Unit 10 – Higher Education Research

List of interested univiersities and courses

Buckinghamshire University: Audio & Music Production BA Hons 
https://www.whatuni.com/degrees/audio-and-music-production-ba-hons/buckinghamshire-new-university/cd/54963256/4146/

– High Wycombe Campus, Queen Alexandra Rd, High Wycombe HP11 2JZ

– £9,000 per year (3 year course)

– BA Hons

This course is orientated around the sound mixing and mastering side of music production. It also covers the music business aspects of being a freelance technician that would be required in the real world. This course will prepare you for working as as sound technician in TV, Film, Games, Animation and wherever else it may be applicable.

Modules

– Introduction to entrepreneurship
– Principles of audio technology
– Disciplines of live audio
– Introduction to Pro Tools 101
– Audio Cultures

– Audio production techniques: live
– Audio production techniques: recording and programming
– Sound for vision
– The production entrepreneur
– Introduction to research methods

– Live events project
– Production company project
– Sound design
– Professional practice research project

University Ranking

– 71/125

Student success rate

– 90%

Employability Rate

– 85%

Keele University
– https://www.whatuni.com/degrees/music-technology-ba-hons/keele-university/cd/54973762/5303/

– Keele ST5 5BG

– £9,000 per year (3 years)

– BA Hons

This course is focused towards the creative side of music technology, but still maintains a balance with the practical aspects of music technology such as inventing, capturing, recording, mixing and manipulating audio/ visual content using advanced digital media. . It maintains a wide variety of formats to be explored for the purpose of composition, music production, sound design, screen music, audio-visuals and music software.

Modules

– Audio Fundamentals (15 credits) – Core
– Sonic Arts Repertoire (15 credits) – Core
– 
Composing with Sound (15 credits) – Core
– 
20th-Century Musics (15 credits) – Core

– Audio Visual Composition (15 credits) – Core
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Introduction to Digital Signal Processing (15 credits) – Core
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Record Production in Theory and Practice (15 credits) – Core
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Creative Sound Design (15 credits) – Core
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Meaning in Sonic Arts (15 credits) – Core

– Independent Double-weighted Project

University Ranking

– 15/125

Student success rate

– N/A

Employability rate

– 90%

My Skills

I have participated as a member of a group who’s goal was to assemble a sound system for a  gig for performing artists.