SAE Institute of Technology in Los Angeles currently offers the following education programs: (please click course title for expanded information)
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SAE Worldwide provides access to five different levels of study to suit every students' needs. SAE campuses in the U.S. currently provide education up to the Diploma level, and all credits earned at any SAE in the world apply towards the SAE Degree.
SAE's Certificate programs are ideal for younger students, hobbyists and as a foundation for further learning. These programs are also delivered in flexible, part-time formats that allow students who may be working to study with SAE. Our certificate programs are avocational, and upon completion do not include job placement assistance.
Electronic
Music Production
Learn to make the music you love
Digital Film Editing
Capture and edit your way into the industry
SAE's Diploma programs have received industry and academic acclaim for over nearly 30 years across the globe. These intensive programs are the foundation of every SAE qualification and offer high-level, hands-on practical training in combination with advanced theoretical study. This powerful combination provides our students with the skills and knowledge necessary for success in the competitive creative media industries as well as equipping graduates for further study to degree level outside the U.S. Diploma programs offered by SAE-LA:
Audio
Technology Program
Hands-on training for a career in audio.
Digital Film Production
Total filmmaking experience completing multiple projects for your reel.
SAE-LA currently offers two areas of specialization:
This ATP course offers students a thorough education of all aspects of audio engineering and is designed to train the future professionals of the audio industry. This highly practical course provides students with skills in all audio production-related areas and provides an excellent pathway into careers in post-production, surround sound (for film and television), audio engineering, mixing and assistant studio posts. SAE - Los Angeles is a recording school where you get your hands on the gear in your own sessions. You have to complete over 35 lab projects during your training. If you decide to go overseas to continue with SAE and get your degree, SAE's degree programs also cover aspects of business management, marketing, legal and contemporary issues.
Audio certificate programs remove much of the technical aspects included in the Diploma, decrease the number of hours in the program, and do not include job placement assistance after graduation. Certificate courses are vocational, or hobby courses, specifically designed for the person who has some equipment and software at home and is currently using it, but wants to get better, to learn the tips and tricks, and improve their overall production skills without having to get deep into the actual know-how of being a professional producer or engineer like the Diploma program does.
SAE-LA introduced the Digital Film Editing Certificate because we saw a strong need to train film editors. Not only because of the number of opportunities out there, but more so because there are so many people who have a strong desire to do their own work as independent filmmakers, or for those who simply do it as a hobby. The technology has evolved as such to make the tools available to everyone, and our Film Editing certificate teaches you how to do use it. This is not a directing or complete filmmaking course as is the SAE Diploma in Digital Film Production. While such aspects are discussed in the course, there is a very strong focus on everything that happens after the filming: capturing, editing, compositing, visual effects, etc.
The Diploma level Digital Film Production course is a much more expansive, thorough and rigorous program. Offered strictly as a full time course, DFP covers nearly every aspect of what is required to make a film – and the students do so during the program. Projects range from shorts to documentaries and music videos, finishing off with the thesis project under the direction of an advisor and course coordinator for the program. For more information on all the programs, just click on the course name to the right.