Columbia State offers two technical certificates in the commercial entertainment field: Commercial Music-Multimedia for Songwriters, and Commercial Performance. Requirements for these certificates are below.
Commercial Music-Multimedia For Songwriters (Technical Certificate)
This Program 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.
Required Courses:
MUS 1810 Fundamentals of Music I *
MUS 1820 Fundamentals of Music II*
MUS 1850 Musical Keyboarding I *
MUS 1860 Musical Keyboarding II*
MUS 2330 Introduction to MIDI
MUS 2350 Digital Audio Recording
MUS 2360 Digital Music Production
CEN 135 Commercial Songwriting
CEN 207 Entertainment Business
CEN 230 Digital Video Editing
CIS 109 Computer Application I, or
CIS 263 Web Page Development and Design
BIT 1150 Introduction to Microcomputers
*Courses may be waived if student determined to be proficient as a result of the program’s audition requirements.
Commercial Performance (Technical Certificate)
This program is especially 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. Placement in dance classes will be through audition. Courses in the Commercial Performance certificate program may be applied toward the Commercial Entertainment associate degree program.
Required Core Courses:
CEN 102 Dance Performance and Production Lab
CEN 109 Tap
CEN 107 Ballet
CEN 111 Jazz
CEN 125 Principles and Techniques of Dance Perf.
CEN 216 Professional Audition
CEN 200 Audition Techniques
CEN 205 Stagecraft
MUS 1810 Fundamentals of Music I
MUS 1820 Fundamentals of Music II
MUS 1510 Class Voice I
MUS 1520 Class Voice II
MUS 1800 Choral Lab (Repeated for 2 credits)
MUS 2200 History of Musical Theatre
Dance Electives (4 classes total)
Dance Emphasis:
CEN 203 Choreography I
CEN 204 Choreography I
CEN 209 Dance Pedagogy
Vocal Emphasis: (3 of these)
CEN 207 Entertainment Business
MUS 1850 Musical Keyboarding I *
MUS 1860 Musical Keyboarding II*
MUS 2330 Introduction to MIDI
*Courses may be waived if student determined to be proficient as a result of the program’s audition requirements.