Program Overview

Music: Audio Systems Solutions at Cerritos College

Certificate of Achievement

The Audio Systems Solutions Certificate will prepare students to design and implement audio network and DSP solutions in professional environments. This certificate will train students how to create audio solutions for a variety of environments such as recording studios, theaters, outdoor venues, and performance halls. Students will engage in creating professional audio solutions for these environments while integrating their experience with analog and digital audio technologies.

Salary, Growth and Careers

Salary

Careers associated with this program have a salary range from $27,000 to over $239,000 with an average salary of $85,000.

Growth

Career opportunities for this program are expected to grow nationwide from 2022 to 2032.

Careers

• Sound Engineering Technicians
  • Education Level: Postsecondary nondegree award
  • Job Growth: -1.2%
  • Average Salary: $83k
  • Salary Range: $46k - $120k
• Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
  • Education Level: Master's degree
  • Job Growth: +3.2%
  • Average Salary: $127k
  • Salary Range: $79k - $162k
• Audio and Video Technicians
  • Education Level: Postsecondary nondegree award
  • Job Growth: +4.7%
  • Average Salary: $72k
  • Salary Range: $46k - $95k
• Calibration Technologists and Technicians and Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
  • Education Level: Associate's degree
  • Job Growth: +4.4%
  • Average Salary: $68k
  • Salary Range: $42k - $108k
• Miscellaneous Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers
  • Education Level: No formal educational credential
  • Job Growth: +33.8%
  • Average Salary: $37k
  • Salary Range: $27k - $116k
• Music Directors and Composers
  • Education Level: Bachelor's degree
  • Job Growth: +1.1%
  • Average Salary: $115k
  • Salary Range: $51k - $168k
• Musicians and Singers
  • Education Level: No formal educational credential
  • Job Growth: +1.2%
  • Average Salary: $79k
  • Salary Range: $33k - $239k+
• Public Relations and Fundraising Managers
  • Education Level: Bachelor's degree
  • Job Growth: +12.6%
  • Average Salary: $129k
  • Salary Range: $75k - $239k+
• Self-Enrichment Teachers
  • Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Job Growth: +3.2%
  • Average Salary: $59k
  • Salary Range: $38k - $69k

Program Map

Music: Audio Systems Solutions

Certificate of Achievement

16.0 Units

• Major Course
• General Education Course
• Elective Course
• Milestone
• Offers Microcredential

Program Pathway

• Fall 2024: 1st Term
  • 3.0 UNITS
  • MAJ MUS 110: Music Technology Fundamentals
• Spring 2025: 2nd Term
  • 8.0 UNITS
  • MAJ MUS 135: This Business of Music
  • MAJ MUS 145A: Live Sound Techniques
  • MAJ MUS 146A: Recording Techniques
• Summer 2025: 3rd Term
  • 2.5 UNITS
  • MAJ MUS 157: Audio Systems Design
• Fall 2025: 4th Term
  • 2.5 UNITS
  • MAJ MUS 146B: Mixing Techniques

Music: Audio Systems Solutions - Certificate of Achievement

16.0 units