Course · MTE281

Build Your Own Guitar Amp

A this discipline course at Arizona Christian University.

Credits
2 Credits
Level
Undergraduate
Format
Lecture + discussion
Typical Terms
By department schedule

Course Description

In this course, students will learn the skills necessary to understand the components that make up a guitar tube amplifier. Students will learn about AC/DC voltage flow, grounding theory, circuit flow, and tube functionality, and will gain a greater understanding of large electric components (transducers, transformers, capacitors, diodes, resistors, etc.). At the end of the class, students will have a working guitar tube amplifier. There will be an additional equipment cost.

Prerequisites

  • None

Corequisites

  • None

Learning Outcomes

1

Engage the Course Material

Build a working understanding of build your own guitar amp as the course's central subject.

2

Apply Discipline Methods

Use the methods, vocabulary, and frameworks of the discipline to address course problems.

3

Connect Course Content

Connect this course's content to broader work in the discipline and related fields.

4

Demonstrate Course Competencies

Demonstrate the specific competencies the course is designed to develop.

Biblical Worldview Connection

A Biblical Worldview treats music as a craft worth doing well — a way of engaging beauty, skill, and worship with the seriousness any vocation deserves.

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