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MUSIC TECHNOLOGY
BA (Hons)
Why study this course?
Led by inspiring creative practitioners and researchers, Keele’s Music Technology degree
enables you to work on composition, music production, sound design, screen music,
audio-visuals and music software development.
You will study many different styles and genres, inventing, capturing,
recording, mixing and manipulating audio in a variety of contexts. You will
also explore the theory of sound, the history of audio technology, and the
cultural contexts of music. As a Keele Music Technology student, you’ll have
24/7 access to our purpose-built recording and project studios, practice rooms,
a vast library of digital media assets and also an extensive music library. For
performers, there is a richly varied musical life on campus. Alongside the
opportunity to do a module-based work placement in the local community,
you can also combine Music Technology with components of Keele’s Music
programme to create an individually-tailored, distinctive degree that reflects
your imagination and passions.
What will this mean for my future?
With the experience of individual and collaborative projects, you’ll also have
the skills you need to pursue a wide range of careers involving creative
technologies, and to undertake further training in a range of related
professions. Career paths open to Keele Music Technology graduates include
broadcasting, recording, production, sound design, soundtrack creation,
software design, songwriting and performance, as well as original audio and
audiovisual composition, studio work, and teaching at all levels of education.
You might choose to work as a freelance sound designer for games and video,
as a sound technician or as a community musician. Graduates in Music
Technology also develop careers as broadcast engineers, theatre stage
managers, radio producers and multimedia specialists.
UCAS Code - WJ39
Foundation Year
Yes
Indicative Entry
Requirements
Single Honours
A level: BCC-CCC
BTEC: DMM-MMM
Combined Honours
A level: BCC-CCC
BTEC: DMM-MMM
Indicative Modules
First Year
• Audio Fundamentals
• Sonic Arts Repertoire
• Composing with Sound
• Sound Recording
• Music Theory
• Twentieth-Century Musics
Second Year
• Audio-Visual Composition
• Interactive Music and Sound
Processing
• Record Production
• Creative Sound Design
• Music in the Community (work
placement module)
• Composition
Third Year
• Portfolio of Studio-based Creative Work
• Music Programming Project
• Interactive Music
• Arts, Technology and Society
• Composition
• Music, Conflict and Social Change
Course Duration
3 years or 4 years with
an international year
Study abroad
Yes
International Year
Yes
Learn a Language
Yes
For information on courses that combine subjects please visit keele.ac.uk/ugcourses