Courses

This course explores audio implementation & scripting/programming for interactive environments with an emphasis on gaming & the specific requirements & demands of this medium. Using code, visual scripting tools & professional level designer software, students will construct dynamic virtual environments, build interactive prototypes of complex audio objects, & learn techniques of interactive mixing for games & immersive environments. A hands-on approach will be used & students are encouraged to experiment with the tools & techniques discussed in class in new & creative ways. The course is taught using powerful tools, software & techniques in use throughout the gaming industry.

This advanced course focuses on the technical development, production, and delivery of audio and multimedia content for the Internet using industry-standard tools and technologies. Topics include web dynamic applications, audio formats, internet protocols, audio compression, broadcasting and podcasting.

An introduction to the concepts and applications of audio production for video, television and film. Current production techniques frequently used in the post-production industry will be explored with special emphasis on synchronization and the interfacing of SMPTE time code, and multi-track audio-sweetening techniques including music editing, sound effects design, foley, and dialog replacement.

A continuation of E85.2620. This is an advanced detailed study of the audio-visual production and post-production process including digital recording techniques with special emphasis on synchronization and the interfacing of SMPTE time code. Multi-track audio-sweetening techniques including music editing, sound effects design, foley and playback will be discussed, as well as other issues that concern stare-of-the-art post-production.

Mastering is the crucial final stage of audio production where subtle to transformative techniques are used to ensure that recorded works are ready for mass distribution. The craft demands a wide-ranging aesthetic sense, a solid understanding of digital audio, aural communication skills, and deep listening. This class combines demonstrations, discussions of theory and process, and hands-on practice. Significant participation in the form of frequent and continuing discussions throughout the semester is required.

This course gives an introduction to the perceptual and signal processing elements from which digital audio codecs are built including the human auditory system, hearing acuity, modeling of noise masking in human hearing and sound localization in space. These principles ​are​ illustrated by investigating several MPEG audio coding formats and current music and video streaming architectures.

Principles and techniques of audiologic evaluation and management of hearing impaired infants and children. Both personal and assistive amplification listening systems are covered. Speech reading and auditory training techniques. Educational and communicative options for children of different ages with different types and degrees of hearing loss. The cochlear implant: implications for rehabilitation and education of profoundly hearing-impaired children are included.

A performance class geared towards students who are taking auditions. Included in the class are two recording sessions to make pre-screen recordings. Readings will include studies on proper breathing & stage presence. The class includes mock audition sessions.

A performance class geared towards students who are taking auditions for graduate school. Included in the class are two recording sessions to make pre-screen recordings. Readings will include studies on proper breathing & stage presence. The class includes mock audition sessions.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of communicative approaches for individuals who are nonverbal or who have severe communications disorders. Special techniques and equipment are employed to allow these individuals to communicate effectively. A thorough examination of assessment and therapeutic process is presented, with emphasis on communication disorders secondary to congenital/acquired cognitive & motor impairments.

In Aural Comprehension IV the students will continue their exploration of the main elements of music - melody, harmony, rhythm, and form - through active listening, sight-singing, and dictation. Course activities are correlated with materials from Music Theory IV. The tonal material will remain a part of our exercises, but we will work with elements of atonal music and complex rhythms too. Besides regular sight singing, prepared singing, dictations and transcriptions of recorded music we will also listen to orchestral instrumentation, identify musical forms from listening to recordings, try to hear overtones, micro-intervals, improvise second voice to a song and write and sing a short piece of music.

Aural Comprehension III is a one-credit course, building on the foundations you have created in AC I and II. The two weekly class sessions will be devoted to group work in sight-singing and dictation: melodic, rhythmic and harmonic -- and in listening to longer segments of work to sharpen your perception of musical form. You will be expected to keep up a regular practice of these skills outside of class. In addition, we will arrange tutorials (at least three per semester) for individual work and assessment.

The musical materials of AC III will be taken mostly from 19th-century sources,
reinforcing your work in Music Theory and Music History III. We will also work with more chromatic music of the 18th century, as well as jazz, popular music and relevant world cultures.

Continued training in elementary musicianship skills.

Techniques of music listening developed through musical sight-singing, dictation, and aural analysis.

Intermediate level aural skills. Courses under this general title introduce students to listening and sight-reading techniques coordinated with topics in the corresponding co-requisite Theory & Practice II course.

Techniques of music listening developed through musical sight-singing, dictation, and aural analysis. Topics are coordinated with the co-requisite course, Theory & Practice II: Popular Music. This course builds on skills developed in Aural Skills I. Students learn techniques for critically listening to, analyzing, and notating musical elements of instrumentation, sound production and timbre, advanced rhythm and meter, loops and harmonic chord schemas, advanced diatonic harmony, and basic chromatic harmony including secondary functions and modulation.

Techniques of music listening developed through musical sight-singing,
dictation, and aural analysis. Topics are coordinated with the co-requisite
course, Theory & Practice II: Popular Music. This course builds on skills
developed in Aural Skills I. Students learn techniques for critically
listening to, analyzing, and notating musical elements of instrumentation,
sound production and timbre, advanced rhythm and meter, loops and harmonic
chord schemas, advanced diatonic harmony, and basic chromatic harmony
including secondary functions and modulation.

Techniques of music listening developed through musical sight-singing, dictation, and aural analysis. Topics are coordinated with the co-requisite course, Theory & Practice II: Tonal Harmony & Voice Leading. This course builds on skills developed in Aural Skills I. Students learn techniques for critically listening to, analyzing, and notating four-part diatonic harmony and basic chromatic harmony including secondary functions and modulation, advanced rhythm and meter, chromatic melodies, and instrumentation.

Techniques of music listening developed through musical sight-singing,
dictation, and aural analysis. Topics are coordinated with the co-requisite
course, Theory & Practice II: Tonal Harmony & Voice Leading. This course
builds on skills developed in Aural Skills I. Students learn techniques for
critically listening to, analyzing, and notating four-part diatonic harmony
and basic chromatic harmony including secondary functions and modulation,
advanced rhythm and meter, chromatic melodies, and instrumentation.

The objective of this course is to develop a broad understanding of language and
communication in autism. We discuss the history of scientific understanding of autism, current evidence, the neurodiversity movement, and cover a range of current ideas in theory and practice. We learn about the characteristics of autistic language and communication at multiple levels of linguistic analysis. We learn from a variety of perspectives, including those of autistic individuals, speech-language therapists and other clinicians, and friends and family members.