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Introduction to Recording Software
Brief Course Description: Introduction to Recording Software will introduce students to the
DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). Students will learn how to create and manage a
project/session, manage audio input and output, use basic functions within a DAW, and output
recorded media.
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Course Name: Introduction to Recording Software
Department/Division: Business and Information Technology/Digital Media
Production
Course Number (approved by Registrar): _____________
Credit Hours:
3
Originator:
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PTC Telephone Number:
Jonathan Childs
jchilds@pulaskitech.edu
501.812.2309
Beginning Term Date: Fall 2014
Is this a Career Program Course?
No
Course Description: (Please make this suitable for catalog purposes.)
(Please include any pre- or co-requisites for this course.)
Introduction to Recording Software will introduce students to the DAW (Digital
Audio Workstation). Students will learn how to create and manage a
project/session, manage audio input and output, use basic functions within a
DAW, and output recorded media. (3 credit hours/special course fee)
Will this course be a prerequisite for any other course?
If yes, please list. No
Yes/No
Will this course be an elective or a requirement for graduation?
This course will be a requirement for graduation. It can also serve as an elective
for other DMP programs.
Does this course apply to a degree/certificate? Yes/No
If yes, please list.
Associate of Applied Science in:
Digital Media Production - Digital Cinematography/Audio Engineering Emphasis
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Rationale/Justification for course: (Please include evidence of
student need, i.e., assessment, research, surveys, etc.)
The fundamental change is that the course will no longer have to be taught
specifically with Apple’s Logic software. That opens the course up to be taught
with any Digital Audio workstation, or perhaps even multiple ones.
Logic Pro could be discontinued at any point (Apple discontinued it’s Soundtrack
Pro recording software a few years ago), and if so that would necessitate a course
and program change.
As mentioned above, this modification allows the course to be taught with a
different, or multiple Digital Audio Workstations. Currently, the DMP - Audio
Engineering program offers Digital Audio Workstation courses only for Logic and
Pro Tools. Changing the course name allows for Instructors to choose from a
variety of different software to teach. Instructors could also touch on multiple
different DAWs to demonstrate the differences and similarities between different
software.
Institutional Impact:
(1) Costs/Fees:
a. Will there be a need for additional faculty to teach course?
No
b. Will the library have to purchase new books, periodicals,
etc.? No
If yes, please list.
c. Will this course require any special supplies?
If yes, please list.
Yes, but no additional supplies will need to be
purchased at this time.
Computers and Digital Audio Software
d. Will this course require the students to pay a special course
fee? Yes
(2) Special Classroom Features:
a. Will this course require lab space (i.e. computer lab, science
lab, etc.)?
If yes, please specify.
This class will require a computer lab. The computers will need
appropriate sound recording software installed on them. IT 104 is a
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fully capable lab with all the software needed, so no additional
equipment will need to be purchased at this time.
b. Will this course require any media equipment (i.e. overhead,
portable sound system, TV/VCR/DVD, videotaping
equipment, wireless capability, etc.)? Yes/No
If yes, please list.
Computers and Software for Uploading and Editing Sound
Projector for Lecture and Demonstration
Special Considerations: (Days/Times course should be offered.)
Introduction to recording software could be offered during regular
campus hours. It probably couldn’t be offered as an online course. However, it
could possibly be offered as a Hybrid.
Intended Textbooks/Supplemental Materials: (If a textbook will not
be required, please discuss intended supplemental materials.)
This is the current book, but of course it could change based on the future of the
course.
Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro 9 and Logic Express 9
By: David Nahmani
Peachpit Press
Evidence of Transferability: (This should include letters of support
or agreement from transfer institutions and other colleges, OR
evidence of past practices, OR research of other college catalogs.)
N/A if this is a career program course or if PTC is the only institution
in the state that will be offering this course.
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