BA Music and Sound Design for Film, Television and Games with Integrated Foundation Year
Royal Holloway, University of London
Entry requirements
A level: CCC-CCD (We require English Language and Mathematics GCSE at grade 4 (C) T-levels We accept T-levels for admission to our undergraduate courses, with the following grades regarded as equivalent to our standard A-level requirements: AAA* – Distinction (A* on the core and distinction in the occupational specialism) AAA – Distinction BBB – Merit CCC – Pass (C or above on the core) DDD – Pass (D or E on the core) Where a course specifies subject-specific requirements at A-level, T-level applicants are likely to be asked to offer this A-level alongside their T-level studies.) IB: 24 points overall
About this course
BA Music and Sound Design for Film, Television and Games with Integrated Foundation Year, combining music composition with media arts. Core topics include Programming, Research Methods, Historical Research, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Ethics & Professional Practice. The programme includes an integrated foundation year and is taught across both the music and media arts departments. Students work on collaborative sound design projects and have access to professional-grade composition studios.
Modules
- Digital Cultures
- Cultures of Thinking
- Society on Screen
- Textual Cultures
- Fundamentals of Music Studies
- Theory and Analysis
- Fundamentals of Music Theory
- Introduction to Composing with Music Technology
- Creative Composition Techniques
- A Very Short History of Music
- Introduction to Historical Musicology
- Introduction to World Music
- Contemporary Debates in Music
- Introduction to Media Histories 1
- Critical Theory and Textual Analysis
- Digital Storytelling
- Screen Narrative: Theory and Practice
- Studies in Composition
- Studies in Music, Media and Technology
- Sound Art and Design
- Composing with Technology 1
- Issues in Sound, Music and the Moving Image
- Music and Video Games
- Silent Film Performance
- The ‘Classical’ Canon and ‘Popular' Culture since 1945
- Popular Music and Musicians in Post-War Britain and North America
- Creative Project in Composition, Performance and Technology
- Telling Stories with Music (Collaborative Module)
- Studying Music with Digital Tools
- Composing with Technology 2
- Creative Sound Design
- Special Study Composing with Music Technology
- Practical and Creative Orchestration
- The Music Film
- Special Study: Dissertation
- Special Study: Composition
- Digital Tools for Music