This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of computer music, sound production, audio synthesis, and sound design. Students will develop basic skills using digital audio workstations (DAWs), hardware and software synthesizers, midi, sequencers, samplers, drum machines, digital audio effects, mixers, and field/studio recording techniques. Students will learn to create custom digital instruments/patches and complete their own composition and sound design projects. Students will also research seminal compositions, composers/performers, and technology, thereby deepening their historical knowledge of computer/technology-based music. There are no prerequisites for this course.