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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Certificate in Commercial Music Performance (Specialist) Level 1


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The Certificate in Commercial Music Performance (Specialist) Level 1 is a program of study focusing on jazz, popular, and commercial music. It is designed for students that have a future in the music industry as performers who do not need a complete four-year academic degree program. The emphasis is on acquiring essential knowledge and practical performance experience to prepare, or enhance a performance based career.

Please see the UNLV College of Fine Arts School of Music web page at www.unlv.edu/music for information about department programs, faculty and facilities.  Degree worksheets are available at www.unlv.edu/certificate/commercial-music-1.

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify commercial music styles and analyze their applications in today’s music world.
  • Recognize style influences and create their own songs/arrangements using melody and chords.
  • Identify production approaches that define a variety of styles.
  • Recognize and analyze identifiable rhythms and progressions. Create your own rhythms and progressions.

Advising


Please see advising information at the UNLV College of Fine Arts Student Advising Center.

Modality: Blended


This program requires some In-Person courses to graduate, while other courses can be taken online. A blended student is one who has committed to pursuing their degree, minor, certificate, or microcredential through both in-person and online education.

Accreditation


For information regarding accreditation at UNLV, please head over to Academic Program Accreditations.

University Graduation Requirements


To obtain this certificate, you must be a degree seeking undergraduate student pursuing an approved UNLV bachelor’s degree. Please see Graduation Policies  for complete information.

Certificate in Commercial Music Performance (Specialist) Level 1 - Total Credits: 13


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