Course Schedule

Breaks, deadlines, weekly breakdown

Spring semester

Wednesday, February 1st, to Thursday May 18th

No classes

• March 15th — Advisement day

• March 22nd — Spring Break

Deadlines

• March 8th, Reading response 1

• March 29th, Assignment 1

• April 26th, Reading response 2

• May 17th, Assignment 2

Week 1, February 1st

• Introductions

• Course overview and logistics

• Listen and reflect

  • Centenarians in Lockdown

  • Tupperware by Kitchen Sisters

  • Kitts Beach Soundwalk by Hildegaard Westerkamp

Week 2, February 8th

• History of radio and podcasting

• Categorizing types of podcasts by form and content (Berry, 3 types of podcast)

• Podcast networks - Radiotopia listening exercise

Week 3, February 15

• Hands on workshop: Zoom recorder and microphones

Week 4, February 22nd

• Interviews

• Narration

• Story Structure

• In class exercise — interview your peer

Week 5, March 1st

• Hands on workshop — ProTools

• In class exercise — edit interview

Week 6, March 8th

• Enhancing story through sound design

• Listen to examples and work on a ProTools session together using the copy, edit, create model

• Rough cut feedback for first project

Due (before class) Reading response 1

March 15th and 22nd - no classes

Week 7, March 29th

• Listening party

Due (before class) Assignment 1

Week 8, April 5th

• Workshop ideas for second audio project

• Review pitches and proposals

Week 9, April 12th

• Ideas, stories, form revisited

• Group listening exercises

Week 10, April 19th

• Industry structure (public radio, podcast networks, grants and funding for emerging creators);

• Distributing and marketing your work;

• Building a portfolio and finding entry level work (tape syncs, audio assembly and assistant editor); Radio Listserv and Discord, LADIO, AIR, Third Coast

Week 11, April 26th

• In class time to work on second project, with individual check ins

Due (before class) Reading response 2

Week 12, May 3

• Guest Lecture TBA

Week 13, May 10

• Rough cut feedback

Week 14, May 17

• [Remote class] Listening party

Due (before class) Assignment 2