Training
•Builds skills across songwriting, arranging, digital composition, recording, synthesis, mixing and publishing
•Grounds studio work in popular-music theory, history and cultural context
•Housed in the Department of Media Arts under chairperson Shawn Kildea, PhD, the interdisciplinary degree draws on courses in radio, podcasting and music publishing across the university
Professional Development
•Students create and release work individually and with other musicians, culminating in a self-directed capstone project or professional internship
•Recent internship sites include Atlantic Records, VH1 Save the Music, radio stations and recording studios
•Optional experiences include a Los Angeles semester and a Nashville spring-break program
