BSc (Hons) Sound Design with Foundation Year

Bucks New University

Bachelor's degree

In High Wycombe

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    High wycombe

  • Duration

    4 Years

The Foundation Year will allow you to develop your academic study skills and build confidence in your abilities, identifying your own strengths and development needs for progression onto an undergraduate degree.

Foundation year Sound Design provides a hands-on grounding in the topic. Our teaching staff have a wealth of professional and academic experience, with many still actively working in industry. You will also benefit from a vibrant series of guest lectures with professionals practicing at the highest level, such as Jeremy Child (Sherlock) and Stafford Bawler (Monument Valley), and industry visits to audio post-production facility Warner Bros De Lane Lea, or to nearby Pinewood film studios.

The audio studio facilities on campus are extensive and of an industry standard. They are equipped with an array of professional studio hardware, controllers, and software including three main recording studios all with 5.1 surround sound capability and dedicated recording booths and live rooms, plus three further professional grade edit suites and a rehearsal space. All studio areas have sound-to-picture capability, and there are rooms tailored for post-sync recording such as Foley and ADR (dialogue replacement). You will also have access to a huge array of studio mics, stereo and surround sound mic kits, Sound FX libraries, extensive live sound facilities and Midas desks, and professional location sound recording equipment including the Sound Devices 664. Plus there are plentiful IT facilities equipped with DAW’s, plug-ins, programming tools, and other essential sound design software.

Facilities

Location

Start date

High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire)
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High Wycombe Campus, Queen Alexandra Road, HP11 2JZ

Start date

On request

About this course

The aim of this new course is to allow students to develop as creative practitioners, gaining knowledge of specific Sound Design and computing areas such as audio programming, digital signal processing, field sound recording, and spatial audio.

This course can lead to a variety of roles within the creative sector industries.

The audio skills developed during the course will be applicable to numerous other industry areas. Moreover, you’ll acquire the necessary interpersonal, intellectual, and organisational skills to pursue employment across the creative sector and beyond.

Applicants who do not meet the minimum requirements for the 3-year undergraduate programme, or those who do not feel fully prepared for a Level 4 course, will be considered for the 4-year programme including a Foundation Year.

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Subjects

  • Teaching
  • Design
  • Sound
  • Project
  • Industry
  • Production
  • Recording
  • Professional
  • Research Project
  • Development

Course programme

This module map provides a list of the modules that make up your course.

Each module is worth a specified number of credits (typically either 15 or 30 credits for undergraduate courses). Compulsory (or ‘core’) modules cover key subject knowledge, while ‘option’ modules enable you to develop your own interests. For a full-time course you must take modules worth a total of 120 credits at each level of the course. The number of option modules you can take depends on the number of compulsory modules at each level. You can find more information about how your course is structured via the Academic Advice pages.

Our teaching is informed by research and employer requirements, and modules change periodically to reflect developments in the subject area. In addition, where we have insufficient numbers of students interested in an option module, this may not be offered. If an option module does not run, we will advise you as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative module.

The modules available on this course are as follows:

Foundation Year Modules
  • Preparing for Success Knowledge and Creativity
  • Preparing for Success Self-development and Responsibility
  • Inquiry and Research Skills
  • Introduction to Music Management, Production and Performance
Year One Modules
  • Audio Production Technologies
  • Disciplines in Live Audio
  • Introduction to Recording and Pro Tools
  • Sound Design: Computer Programming
Year Two Modules
  • Audio Production Techniques: Live
  • Recording & Production Theory and Practice
  • Sound for Vision
  • Media Production Project
  • Introduction to Research Methods
Year Three Modules
  • Sound Design for Games, VR, and Non-linear media
  • Professional Practice Research Project
  • Production Company Project
  • Sound Design

Additional information

Full Time International, September 2019: £12,000

Full Time Home and EU, February 2020: £9,250

Full Time International, February 2020: £12,000

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BSc (Hons) Sound Design with Foundation Year

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