Undergraduate Commercial Music Certificate

What Will You Study in Liberty University’s Commercial Music Certificate?

• Front of house and monitor mixing for venues, tours, and houses of worship
• How to develop your aural perception and sight-reading skills
• Popular and jazz music writers, influences, and trends
• Sound system setup and design implementation
• Triggering loops in real-time, recording analog music, programming digital music, and notating music digitally

Our audio engineering certificate covers a wide variety of fundamental skills designed to help give you an edge as new technology and methods are developed in this exciting and changing industry. One of the first courses you will study will introduce you to current music technology used in generating music for the commercial music marketplace. In addition, you will learn useful skills like how to develop technical fluency, expressive musicianship, and professionalism in performance.

Benefits of Pursuing Your Commercial Music Certificate with Liberty University

As a leader in distance education since 1985, we understand what it takes to create a flexible and affordable education for busy people. Since we have been investing in distance and online learning for decades, our experience has taught us how to streamline our degree options so you can focus on what really matters to you. While many schools offer online degrees, we believe Liberty stands out.

Here’s what sets us apart:

• Our online programs are backed by our brick-and-mortar campus – ranked among Niche.com’s Top 5 College Campuses in America – and that commitment to excellence extends to our online students as well. Earning your online certificate from a nonprofit university with this kind of recognition can help set you apart from others in your field.
• Online undergraduate tuition rates have been frozen for the last 10 years. While many other online colleges have raised tuition, Liberty has been able to keep costs low as a nonprofit university. 
• To continue our mission of providing affordable education, electronic textbooks are provided for all undergraduate courses at no additional cost to you. As a full-time student, this could save you an estimated $800-2,000 per year on textbooks!
• You could complete this certificate in commercial music in as little as 2 semesters!
• You will have music professionals teaching your courses and sharing their wealth of industry knowledge.

Military Benefits

Service is important to us, so whether you’re currently serving in the Armed Forces, have served, or are married to someone who serves, we’re here to serve you. Liberty’s military benefits are available to:

• Active duty service members of the U.S. Armed Forces
• Reserve/National Guard
• Veterans/retirees
• Spouses of service members and veterans/retirees
• Current Department of Defense employees

We are proud to support you in your pursuit of a flexible and affordable online education by offering you the following benefits: 

• Tuition discounts – $250 per credit hour for undergraduate courses
  
• 8-week courses, 8 different start dates each year, and no set login times (may exclude certain courses such as practicums, internships, or field experiences)