Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Music and Sound Production

This course is designed to give students a comprehensive understanding of the music production industry and to help them to develop a wide range of technical production skills. There’s an emphasis on creativity and modules are structured to allow students to explore their own creative interests as they refine their professional practice.

Year 1 allows students to experience the breadth of opportunities available in Music production, establishing a strong technological and theoretical foundation in production methods and delivery formats. Core modules include Studio Recording, Sound Design Environments and Guerrilla Recording.

Year 2 helps to hone abilities through specialist modules as students learn how to create and manage live events, music videos and become record producers. The course structure continues to build theoretical and practical understanding while developing creativity, technical skills and professionalism. Core modules include The Art of Record Production, Film Sound, Game Sound and Live Sound.

In Year 3, students develop as a confident professional. The defining activity of this year are the Final Major Projects, which will become the centrepiece of students' portfolio. Students are encouraged to explore their specialisation and produce an original piece of work to a professional industry standard, such as an album of multitrack recordings, a portfolio of sound design, a performance portfolio or a project exploring an area of audio/visual media production of interest to them.