Undergraduate

The programme has been designed to allow you to developthe skills and knowledge that you will have gained as part of your HND andoffers you an opportunity to develop further skills. During your HND theemphasis will have been on the practical elements of sound and musicproduction. The course is designed specifically to build on and extend thepractical experience you will have gained in your HND. As such the emphasismoves away from sound production, and toward giving you the skills you need todesign, develop and evaluate audio technology processes and techniques. Thisincludes focussing on sound design for games, audio processing, synthesis andeffects development, audio analysis and assessment, and methods of interactionwith audio software and hardware. You will be introduced to related multimediatopics including web design and video production, and will take part insubstantial audio project work.

Most modules that you will be studying are assessed byboth examination and coursework (sometimes known as continual assessment). Yourfinal mark for a module is determined by your results in both elements with anappropriate weighting applied, e.g. 30% examination and 70% coursework. Thecourse is predominantly assessed by practical coursework.

Graduates from this programme can now be found in manyparts of the audio and multimedia industries including broadcasting, soundengineering and games sound development.