Minor in Sound Studies
About This Program
The Minor in Sound Studies is offered for students who wish to focus on sound and culture as a part of their undergraduate curriculum.
Competencies
- Students completing the Sound Studies Minor will have the ability to compose and communicate effectively using both written and sonic media.
- Students completing the Sound Studies Minor will be able to enact rhetorical principles, practices, and theories, and reflect critically on students’ creative and compositional processes.
- Students completing the Sound Studies Minor will be familiar with the intertwined histories of rhetoric, writing, and recorded sound.
Curriculum
| English Foundations | ||
| ENGL 3380 | RHETORIC AND WRITING WITH SOUND | 3 |
| Sound Studies Specialization | ||
| Choose five of the following: | 15 | |
| RADIO PRODUCTION I | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS (when offered as PODCASTING) | ||
| VOICE AND DICTION | ||
| LISTENING TO LITERATURE | ||
| WRITING ABOUT MUSIC | ||
| HISTORY OF HIP HOP | ||
| FROM PHONOGRAPHS TO K-POP: A SONIC HISTORY OF EAST ASIA | ||
| PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY | ||
| PHONOLOGICAL THEORY I | ||
| ELEMENTS OF MUSIC | ||
| EXPLORATIONS IN MUSIC THEORY | ||
| SOUND DESIGN | ||
| LIGHTING AND SOUND TECHNOLOGY | ||
| UNIVERSAL DESIGN & ACCESSIBILITY IN THE PERFORMING ARTS | ||
| Total Hours | 18 | |
To count toward the minor, all courses must be completed with a grade of C or better. At least 6 of the 18 required hours must be from the Department of English.
Advising Resources
First time in college students must meet with the Liberal Arts advisor at the University Advising Center prior to their first semester but should meet with their program advisor after that. Transfer students should meet with their program advisor to enroll after accepting admission.
Location:
209 and 210 Carlisle Hall
Email:
englishadvising@uta.edu
Phone:
817-272-0358