芝加哥艺术学院（SAIC）的声音系为在艺术学校中学习声音艺术和实验音乐提供了独特的机会。该课程远远超出了视觉艺术，音乐或多媒体领域典型学位课程的范围。作为美术学士（BFA）的学生，您可以自由修读涵盖以下主题的各种课程：音频创建和录制，多种流派的音乐创作，现场表演，即兴创作和音频安装，与视频，电影，表演和基于Web的艺术，设计和构建软件和硬件乐器，现场和录制的电声音乐，诸如广播，互联网等发行技术的使用。
The Department of Art & Technology / Sound Practices offers a wide variety of courses in the technological and sonic arts. It is a place to build skills, learn concepts, and ask questions through rigorous coursework with expert faculty who will support and challenge your investigations.<br><br>Each semester, AT/SP offers more than thirty undergraduate courses to choose from, covering topics that include creative coding, experimental sound production, virtual and augmented reality, game design, electronics and kinetics, software and hardware interface design, hacking and circuit bending, live sound and media performance, text interfacing with technology and sound, bio art, olfactory art, sound and media installation, light projection, acoustic ecology, sound for cinema, and many more.