Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Music Production

The Bachelor or Arts (Honours) in Music Production course offers the chance to create music and sound in a variety of contexts. In addition to addressing the ‘how?’ of music and sound production, the course also tackles the ‘why?’; providing a deeper understanding of philosophies, workflows, and future-proof technical approaches to music and sound production. Fundamentally, this course enables the pursuit of a fulfilling career in a range of music and creative industries roles.

The course provides everything needed to bring technical knowledge and creativity to real-world, live, and studio settings. Students will gain the fundamentals required to collaborate with others, work with artists, and record musicians’ sounds. Additionally, they will learn all that is necessary to create electronic music and develop skills as a potential future artist, remixer, programmer, or game audio designer.

Throughout the course, students will undertake hands-on learning in high-tech facilities, with direct access to cutting-edge equipment and software. The technical requirements of a professional creative brief will be understood, and effective approaches to answering it will be explored, implementing production concepts and incorporating appropriate terminology. World-class industry lecturers, familiar with the ins and outs of the creative process, will offer direction and support throughout.

Through the core modules, focus will be placed on primary areas such as Approaches to Production and Workflows, Production in Context, Studio Practice & Engineering, and Answering a Creative Media Brief. Alongside developing technical knowledge, students will broaden their general knowledge of the industry, helping to identify their place within it.

There will also be the opportunity to choose modules such as Game Sound & Music, Electroacoustic Composition, and Vocal Capture and Production. These optional modules will help focus studies and create the career route that’s right for each individual. The options chosen can contribute to a successful career in various music-based industries, including game audio, electronic music, the recording industry, the live music industry, the film and TV industry, the audio post-production industry, and the education sector.

Ultimately, students will build the necessary skills and understanding required to become successful, collaborative music producers, with a sustainable career in the music industry.