Foothill College – Certificate of Achievement – Music Technology

Core Courses (32 units)

MTEC 50A Introduction to Music Technology (4 Units)*

MTEC 51A Studio Recording I (4 Units)*

or MTEC 60A Producing in the Home Studio I (4 Units)*

MTEC 52A Mixing & Mastering I (4 Units)*

MTEC 55A Introduction to Game Audio (4 Units)*

MTEC MTEC 57A Sound Design for Film & Video (4 Units)*

MTEC 62A Composing & Producing Electronic Music I (4 Units)*

MTEC 70A Pro Tools 101-Avid Certification (4 Units)*

or MTEC 72A Producing Music with Reason (4 Units)

or MTEC 72B Producing Music with Ableton Live (4 Units)*

or MTEC 72C Producing Music with Logic Pro X (4 Units)

And ONE course from the following:

MTEC 49 History of Music Technology (4 Units)*

MUS 9B Music & Media: Hendrix to Hip-Hop (4 Units)*

MUS 11B Funk, Fusion & Hip-Hop (4 Units)*

MUS 11D History of Electronic Music: Origins-1970 (4 Units)*

MUS 11E History of Electronic Music: 1970-Present (4 Units)*

Support Courses (8 units)

Select 8 units from the following:

MTEC 49** History of Music Technology (4 Units)*

MTEC 51B Studio Recording II (4 Units)*

MTEC 51C Studio Recording III (4 Units)

MTEC 52B Mixing & Mastering II (4 Units)*

MTEC 53A Audio Plug-Ins & Signal Processing (4 Units)*

MTEC 53B Audio Plug-Ins & Virtual Instruments (4 Units)

MTEC 54A Music Theory for Audio Producers (4 Units)*

MTEC 55B Advanced Sound Design for Games (4 Units)*

MTEC 55C Music Composition for Games (4 Units)*

MTEC 57B Surround Sound Production (4 Units)*

MTEC 60A** Producing in the Home Studio I (4 Units)*

MTEC 60B Producing in the Home Studio II (4 Units)

MTEC 62B Composing & Producing Electronic Music II (4 Units)*

MTEC 62C Composing & Producing Electronic Music III (4 Units)*

MTEC 66A Music Video Production (4 Units)

MTEC 70A** Pro Tools 101-Avid Certification (4 Units)*

MTEC 70B Pro Tools 110-Avid Certification (4 Units)*

MTEC 70C Pro Tools 201-Avid Certification (4 Units)*

MTEC 70D Pro Tools 210M-Avid Certification (4 Units)*

MTEC 70E Pro Tools 210P-Avid Certification (4 Units)

MTEC 70F Pro Tools 310M-Avid Certification (4 Units)

MTEC 70G Pro Tools 310P-Avid Certification (4 Units)

MTEC 72A** Producing Music with Reason (4 Units)

MTEC 72B** Producing Music with Ableton Live (4 Units)*

MTEC 72C** Producing Music with Logic Pro X (4 Units)

MTEC 80A Music Business (4 Units)*

MTEC 80B Entertainment Law & New Media (4 Units)

MTEC 80C Basics of Music Publishing (4 Units)

MTEC 82A Careers in Music Technology (4 Units)*

MTEC 82C Introduction to the Video Game Business (3.5 Units)

MTEC 84A Music & Medicine (4 Units)

or MUS 83A Music & Medicine (4 Units)

MTEC 88A Songwriter’s Workshop (4 Units)*

MTEC 88B Modern Song Composition (4 Units)*

MTEC 88C Advanced Song Structure (4 Units)*

MUS 7F Music in Film (4 Units)

MUS 11D** History of Electronic Music: Origins-1970 (4 Units)*

MUS 11E** History of Electronic Music: 1970-Present (4 Units)*

MUS 11F Video Games & Popular Culture (4 Units)*

or MDIA 13 Video Games & Popular Culture (4 Units)*

MUS 70R Independent Study in Music/Music Technology (1 Unit)

MUS 71R Independent Study in Music/Music Technology (2 Units)

MUS 72R Independent Study in Music/Music Technology (3 Units)

MUS 73R Independent Study in Music/Music Technology (4 Units)

MDIA 1 Introduction to Film Studies (4 Units)*

or MDIA 1H Honors Introduction to Film Studies (4 Units)*

MDIA 11 Introduction to Popular Culture (4 Units)*

or MDIA 11H Honors Introduction to Popular Culture (4 Unit)

MDIA 20 Fundamentals of Media Production (4 Units)*

MDIA 30 Digital Video Editing I (4 Units)*

*The courses noted with an asterisk were offered online at least once at this college during Summer 2020, Fall 2020, Winter 2021, or Spring 2021 academic terms.

** May be completed only once for credit to satisfy either the core or support course requirements.

Foothill College Online Learning AA Courses