The Los Angeles Recording School is located on Sunset Boulevard, in Hollywood, California. The school provides hands-on and curriculum training in professional music recording, audio engineering, and audio production techniques. LARS is a branch of The Los Angeles Film School and offers a one year, "hands on", certificate program, an eighteen month extended Associate of Science degree program, or Accelerated twelve month Associate of Science degree program. LARS is a private, for-profit college geared toward the entertainment industry. The Los Angeles Recording School trains students in all aspects of recording session procedures and technologies, preparing them for entry level positions in the recording industry that are intended to result in a career as a recording engineer. The 950 hour certificate program covers Music Production, Digital Recording and Audio Post Production for Film and TV, taught in both classroom and hands-on lab environments. It includes the initial preparation stages of equipment setup and preproduction; all the way through the multi-track recording process, to mixing and mastering the finished product in stereo or 5.1 surround sound.