The Music Technology program offers courses for students who wish to earn a certificate or an associate degree in music technology or who plan on transferring as a music major to a four-year institution. Areas of focus include audio production, audio for media, sound reinforcement, and the principles of business in the field of music and media. Students may earn the above-named associate degree by completing a certificate of achievement and the general education courses required for the Associate in Arts degree (see Associate Degrees). Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to teach methods to use current technologies to create a high-quality musical presentation suitable for broadcast and live sound within a given timeline, work within a group to produce an audio recording and live sound presentation using audio equipment, such as mixers, audio recorders, signal processors, patch bays, and microphones, and choose, position, and configure microphones and preamplifiers to accurately capture, store, amplify and distribute audio.