Course Syllabus

Course: MUSC 3355

Division: Fine Arts, Comm, and New Media
Department: Music
Title: Audio for Gaming

Semester Approved: Spring 2020
Five-Year Review Semester: Summer 2025
End Semester: Fall 2025

Catalog Description: This course is designed to introduce the students to the basic concepts and technology involved in designing, creating, implementing and delivering audio and effects for the gaming industry.

Semesters Offered: TBA
Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 2; Lecture: 2; Lab: 1

Prerequisites: Admission to the BMCM program or permission of the instructor.

Justification: The gaming industry represents a significant opportunity for composers to work. Students will use the skills they learn in this course to compete for work in the gaming industry marketplace.


Student Learning Outcomes:
Demonstrate the ability to apply knowledge of acoustics and other aspects of the science of sounds and the electrical manipulation of sounds in recording situations.  This outcome will be assessed through class participation, exams, and assigned projects.

Demonstrate the ability to develop specific recordings of professional quality from concept to technical and artistic process to finished work.  This outcome will be assessed through class participation, exams, and assigned projects.

Demonstrate a fundamental knowledge of recording equipment and practice and the ability to apply this knowledge in recording situations.  This outcome will be assessed through class participation, exams, and assigned projects.

Demonstrate a working knowledge of audio for gaming software & hardware, capturing editing techniques, insertion & placement, backgrounds & soundscapes, and finalization & delivery.  This outcome will be assessed through class participation, exams, and assigned projects.


Content:
1. Understanding the gaming industry2. Music for Gaming3. The Science of Sound4. Understanding Recording Equipment5. Recording Sound6. Writing and Producing music for the gaming industry.

Key Performance Indicators:
Participation 30 to 40%

Exams 30 to 40%

Projects 30 to 40%


Representative Text and/or Supplies:
Materials as selected by instructor.


Pedagogy Statement:
This course will be delivered via a combination of direct instruction, class discussion, demonstration, and teacher directed hands-on work.

Instructional Mediums:
Lecture/Lab

Maximum Class Size: 15
Optimum Class Size: 12