BA Music and Sound Design
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 33 points overall including 6,5,5 at Higher Level.
About this course
BA in Music, focusing on sonic arts, composition, and audio production. Core topics include Signal Processing, Research Methods, Ethics & Professional Practice, Human Behaviour, and Design & Creative Practice. Students complete practical projects involving studio composition, instrumental scoring, and sound design for film and theatre contexts.
Modules
- Fundamentals of Sound
- Introduction to Music
- Audio Mixing I
- Introduction to Composition
- Sound Recording and Production 1
- Fundamental Harmony
- Introduction to Film Studies 1
- Solo Performance 1
- Ensemble Performance 1
- Sonic Arts
- Sound Design for Screen
- Film and Sound: History and Theory
- Solo Performance 2
- Ensemble Performance 2
- Composition II
- Principles of Business in Arts, Cultural and Creative Industries
- Improvisation
- Experimental Popular Musics
- Songwriting
- Radio and Podcast Production
- Instrument and Installation Design
- Sound Recording and Production 2
- Live Production Systems
- Music Psychology
- Culture, Class, and Emotion
- Harmony and Theory 2
- Early Music
- Audio Post Production
- Sonic Arts 2
- Professional Practice
- Music in Culture
- Composition 3a
- Double Performance 3
- Dissertation
- Bach and Mozart
- Special Project
- Single Performance 3
- Sound Recording and Production 3
- Classical Analysis
- The Politics of Performance: From Negotiation to Display
- Traditional Irish Music: Form, Style and Development
- Auditory Perception
- Film and Music: Theory and Criticism
- Politics in Popular Song from the French Revolution to Punk
- Work-based Learning
- Composing for Screen
- Music and Medicine
- Music, Power and Conflict