The UVU AAS in Digital Audio is a powerful gateway into the fascinating world of album recording and mixing, location and post-production sound for film and video, audio restoration and forensics, live sound, radio production, gaming, and audio hardware and software design. Students will use industry-leading equipment including SSL, Audient, AVID ProTools, Universal Audio, Neumann, Waves, Tube Tech, AKG, and many others. By graduation, each student will have produced and engineered numerous music, ADR, Foley, and sound effects sessions, including professional-level mixes; will have their choice of many other areas of audio expertise; and will be professional employment-ready.
Total Program Credits: 64
| General Education Requirements: | 36 Credits | ||
| ENGL 1010 | Introduction to Academic Writing CC | 3 | |
| or | ENGH 1005 | Literacies and Composition Across Contexts CC (5) | |
| ENGL 2010 | Intermediate Academic Writing CC | 3 | |
| Complete one of the following: | |||
| MATH 1050 | College Algebra QL (4) | 4 | |
| or | MATH 1055 | College Algebra with Preliminaries QL (5) | |
| Complete one of the following: | 3 | ||
| POLS 1000 | American Heritage SS (3) | ||
| HIST 2700 | US History to 1877 AS (3) | ||
| and | HIST 2710 | US History since 1877 AS (3) | |
| HIST 1700 | American Civilization AS (3) | ||
| HIST 1740 | US Economic History AS (3) | ||
| POLS 1100 | American National Government AS (3) | ||
| Complete the following: | |||
| PHIL 2050 | Ethics and Values IH | 3 | |
| HLTH 1100 | Personal Health and Wellness TE | 2 | |
| or | EXSC 1097 | Fitness for Life TE (2) | |
| Distribution Courses | |||
| Biology | 3 | ||
| Physical Science | 3 | ||
| Additional Biology or Physical Science | 3 | ||
| Humanities | 3 | ||
| Fine Arts | 3 | ||
| Social/Behavioral Science | 3 | ||
| Discipline Core Requirements: | 28 Credits | ||
| DGM 1110 | Digital Media Essentials I | 4 | |
| MUSC 1100 | Fundamentals of Music FF | 3 | |
| PHYS 1700 | Descriptive Acoustics PP | 3 | |
| DGM 2130 | Digital Audio Essentials | 3 | |
| DGM 2410 | Core Recording | 3 | |
| DGM 2430 | Core Mixing | 3 | |
| DGM 2440 | Production Sound for Cinema | 3 | |
| DGM 2460 | Podcast and Radio Production | 3 | |
| DGM 2481 | Digital Audio Restoration | 3 | |
Graduation Requirements:
This graduation plan is a sample plan and is intended to be a guide. Your specific plan may differ based on your Math and English placement and/or transfer credits applied. You are encouraged to meet with an advisor and set up an individualized graduation plan in Wolverine Track.
| Semester 1 | Course Title or Text | Credit Hours |
| DGM 1110 | Digital Media Essentials I | 4 |
| MUSC 1100 | Fundamentals of Music FF | 3 |
| MAT 1030 or 1010 or MATH 1050 | Quantitative Reasoning QL or Intermediate Algebra or College Algebra QL | 4 |
| ENGL 1010 | Introduction to Academic Writing CC | 3 |
| Biology Distribution | 3 | |
| Semester total: | 17 | |
| Semester 2 | Course Title or Text | Credit Hours |
| DGM 2130 | Digital Audio Essentials | 3 |
| PHYS 1700 | Descriptive Acoustics PP | 3 |
| Physical Science Distribution | 3 | |
| Fine Arts Distribution | 3 | |
| Humanities Distribution | 3 | |
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EXSC 1097 or HLTH 1100 |
Personal Health and Wellness TE or Fitness for Life TE |
2 |
| Semester total: | 17 | |
| Semester 3 | Course Title or Text | Credit Hours |
| DGM 2140 | Audio Hardware I | 3 |
| DGM 2410 | Core Recording | 3 |
| DGM 2460 | Podcast and Radio Production | 3 |
| ENGL 2010 | Intermediate Academic Writing CC | 3 |
| History Distribution | 3 | |
| Semester total: | 15 | |
| Semester 4 | Course Title or Text | Credit Hours |
| DGM 2430 | Core Mixing | 3 |
| DGM 2440 | Production Sound for Cinema | 3 |
| DGM 2481 | Digital Audio Restoration | 3 |
| Social/Behavioral Science Distribution | 3 | |
| PHIL 2050 | Ethics and Values IH | 3 |
| Semester total: | 15 | |
| Degree total: | 64 | |
The Digital Media department is in the Scott M. Smith College of Engineering. To find the most up-to-date information, including Program Learning Outcomes for degree programs offered by the Digital Media department, visit their website.
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