Sound Design Concentration
Students who complete the Sound Design concentration will gain the knowledge and skills to be well-positioned for a variety of career opportunities within On/Off-Broadway theatre and shops, musical national/international tours, regional theatres, the media and music industries, audio/video installation companies and corporate event-planning companies.
Students will gain valuable knowledge and competencies in acoustics, electric theory, sound contents and system design, audio networking, music theory, composition, live sound reinforcement, studio recording, mixing and mastering, post-production and music technology, drawing on coursework within and beyond Theatre Arts, and intersecting most immediately with the college’s Conservatory of Music and the New Media program housed within the School of Film and Media Studies.
Students must satisfy the General Education requirements (both SUNY and Purchase College Health and Wellness requirement) in addition to the major requirements below. ACT 1250, TDT1210 (freshman year) and ACT 2100 may be counted toward the liberal arts requirement (30 credits minimum) for the BFA.
Freshman Year: 25 credits
The freshman year requirements are the same for all undergraduate theatre design/technology majors.
Sophomore Year: 26 credits
- TDT 2120/Production II*/ 3 credits
- TDT 2501/Sound Design I*/ 3 credits
- TDT 1020/Sound Fundamentals/ 3 credits
- TDT 2080/Theatre Technology I/ 3 credits
- TDT 3520/Vector Works/ 3 credits
- MTH 1300/Music Theory Intensive I/ 2 credits
*Part One and Two (two-semester course)
- TDT 2130/Production II*/ 3 credits
- TDT 2511/Sound Design I*/ 3 credits
- MTH 1310/Music Theory Intensive II/ 2 credits
- TDT 2045/Music Reading for Stage Managers/ 1 credit
*Part One and Two (two-semester course)
Junior Year: 29 credits
- TDT 3120/Production III* / 3 credits
- TDT 3501/Sound Design II* / 3 credits
- TDT 2200/Scene Design I* / 3 credits
- MTH 4035/Recording and Mixing for Musicians I / 2 credits
- MCO 1310/Studio Composition I / 2 credits
*Part One and Two (two-semester course)
- TDT 3130/Production III* / 3 credits
- TDT 3511/Sound Design II*/ 3 credits
- TDT 4460/Collaborative Process/ 2 credits
- MTH 4036/Recording and Mixing for Musicians II / 2 credits
- MCO 1320/Studio Composition II/ 2 credits
- ACT 2100/History of the Theatre/ 4 credits
*Part One and Two (two-semester course)
Senior Year: 26 credits
- TDT 4120/Production IV* / 3 credits
- TDT 4501/Sound Design III* / 3 credits
- TDT 2400/Lighting Design I / 3 credits
- TDT 2600/Introduction to Stage Management / 3 credits
- Choose New Media/Music Electives (Upper Level) / 4 credits total
- NME3230/Real-Time Media Processing, 4 credits
- MCO3330/Studio Production I, 2 credits AND MTH3180 Electroacoustic Music I, 2 credits
*Part One and Two (two-semester course)
- TDT 4130/Production IV* / 3 credits
- TDT 4511/Sound Design III*/ 3 credits
- TDT 4880/Portfolio/ 1 credit
- Choose 1: Art + Design /New Media/Music Elective (Upper Level) 3 credits
- SCP3630/Sound/Interactive Media I, 3 credits
- MCO4125/Master Class Production, 3 credits
*Part One and Two (two-semester course)