BSc (Hons) Songwriting and Music Production

5.0
4 reviews
  • The lectures have a real impact on my experience. I loved my course and the extra mile lectures through the university are unorganised and last minute informal always.
    |
  • Iam very to be here for my course is just fantastic. The students are living together with all fun and love enjying their student life.
    |
  • Besides the high cost, it's good.
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Bachelor's degree

In Hatfield

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Hatfield

  • Duration

    3 Years

  • Start date

    September

Building on our successful composition and technology courses, this degree focuses on the technical and creative aspects of being a successful songwriter. You’ll explore a range of songwriting techniques, composing and recording songs and building up your studio skills to a professional standard. With access to instruments, electronic equipment, cutting-edge software and venues to perform live, you’ll develop your own musical language and explore how your means of self-expression connect with your cultural surroundings.You’ll also study the business aspects of commercial music making, pursue work experience and build the skills and experience to become a creative and entrepreneurial musician.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Hatfield (Herefordshire)
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University of Hertfordshire (College Lane Campus), Hatfield AL10 9AB, UK

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

About this course


The Songwriting and Music Production degree is a unique and distinctive degree award in the UK.You are fascinated by the potential of technology in the creative processYou wish to understand and explore current trends in songwritingYou wish to be taught by current practitioners and exponents in the art of writing songs within the commercial sectorYou wish to be part of a department within a school that includes film making, animation and the creative artsYou will have the opportunity to explore your creative interests and ideas through a series of songwriting projects and to have your songs performed in our £38 million state-of-the-art performance venue, the Forum Hertfordshire.Gain a BSc – because we genuinely explore the art and science of music compositionWe have a strong, ongoing record of student satisfaction over several years since the launch of the national student survey.The University of Hertfordshire has consistently been towards the top of various league tables reflecting student satisfaction.


Our graduates have gone on to successful careers as composers and performers and work for organisations such as the BBC and PRS. Composing for television, sound design, creating sound for computer games and sound engineering and are all roles our alumni have taken part in. Owing to the balance of technological and creative aspects of our courses, students’ have been in constant demand for teaching positions. Many have continued their studies for Master's and PhD degrees.


104 UCAS points

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Reviews

5.0
excellent
  • The lectures have a real impact on my experience. I loved my course and the extra mile lectures through the university are unorganised and last minute informal always.
    |
  • Iam very to be here for my course is just fantastic. The students are living together with all fun and love enjying their student life.
    |
  • Besides the high cost, it's good.
    |
100%
4.9
excellent

Course rating

Recommended

Centre rating

Student

5.0
21/10/2018
What I would highlight: The lectures have a real impact on my experience. I loved my course and the extra mile lectures through the university are unorganised and last minute informal always.
What could be improved: -
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Student

5.0
28/07/2018
What I would highlight: Iam very to be here for my course is just fantastic. The students are living together with all fun and love enjying their student life.
What could be improved: -
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Student

5.0
26/03/2018
What I would highlight: Besides the high cost, it's good.
What could be improved: -
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Fatma

5.0
18/03/2018
What I would highlight: I expected it to be more interactive.
What could be improved: -
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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This centre's achievements

2022
2018

All courses are up to date

The average rating is higher than 3.7

More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months

This centre has featured on Emagister for 5 years

Subjects

  • Music Production
  • Technology
  • Music
  • Production
  • Learning Skills
  • Songwriting
  • Perspectives of Music
  • Techniques and Technology
  • Songwriting and Performance
  • Songwriting and Music Production

Course programme

Work Placement

Placements are a valuable means of establishing industrial contacts and gaining an insight into the commercial reality of a chosen discipline. We have a long history of students working with industry supplementing the taught university curriculum with real life on the job experience.

All Songwriting and Music Production students spend a week working in a local school, writing, rehearsing and performing a new music theatre work with over one-hundred children. For many, these provide the stimuli for an exciting teaching career.

Structure

Level 4

Core Modules

  • Techniques and Technology 1 - 30 Credits
  • Learning Skills - 30 Credits
  • Perspectives of Music 1 - 30 Credits
  • Songwriting and Performance 1 - 30 Credits
Optional Level 5

Core Modules

  • Techniques and Technology 2 - 30 Credits
  • Studies and Investigations 2 - 30 Credits
  • Perspectives of Music 2 - 30 Credits
  • Songwriting and Performance 2 - 30 Credits
Optional
  • Professional Work Experience 30: Music - 30 Credits
Level 6

Core Modules

  • Year Abroad - 0 Credits
  • Perspectives of Music 3 - 30 Credits
  • Project (Songwriting) - 30 Credits
  • Techniques and Technology 3 (Version 2) - 30 Credits
  • Studies and Investigations 3 (Version 2) - 30 Credits
Optional

  • Sandwich Year (Creative Arts) - 0 Credits

Additional information

International fee

£11950 for the 2018/2019 academic year

BSc (Hons) Songwriting and Music Production

Price on request