Commercial Music

Commercial Music Certificate

Offered at the Levelland Campus
This certificate option provides the basic skills for employment
in the commercial music field. Students who complete
the following curriculum receive a Certificate of Proficiency.
This is a TSI-waived certificate. Students declaring this
major are not subject to the TSI regulations unless they enroll
in a course outside the prescribed curriculum.
Program advisors are Mickie Vasquez, program coordinator
and instructor in commercial music; John Reid, departmental
coordinator; and Lesa Wood, instructor in commercial music.

Certificate of Proficiency

FIRST SEMESTER*
ARTV 1371 Intro. to Video Production Tech. ..................3
MUSC 1303 History of Popular Music
or MUSC 1310 Masters of Bluegrass ...........................3
MUSC 1370 Modern Performance Techniques ................3
MUSC 1405 Live Sound I .................................................4
MUSI 1181 Class Piano ....................................................1
MUSI 1301 Music Fundamentals .....................................3
Small Commercial Music Ensemble
or Large Com. Music Ensemble: Band** ....................2
Class Musical Instruction or Applied Com.
Music (group class or private lesson)*** ....................2
Total Semester Hours .............................21

SECOND SEMESTER
MUSC 1311 Commercial Music Sight
Singing and Ear Training I ..........................................3
MUSC 1313 Commercial Music Theory I ........................3
MUSC 1321 Songwriting ..................................................3
MUSC 1327 Audio Engineering I .....................................3
MUSC 1330 Computer Music Notation I .........................3
Class Musical Instruction or Applied Com.
Music (group class or private lesson)*** ....................2
Small Commercial Music Ensemble or
or Large Com. Music Ensemble: Band** ....................2
Total Semester Hours ............................19

* Although not a requirement for this certificate, students
are strongly encouraged to take HUDV 1100 during
the first semester of enrollment.
** Consult an advisor for proper choice of courses.
Commercial Music Ensembles: MUSP 1209, MUSP
1240, MUSP 1246, MUSP 1250, MUSP 1251, MUSP
1253, MUSP 1272.
*** Consult an advisor for proper choice of courses.