Music Technology BA (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Brighton
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Brighton
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Duration
3 Years
Focus on creativity, innovation and research on our Music Technology BA.
We combine studio recording, music production and electronic music with other creative work, such as building instruments and audiovisual performance systems.
You can tailor your degree with our range of options – such as composition, performance, film music, popular music, music for interactive media and music theatre. We offer a great environment for music making and studies, including masterclasses and concerts in addition to your lectures, seminars and workshops.
You'll develop the skills to define musical practices of the future through our modern approaches to composition, performance and production. And Sussex is a great place for performance.
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About this course
At Sussex, you learn how to use industry-standard software and develop real-world skills in:
recording and music production
electronic music and programming
interactive audio-visual music.
You can also join a band or musical society and produce a portfolio of creative work to show to potential employers. This means you’re prepared for jobs in the music industry, music and sound design for film and theatre, and the multimedia and gaming industries.
You should also have a broad range of GCSEs 9-4 (A*-C), including good grades in relevant subjects.
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Subjects
- Theatre
- Music Production
- Music Technology
- Composition
- Design
- Sound
- Sound Design
- Cinema
- Project
- Technology
- Media
- Music
- Musical
- Production
- Electronic Music
- Studio Recording
Course programme
Autumn teaching
- History and Practice of Electronic Music
- Studio Recording
- Creative Music Technologies
- Music Production
Autumn teaching
- Creative Production: Communication Design
- Creative Production: Documentary Video
- Creative Production: Photography
- Creative Production: Sound Design
- Film Analysis
- Instrumentation, Voicing and Orchestration
- Introduction to Music Studies
- Popular Music Cultures
- Approaches to Composition and Performance
- Creative Production: Communication Design
- Creative Production: Documentary Video
- Creative Production: Photography
- Creative Production: Sound Design
- Culture and the Everyday
- Making Music Theatre
- Music and Society A
- Working with Film
At Sussex, you can choose to customise your course to build the sort of degree that will give you the knowledge, skills and experience that could take you in any direction you choose.
Year 2 at sussexAutumn teaching
- Electronic Music and Performance
- Interactive Music Systems
- Digital Music Cultures
- Sound Design in Context
Autumn teaching
- American Cinema B
- Case Studies in 19th and 20th Century Composition
- Ensemble Performance
- From Opera to Film
- Media, Memory, History
- Professional Practice
- Screenwriting
- Sound, Culture & Society B
- Studio and Live Engineering
- The Rise of Classical Music
- Theory Taste and Trash B
- Advertising and Social Change B
- American Popular Music
- British Cinema B
- Chinese Cinema B
- Creative Audiovisual Coding
- Debates in Screen Documentary B
- Digital Cultures B
- Film Music after 1950
- Gender, Space and Culture
- History and Practice of Songwriting
- Journalism in Crisis B
- Screenwriting
- Solo Performance
- The History of the Modern
- The Musical B
- TV: Fictions and Entertainments B
At Sussex, you can choose to customise your course to build the sort of degree that will give you the knowledge, skills and experience that could take you in any direction you choose.
Study or Placement
Apply to study abroad – you’ll develop an international perspective and gain an edge when it comes to your career.
Placement (optional)A placement is a great way to network and gain practical skills. When you leave Sussex, you’ll benefit from having the experience employers are looking for.
Year 3 at sussex
- Advanced Music Technology Studies
Autumn teaching
- Advanced Composition and Arrangement
- Advanced Music Studies
- Film Music and Audiovisual Project
- Generative Arts and Musical Machines
- Advanced Performance
- Music Dissertation
- Music Project (Spring)
- Sound for Interactive Media
- Studio Project
Additional information
Music Technology BA (Hons)