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Overview

Love music and are fascinated by the technical aspects of sound? Are you interested in building or enhancing your audio and sound engineering knowledge and skills for a new or existing career? In this program you'll gain comprehensive training in sound theory and work with digital audio hardware and software to learn the necessary competencies to succeed in a variety of in-demand audio production and engineering occupations.

Taught by experienced industry professionals, this immersive in-person, lab-based program will give you the hands-on skills to:

  • properly set up a recording session, including microphones, equipment and recording software
  • record, edit, mix and master different projects using a variety of digital signal processing techniques
  • use both analog and digital mixing consoles in a live sound environment
  • explore sound design and synthesis for the creation of soundtracks for games and videos.

Prepare to be punctual, attend and participate in all classes on campus for an optimal learning and job-ready experience. Please note, some of the courses in this certificate will involve the lifting of speaker equipment (maximum 12 kilograms).

This certificate is a great complement to our Event Technician program, preparing you for work as a technician in live-event settings or to enhance your technical skills as a content creator.

You must be a minimum of 18 years of age at the time you start the first course for this program

Program outline

To successfully complete this certificate, you are required to complete six mandatory courses. 

If you’re pursuing the full certificate, complete AUDI-011 first. We recommend taking the remaining courses in the order listed.

Required courses & electives

How to apply for this certificate

Once you have registered for any course offered in this certificate, you will be automatically eligible to complete the certificate. You will have up to three years to complete this program. You may track your progression by signing in to your Continuing Education student account.

Costs

This program consists of six mandatory courses with varying fees. Fees include access to all course-related materials and resources found in Brightspace (D2L).

You’ll need to purchase a USB stick with a minimum capacity of 32GB and a pair of closed-back, plug-in headphones (1/8-inch /3.5mm jack) for use in all courses. Please review the individual course pages for this certificate to determine costs and to learn more about additional learning materials including textbooks.

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Financial support

Financial opportunities are available to help pay for your course fees. Learn more about how to reduce your education or training costs with available awards, bursaries, loans and grants including the Canada Alberta Job Grant. 

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Careers and opportunities

Skills learned in this program can be applied to a variety of supervisory and management careers. Expect to start at the entry-level and as you gain experience and with additional education, your career opportunities will expand.

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SAIT is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of Treaty 7 which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Îyârhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney.

We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the city of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta.

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