Music Technology BSc (Hons)

Creating a portfolio of inventive projects, you'll showcase skills in manipulating sound as well as applying music tech and composition techniques. With robust understanding guiding your creativity, you'll develop versatile talents.

You'll reflect on your compositional process and build a well-rounded skillset for today's multimedia landscape.

Grasping key concepts in digital audio, signal processing and synthesis, you'll learn about creative coding. You'll apply technical knowledge and utilise computing skills to produce engaging pieces.

Reflecting on processes and influences, you'll cement well-rounded talents spanning technology and creativity - essential for innovation in audio computing.

This module focuses on contemporary contextual issues and a variety of music genres, with a strong emphasis on the role and impact of technology in creative musical practices.

During this module, you will develop strong research and analytical skills by engaging in critical discourse and debate. The theoretical knowledge gained will be applied in a practical project, allowing for a hands-on experience in music creation and performance.

Applying recording techniques and theory, you'll capture compelling effects and ambiences. You'll manipulate audio to develop versatility in editing, layering, processing and synthesising. You'll learn to convey ideas and emotions through sound, and gain skills in unified mixing, balancing and spatialisation.

You'll evaluate and improve your abilities as you grow as a cutting-edge sound creator.

Comparing approaches critically, you'll select optimal mics and methods for audio outcomes. Creating quality recordings, you'll showcase your technical skills. Identifying and minimizing artefacts, you'll produce professional-grade pieces with polish.

This module cultivates core competencies for the recording studio and beyond.

This module takes you beyond the basics, focusing on a range of recording techniques developed through lectures and hands-on project work.

A significant component of this module involves evaluating and honing your recording, mixing, and production skills, culminating in the creation of a studio band recording. You'll also engage in contextual discussions and analyses, drawing connections between historical precedents and contemporary practices in Music Technology. Additionally, the module covers essential information about employment roles and career paths in the industry.

Hands-on application of concepts and skills will deepen your grasp of music principles and practices while building out your portfolio. Place your work in context, evaluating and reflecting critically on achieving project goals.

You'll discuss research approaches and gain skills to strategise methods for independent study.

You'll formulate plans tailored to your goals, create research proposals and hone your scholarly writing. Investigating your chosen career path, you'll identify opportunities, appraising your skills and interests. This experience provides a robust foundation to initiate an impactful creative project aligned with your aspirations

You’ll get to spend a semester at one of our global partner universities, giving you a unique international spin on your learning. This experience is perfect for building professional skills and a global outlook, preparing you for work anywhere in the world. You’ll also get the chance to study and work on your own in a new setting, which will boost your personal growth and relate to your degree.

When you come back, you’ll be full of fresh ideas to energise your work.

This module gives you the chance to explore different approaches and build international networks in creative technologies.

This module is tailored for those who are keen to understand the theoretical principles and properties of sound and how they influence the recording and mixing spaces.

You'll engage in acoustic analysis and evaluation, not just of recorded material but also of various environmental locations and settings. This knowledge is crucial in the design of recording studio spaces and sound mixing environments, where understanding sound behaviour and material properties can significantly affect audio quality.

"Acoustics and Studio Design" is a perfect blend of theory and practical application, preparing you for advanced roles in studio engineering, sound design, and beyond, where acoustics play a pivotal role.

In this module, you’ll explore fresh sounds, instruments, and audio experiences. Design and code your own audio software project that shows off your technical and artistic skills. Learn how to programme and use digital signal processing and computational music from expert lecturers. You’ll also check your work against your project goals and improve your skills.

When you finish, you’ll have a portfolio piece that shows your programming artistry.

Find out how to create your own music without always using traditional sheet music. Dive into modern styles while you compose pieces for your own creative collection. Learn how to put together, record, and perfect your music. Improve your musical talent by practicing and performing what you’ve made. Study different compositions to get a better grasp of music, from theory to its background.

After finishing this module, you’ll have your own set of original music and recordings that show off your growing skills.

Let your creativity flow and discover your unique musical style as you enjoy making music.

You'll plan and manage studio projects, honing skills through lectures, workshops and hands-on assignments. Learning to operate in various studio environments, you'll develop proficiency in undertaking client-based recordings from start to finish. This includes post-production techniques to finalise professional recordings.

You'll reflect on processes used to evaluate and improve your technical and creative skills as a recording engineer and producer. This module provides invaluable real-world experience.

Join a team of creative students and do a project together. Try new things and see how they can help you.

You’ll also grasp how to use your skills with others. Sometimes you’ll be a leader, sometimes a helper. Talk about your ideas and learn from them. You’ll make something to show what you learned and share it with others.

This module helps you gain new skills and understand other fields. You’ll be a smart and creative person, ready to solve real-world problems.

You'll develop skills using various tools, and approaches to address the technological considerations of a musical performance. This immersive experience enables you to become a versatile performer adept at using technology creatively.

You’ll choose learning tasks that add up to 60 hours, like internships, volunteering, research, or remote study that match your career plans. Workshops will help you make meaningful goals and think about what you’ve accomplished. Through this, you’ll grow the knowledge, skills, and qualities you need to thrive in the workplace.

By looking at your growth through active participation and reading, you’ll become a perceptive, eager job-seeker who stands out.

You’ll pick up expert ways to make soundscapes and music that adapt to the player’s actions. Look at popular games to see what kind of sound they need, then create your own detailed sounds using recording, Foley, synthesis, and more. Compose catchy melodies and turn them into scores that adapt to the game. Get the right blend and finish for your sound and music to make them sound perfect. Bring your audio to life by putting it into game engines with middleware. Test and refine your work so it performs flawlessly.

By the end, you’ll have an impressive portfolio of interactive audio pieces, made using professional methods. Your creativity will shine as you master the latest techniques in game sound and music.

This module is an exciting chance to learn skills that are in huge demand for the future.

As a team, you will embark on a journey of entrepreneurship, starting with ideation and ending with the launch of your product or service. You will analyse complex factors influencing a successful launch, conduct thorough research to assess feasibility and gain valuable insights into marketing, manufacturing, and sales strategies.

Working together on pitch presentations, you will discover your strengths as an entrepreneur or team member. This module provides transferable skills essential to thrive in creative industries, whether you plan to launch your own company or seek employment with top organisations. You will develop the mindset and abilities to spot opportunities and act on them, which will benefit your career.

Demonstrating project management and problem-solving skills, through critical analysis and experimentation, you'll produce a body of work that advances knowledge in your discipline.

Communicating scholarly outcomes with impact, you'll demonstrate your knowledge and abilities, drawing together your learning into a compelling self-directed showcase.

This is the culmination of your degree journey - proving your readiness for professional and academic challenges ahead.

The experience provides invaluable insight into industry demands, as you analyse technical processes and creative constraints.

This module offers a chance to build essential skills - critiquing your role, integrating feedback, delivering client goals - for a fulfilling career in music and sound design.

This module provides the freedom to innovate across diverse mediums and genres. You'll write original pieces for instruments and voices, honing advanced techniques like orchestration. Your critical listening will also expand through engaging diverse contemporary styles. By the end, you'll be able to realize your creative ideas as professional-quality scores and recordings. This module provides the space to find and refine your unique musical perspectives.

You’ll learn to use game data like player input, physics, and game states to design reactive soundscapes that adapt as you play. Explore how to create non-linear music and sounds that can be generated on the fly. Pick up industry skills in audio middleware to build systems that can mix and switch sounds dynamically.

Make and produce your own music and sound effects that work well with interactive elements. Use coding to create your own audio plugins. Show off your technical and artistic skills with an interactive audio project in a game engine.

This intense training in a specialised area will give you expertise that game studios really want.

The module also gives you valuable experience in managing projects as you turn your sound ideas into reality. Challenge what’s possible in game audio and let your creativity soar.

Building on your existing skills, you'll take charge of managing complex recording projects from start to finish. Evaluating technical resources and aesthetic choices, you'll produce professional recordings attentive to musical style and context.

This hands-on experience, informed by recording history, empowers you to plan, organise and execute music projects to a professional standard. Hone your expertise to thrive in real-world studio environments.

Analysing works by contemporary and historical practitioners, you'll conceive and create an original installation, composition, or multimedia production incorporating innovative sound techniques.

Presenting the finished project, you'll evaluate and contextualise your creative process and achievement.

This module enables you to create an ambitious sound project while honing your critical thinking.

You'll collaborate with students across creative disciplines, developing music and sound design for their projects using appropriate tools and techniques. With opportunities to work with external clients, you'll manage the end-to-end process like a professional.

Evaluating your creative choices and project management, you'll reflect on how broader contexts and aesthetics inform composition.

This module lets you gain real-world experience while showcasing your talents.

You'll develop complex sound setups using both hardware and software, showing off your high-level musical and technical skills. By thinking critically about your work, you'll see how your synthesis knowledge is improving. The key part of this module is that it helps you put together a collection of innovative audio pieces, proving your skill with modern sound tools.

This training gets you ready for professional roles where you need to use sound synthesis in creative ways.

You’ll apply theories, techniques and technologies enabling sound positioning and movement in space. Using this advanced knowledge, you’ll create aesthetically pleasing spatial audio pieces that transport listeners into vivid soundscapes.

Comparing creative approaches, you’ll hone an artistic appreciation for this medium. By reflecting on the relationship between aims and outcomes, you'll refine your ability to utilise sound spatialisation in achieving desired effects.

During this module, you'll spend 6 months working on your own business venture, then 3 months gaining industry experience. This opportunity allows you to apply what you've learned in a practical setting while exploring different career options. You'll also have the chance to develop professional relationships and expand your network.

Assess your personal strengths and weaknesses to set goals for the future. Throughout the module, you'll demonstrate increasing independence while still valuing the support of others. Gain a broader understanding of the world through real-world experiences and insights. Additionally, you'll earn valuable credits for your CV and enhance your skill set.

By the end of this module, you'll graduate with the practical experience that employers are seeking.

This experience lets you learn firsthand how to set up and run a small business. You’ll absorb professional practices and business situations that matter to your entrepreneurial goals. Make important connections while working independently within set rules. Think deeply about your strengths, weaknesses, criteria for success, and future plans.

This opportunity is useful for your career. It lets you use what you’ve learnt in your degree in the real world and helps you understand your capabilities.

After finishing this placement and the related assessments, you’ll get more credits for your sandwich degree. This practical experience is a valuable step in developing an entrepreneurial way of thinking.

You’ll spend 24–48 weeks at a chosen company, learning from professionals and helping out with actual projects. Gain confidence, knowledge, and skills by taking on more responsibility with gradually less help. As you progress, you’ll make professional connections and think about how you’re doing. Take in what you learn about how industries and businesses work.

This placement is an ideal chance to grow in your career. By using what you’ve learnt in a workplace, you’ll understand more about your own strengths, what you need to work on, and your plans after you graduate.

After this placement and the related assessments, you’ll get extra credits for your sandwich degree. This practical experience is a valuable part of your education.

Showcase specialised abilities by completing relevant assignments abroad. Then examine your global experience critically: how has immersion in foreign creative culture expanded your perspective? Identify new cross-cultural transferable skills to empower your continued educational and professional journey.

Evaluating international contexts, you'll critically connect on-site activities to your disciplinary knowledge, gaining global insights. Working independently overseas, you'll complete relevant assignments, honing skills transferable to future studies and careers.

Upon you'll reflect on new worldviews and cross-cultural competencies. This invaluable module provides an opportunity to broaden your creative and technical knowledge while developing adaptability as a global citizen.