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VIS 178Sound: Theory and Practice

4 units · VIS · UC San Diego

Sound design is an essential component of media production and has opened up new structural possibilities for creative strategies in media arts. Students will encounter a critical and historical review of sound art, design, and production methodology. Critical papers and sound work for short projects will be required. Two production-course limitation.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “VIS 174. Open to media, speculative design, and cinematic arts majors and film production minors.”

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

One of the options in (2)

  • Speculative Design (B.A.)
  • Visual Arts (Media) (B.A.)
What it opens up

Courses that list VIS 178 as a prerequisite (9)

  • VIS 180A Documentary Evidence and the Construction of Authenticity in Current Media Practices
  • VIS 180B Fiction and Allegory in Current Media Practices
  • VIS 181 Advanced Sound and Lighting
  • VIS 182 Advanced Editing
  • VIS 182A Advanced Digital Photography Editing
  • VIS 183A Strategies of Self
  • VIS 183B Strategies of Alterity
  • VIS 184 Advanced Scripting
  • VIS 185 Senior Media Projects