BA Music and Technology
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 32 points overall with no score less than 4 including 5 in Higher Level Music or pass the IB Diploma plus 6,5,5 in 3 Higher Level subjects including Music. BTEC: BTEC applications are encouraged. We evaluate each BTEC application on its merits and may make offers at DDM.
About this course
BA (Hons) in Music. Core topics include Project Management. Students can specialise in recording and production, electronic music, sound design, and composition for film and video gaming.
Modules
- MUSIC WORLDS: CULTURE, PRACTICE AND INDUSTRY
- INTRODUCTION TO SOUND AND RECORDING
- WRITING FOR INSTRUMENTS
- INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATIONS
- INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL MUSIC HISTORY
- INTRODUCTION TO POPULAR MUSIC HISTORY
- FOUNDATIONS OF MUSIC THEORY
- CLASSICAL COMPOSITION 1
- POPULAR COMPOSITION 1
- SAMPLING & SYNTHESIS
- INTRODUCTION TO SOUND AND MUSIC IN AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA
- THEORY IN PRACTICE: EXPLORING MUSIC’S CONSTRUCTION
- CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE 1
- POPULAR PERFORMANCE 1
- LIVE SOUND
- SOUND RECORDING AND PRODUCTION 2
- FOLEY AND SOUND DESIGN
- MIXING AND MASTERING
- MUSIC, POWER, AND IDEAS
- CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE 2A
- POPULAR PERFORMANCE 2A
- POPULAR MUSIC COMPOSITION 2
- EXPLORING HARMONY, CHORD PROGRESSION AND PITCH
- WORKING IN MUSIC INDUSTRY
- MUSIC IN GAMING
- MAX AND ABLETON LIVE
- MUSIC GENRES AND DIGITAL CULTURES
- CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE 2B
- POPULAR PERFORMANCE 2B
- BECOMING ENTREPRENEURIAL
- ORCHESTRATION
- CLASSICAL COMPOSITION 2
- MUSIC IN WORLD CINEMA
- COMPOSITION FOR FILM, TELEVISION AND GAMES
- MUSIC, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY
- LIVE IMPROVISATION WITH ABLETON
- ADAPTIVE AND GENERATIVE AUDIO FOR GAMES
- FROM HARDWARE-HACKING TO HYPER-INSTRUMENTS
- SELF-MANAGEMENT FOR THE MUSIC INDUSTRIES
- POPULAR PERFORMANCE CONTEXTS
- RECORD LABEL RECORDING, PRODUCTION AND PROJECT PLANNING
- JAZZ
- WHAT IS GOOD MUSIC?
- SOUND STUDIES
- POPULAR MUSIC COMPOSITION 3
- RECORD LABEL MANAGEMENT, MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION
- THE FILM MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS
- COMPOSING ELECTRONIC MUSIC
- LIVE SOUND 2
- CURATION AND HERITAGE
- EXPLORING RHYTHM, FORM, AND MUSICAL TIME
- INDEPENDENT PROJECT: MUSIC TECHNOLOGY
- INDEPENDENT PROJECT: RESEARCH
- INDEPENDENT PROJECT: POPULAR COMPOSITION
- INDEPENDENT PROJECT: CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE
- INDEPENDENT PROJECT: COMPOSITION
- INDEPENDENT PROJECT: POPULAR PERFORMANCE
- SCHOOL OF THE ARTS WORK PLACEMENTS MODULE