huber & Runstein; Howard W. Sams, Pub.;
7th Edition. www.modrec.com
Mixing with Your Mind, Michael Stavros, 2nd Edition, Australia
www.mixingwithyourmind.com
9.
Prepared by Faculty Member: Carole Knisely
Date: 1/28/11
10.
Approved by Department Chairperson: Michelle Myers
Date: 1/28/11
11.
Approved by Academic Division Dean: Cheryl Batdorf
Date: 2/11/11
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Department: Business Studies
Discipline: Business/Management
Subject Code: MUSB
Course #: 227
Course Title: Studio and Performance Production Operations
This course meets all reimbursement requirements of Chapter 335,
subchapters A / B.
This course was developed, approved, and offered in accordance with the
policies, standards, guidelines, and practices established by the College. It is
consistent with the college mission.
If the course described here is a transfer course, it is comparable to similar
courses generally accepted for transfer to accredited four-year colleges and
universities.
12.
Director, Curriculum Compliance: Catherine A. Lencioni
Date: 2/15/11
13.
Provost & VP, Academic Affairs: Cynthia A. Doherty
Date: 2/16/11
14.
Original Date of course approval by the college: 201120
15.
Date(s) of subsequent reviews [Indicate change: Learning Outcomes; textbook(s)]:
1/28/11 (Updated Textbook)
05/19/15 – Added new blended format & approved maximum enrollment - nb
12/1/04
Review and updated: 10/26/07; 1/11/08; 1/16/09; 7/14/09
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