MSRA Curriculum

The Master of Science in Recording Arts (MSRA) is comprised of 34 credits. 15 credits are required courses, 15 credits are electives, and 4 credits are Thesis/Portfolio. All MSRA courses and any electives taken outside the department to be used towards degree progress must be completed with a B/3.0 or higher.  Students who earn grades lower than B/3.0 (including B-/2.7) in any course intended to be used towards degree progress will be required to re-take the course

Required Courses (19 credits)
Course # Course TitleCredit Hours
MSRA 5000Intro to Graduate Studies (offered Fall only)
3
MSRA 5001​MSRA Research Seminar (Spring)3
MSRA 5580Graduate Audio Seminar I (Fall)
3
MSRA 5590Graduate Audio Production (Fall)
3
MSRA 6510Graduate Audio Pedagogy (Spring)
3
MSRA 6950/6951MSRA Thesis/Portfolio (any semester)
4
 
Electives (15 credits)
Course # Course TitleCredit Hours
MSRA 5500Topics in Professional Audio (Fall & Spring)
1
MSRA 5505
MSRA 5515
Audio Post Production I (Fall)
Songs & Scores for Visual Media
3
3
MSRA 5530Live Sound Reinforcement (Fall & Spring)
3
MSRA 5560Mastering & Adv. Digital Audio (Spring)
3
MSRA 5575 MSRA 5581
MSRA 5605
MSRA 5820

Surround Sound (Spring)                    Graduate Audio Seminar II (Spring)  Audio Post Production II (Spring)           Digital Music Techniques (Fall)

3
3
3
3

And/or other courses as approved by MSRA Faculty Advisor, including courses from allied disciplines.

Total MSRA credits: 34