Academic Accelerator - Bachelor of Arts - Music - Experimental Music and Digital Media

The Academic Accelerator Program (AAP) is a balanced first-year program for international students with strong English-language skills. It provides additional support to complement immersive classes taught in English.

Students in the Academic Accelerator Program will receive:

The Louisiana State University College of Music and Dramatic Arts is a performing arts community dedicated to training, nurturing, preparing, and recognizing exceptional artists, educators, scholars, and performers. The program fosters a love for the arts, collaboration, and the creation of new works, while engaging with the community to enhance communication with expressive power and purpose.

The Bachelor of Arts in Music degree is a comprehensive liberal arts program with a focus on music. The concentration in Experimental Music & Digital Media equips students to merge technology with music, covering a range of skills such as traditional music theory, history, and performance, as well as recording, sound design, music production, composition of experimental music, and computer science and engineering skills for digital media.

The undergraduate curriculum offers a broad exploration of the intersection of technology and music, providing students with opportunities to incorporate these elements into their own musical practices. This can lead to a portfolio of exceptional work that sets them apart in the job market. Potential career paths include composer, sound designer for video games or film, tech-centric performer, stage/show designer, audio plugin creator, museum or trade show exhibition designer, UI/UX designer, electronic instrument designer, recording engineer, live show production, app designer, and audio forensics.

These roles, along with many others in the evolving audio industry, demand expertise in sound, music, and technology, all of which are covered in this degree program.