Sound | Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Sound

The Sound minor allows students to study and create work related to sound in film, animation, experimental media, installation art, and interdisciplinary projects. Courses are offered where students explore sound as a medium and an essential component of moving images and installation projects. The minor is open to all students and would be a great complement to the Media Arts, Animation, Fine Arts, or Creative Entrepreneurship majors.

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As a Sound minor, you will:

  • Learn recording, editing, and mixing sound.
  • Demonstrate the relationship between sound and moving image.
  • Understand and apply the basic principles of music composition.
  • Understand sound as material and develop a practice of experimentation and refinement.
  • Explore sound as a stand-alone artistic media.
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Class Highlights

The Sound Minor allows students to study and create work related to sound in film, animation, experimental media, installation art, and interdisciplinary projects.

Minor requirements can be fulfilled with classes that include:

  • Introduction to Sound
  • Sound for Moving Image
  • Experimental Sound
  • Sound Composition

After MCAD

There are many paths to explore with a minor Sound.

Potential careers include:

  • Sound Designer
  • Sound Engineer
  • Foley Artist
  • Performing Artist
  • Installation artist
  • Fine Artist

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The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) acknowledges it is located on traditional, ancestral, and contemporary lands of Indigenous people. This is the ancestral homeland of the Dakota and Ojibwe people, who were forcibly exiled from the land because of aggressive and persistent settler colonialism. We recognize that this place has a complex and layered history. As a community dedicated to creativity, MCAD is committed to ongoing efforts to support and advocate for American Indian Nations and peoples.


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