Music Technology Minor

In order to complete a minor in music technology, a student will:

• Learn to read music, and acquire fundamental listening and sight-reading skills.
• Learn the basic principles of music theory (either Western or Arab).
• Acquire some fluency at playing piano, and at using the keyboard as a tool for music data entry; more advanced students may present a part of a solo recital, in piano or another instrument, with permission of their teacher.
• Learn the fundamental techniques of recording, editing, mixing, and mastering.
• Acquire an intermediate knowledge of digital audio workstations (DAWs) and editing software.
• Acquire an intermediate understanding of MIDI.

This will require the student to complete 18 credit hours of instruction, normally including the following: