Program Information

• Mentorship with faculty who are multi-award-winning musicians, artist managers and audio engineers.
• Extensive practical training in studio recording, live sound reinforcement, digital audio workstations, processing tools, mixing, mastering, sound for visual media and much more.
• Essential training in stage lighting, electronics, and acoustics.
• Studies in music business, entrepreneurialism, and career management.
• Engagement with industry experts and professional organizations.
• Collaborative projects with other arts programs such as Applied Music, Video Game Art & Design, Journalism, Digital Animation and Digital Video Production, among others.
• Collaborative projects with community businesses, non-profits, and individuals, providing real-world, hands-on experience.
• A plethora of up-to-date hardware and software to ensure you can use modern tools upon program completion. 

• SRP graduates have toured the globe with international touring acts.
• SRP instructors are industry experts who remain active and tapped into the music and recording industry.
• Students and graduates have been recognized with a multitude of provincial and regional music awards.
• SRP students have provided sound for many live events, conferences and awards shows with various local, regional, and national partners, including the ECMA and JUNO awards.
• Canada’s recording and music marketplace has reached a new major milestone – for the first time, Canadians are streaming more than two billion songs a week. ¹
• The global revenue of the recorded music industry reached over US$23 billion in 2020.²

1. Explain the concept of sound, including its generation, transmission and effects, and apply that knowledge to select appropriate tools for its capture in a myriad of situations.
2. Analyze sound and lighting equipment requirements for live sound events, prep and connect all required equipment and use the equipment successfully in running the event from a technical perspective.
3. Intelligently speak the language of music when interacting with musicians in live sound and recording environments.
4. Demonstrate proficiency in Digital Audio Workstation applications, including editing and signal processing.
5. Apply logic and deductive reasoning to fix problems.
6. Demonstrate proficiency in analog signal processing required by clients in any field of music, video production, video game design, feature film and live sound industries.
7. Demonstrate safe working practices in lighting and various sound production environments.
8. Use entrepreneurial and personal finance skills to help establish recording studios and live sound companies, and run these operations successfully.
9. Negotiate standard working contracts.
10. Demonstrate competencies in writing technical documents.

Mandatory Fees

• Application Fee - $100.00 per program (non-refundable) | Application Page
  Applicants must pay a non-refundable fee for each application to the College.
• The following fees are due during confirmation of acceptance to each program at the college:
  • Confirmation Fee - $103.00 per program annually (non-refundable)
    Student must pay a non-refundable fee on confirmation of acceptance to each program at the College. The fee covers registration and student association fees and is paid annually for the duration of the program.
  • Deposit fee - First semester tuition of which $1500 is non-refundable
• Academic Audit Fee (once per program) - $50.00
• Technology Fee (per semester) - $79.00

Full-Time Student Fees

Certificate & Diploma Programs:

Regular Term (15-weeks)
Academics, Applied Arts & Tourism (per semester) - $4,363.00

Intersession (up to 7-weeks)
Academics, Applied Arts & Tourism (per semester) - $2,182.00

Part-Time Student Fees

Certificate & Diploma Programs:

Tuition Fee (per course) - $1,046.00

Exceptions:

• Heavy Equipment Operator (per week) - $337.00
• Commercial Driver (per week) - $337.00
• All other Trade programs (per week) - $298.00

Estimated Program Costs for International Students (2024-2025) 

Application fee:
If applying online, the application fee must be paid via credit card when completing and submitting your application to College of the North Atlantic.

For all other tuition payments:
College of the North Atlantic has partnered with PayMyTuition for international tuition payments. All tuition payments, unless otherwise noted, can be paid via PayMyTuition. With PayMyTuition, you can pay your tuition payments from any bank, in any country in any currency at better than bank exchange rates. PayMyTuition is fast, simple, and cost effective.
Please note that you can only use PayMyTuition once you have being assigned a CNA student number.

Regulations Governing Payment of Materials & Fees

1. All student fees must be paid by the date specified in each term.  The dates are listed in the Academic Dates. Students receiving Student Aid must present their notification of Student Aid form on the first day of classes. These students are permitted to have fees outstanding until receipt of the Student Aid, at which time these students must pay their accounts in full.
2. Students who have not paid all fees within the time limits given in these regulations may have their registration cancelled by the College.
3. Students with outstanding accounts will be ineligible for a subsequent term, will not be awarded a diploma or certificate, access to register, and will not be issued a certificate of standing (transcript), grade report, or access to on-line grades until the outstanding account has been paid in full. It is the student’s responsibility to address outstanding balances and to work with their respective campus student services office on inquiries related to their account balance.
4. Should the College cancel a program, all tuition and fees paid will be refunded.
5. Out of sequence students registering or withdrawing within a term will pay a prorated tuition and equipment and materials fee per week.
6. Students taking courses above their normal term load (requires application to extend normal course load per semester) will pay tuition for each additional course taken.
7. Senior Citizens, 60 years and older, are required to pay 50% of the confirmation fee and tuition.
8. Students wishing to audit a course will pay 50% of the tuition and 100% of the technology fees (if applicable).