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San Jacinto College Central Campus • Music Business/Audio Engineering Program
8060 Spencer Highway
Pasadena, TX 77501-2007
(281) 476-1831; (281) 476-1501; Fax (281) 542-2073
eric.late[at]NOSPAMsjcd.edu
Eric Late, Chairperson of Music Department
Joseph Kirkland, Vice President of Instruction
Les Williams, Director of Audio Engineering

Music Department Statistics
Year department established: 1991
Undergraduate students: 90
Graduate students:
Doctoral students:
Full-time professors: 2
Part-time instructors: 2
Student-Teacher ratio: NA
Undergraduate degree hours needed: NA
(within major: NA; within minor: NA)
Teaching certification: no
Internship required: yes
Recording facility: yes
Scholarships available: yes
Students who perform in ensembles are eligible for scholarship awards.
Scholarship coordinator and phone: Eric Late (281) 476-1831

Accreditations/Affiliations
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Texas Association of Music Schools

San Jacinto College Central offers a comprehensive Associate of Applied Science Degree in Music Business/Audio Engineering, as well as a Certificate of Applied Science in Audio Engineering. Both programs include an intensive "hands-on" approach to those concepts and techniques that are fundamentally related to the modern recording and production studios. The recording facility is a 24-track, computer-automated complex which includes a full complement of microphones, digital hard-disk editing devices, analog and digital tape machines, state-of-the-art signal processing and other ancillary hardware which are found only in the most up-to-date audio facilities. Performance opportunities include: College Choir, 50-60 Jan Corbin; Concert Band, 55-70 Karen Marston, Jazz Band, 3 ensembles, 10-12 Eric Late; Steel Drum Band, 14 Michael Mizma; SJCC Chamber Singers, 18 Paul Busselberg. Performance facilities include the Slocomb Auditorium, 1,000 capacity, contact Jeremy Choate (281) 476-1829.

Overall enrollment: NA
Typical undergraduate tuition: NA