What We Offer
Commercial Entertainment offers a one-year technical certificate in 'Commercial Entertainment' with options for contemporary performers (singers, actors and dancers) as well as musicians and songwriters. Students receive a great deal of personal attention from our instructors, all of whom have extensive professional performance backgrounds in the industry. When a student chooses Columbia State’s Commercial Entertainment department, they are making a choice to realize their dreams of becoming a working professional in the exciting performing arts industry.
Required Core Courses
- CEN 200 – Audition/Showcase Techniques Credits: (2).
- CEN 207 - Entertainment Business Credits: (3).
- MUS 1510 - Class Voice I Credits: (1).
- MUS 1520 - Class Voice II Credits: (1).
- MUS 1810 - Fundamentals of Music I Credits: (3).
- MUS 1820 - Fundamentals of Music II Credits: (3).
- MUS 1850 - Musical Keyboarding I Credits: (1).
- MUS 1860 - Musical Keyboarding II Credits: (1).
- MUS 2350 - Digital Audio Recording Credits: (3).
Total Required Core Courses: 18
Songwriting Option
This option is designed to provide a student with the skills they will need to set–up a home Studio, to compose, arrange, perform and print Music using the computer and to create an Internet site or CD to market their productions.
- CEN 135 - Commercial Songwriting I Credits: (3).
- CEN 136 - Commercial Songwriting II Credits: (3).
- MUS 2360 - Digital Music Production Credits: (3).
Total Songwriting Option: 9
Performance Option
This option is designed for students who want to enter the entertainment field as a performer (singer/dancer) and provides a balanced approach to the skills needed to seek employment in this field.
Dance Elective Credits: (2) From Jazz, Tap, or Ballet technique:
- CEN 107 Ballet, CEN 109 Tap, CEN 111 Jazz Credits: (1).
- CEN 102 - Dance Performance and Production Lab Credits: (1).
- CEN 203 - Choreography I Credits: (1).
- CEN 205 - Basic Construction/Stagecraft Credits: (3).
- CEN 216 - Professional Audition Credits: (1).
- MUS 1800 - Choral Lab Credits: (1).
Total Performance Option: 9
Total Credit Hours: 27