C10276v1 Bachelor of Music and Sound Design
Award(s): Bachelor of Music and Sound Design (BMusSoundDesign)UAC code: 600006 (Autumn session)
CRICOS code: 092409B
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 144
Course EFTSL: 3
Location: City campus
Notes
Students who commenced the Bachelor of Sound and Music Design before 2017 can view their course program at Course transition arrangements.
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Course intended learning outcomes
Admission requirements
Applications
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course diagram
Course program
Honours
Other information
Overview
This course is designed to develop practitioners in music and sound design with a strong base of artistic, professional and theoretical skills. The UTS Bachelor of Music and Sound Design combines the domains of music, sound and screens (film, TV, internet, games, online) with subjects that focus on developing real-world skills for the digital sound industry.
Students graduate with a portfolio of sound works demonstrating their creativity and professionalism. The course also involves input from leading industry figures, including sound designers, songwriters, producers and other professionals from the creative industries.
The course appeals to students with an interest in popular music, sound design, creative arts, or interactive multimedia. It offers a contemporary music and sound design degree that focuses on the production and analysis of sound for various media, including interactive environments.
Course aims
This course aims to provide students with core skills in digital music production and sound design. Students' learning outcomes include the capacity to think creatively and critically about, and contribute to, developments within the music, sound and digital media industries; an awareness of industry practices in sound design and music production; and the capacity to develop and critically revise their own work.
Career options
Examples include working in sound design and production across a diverse range of media, including popular music, film, television, advertising, animation, web, gaming, interactive digital media, and locational sound.
Other career options include sound designer, music supervisor, audio engineer, computer musician, music producer, new media artist, interactive media designer, and music business professional.
Course intended learning outcomes
This course engages with the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs), which are tailored to the Graduate Attributes set for all graduates of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences:
| 1.1 | Graduates possess a well-developed awareness of culture and professional practice of music and sound in the context of the technological and creative industries |
| 1.2 | Graduates are able to present, explain and evaluate their own and others' work in independent and collaborative contexts |
| 2.1 | Graduates are reflexive critical thinkers and creative practitioners who are intellectually curious, imaginative and innovative |
| 3.1 | Graduates are able to engage responsibly and respectfully with the musics and sound practices of a wide range of cultures |
| 3.2 | Graduates are able to adapt their critical thinking and creative enterprise to intercultural contexts |
| 4.1 | Graduates can consult with appropriate Indigenous Australian organisations in their management of Indigenous content and resources |
| 4.2 | Graduates have respect for Indigenous Australians and can manage Indigenous content and resources in an effective, ethical and culturally appropriate manner |
| 5.1 | Graduates possess the awareness and skills to behave ethically in personal and professional contexts |
| 5.2 | Graduates are innovative agents for change in the creative industries of their local and wider communities |
| 6.1 | Graduates possess reflective and analytical skills enabling them to synthesise ideas from a diverse range of sources and communicate effectively to different audiences using appropriate media and modes |
| 6.2 | Graduates possess the technical and creative skills to express themselves in multi-platform contexts |
Key
The first digit of each CILO indicates the relevant graduate attribute:
- Professional Readiness
- Critical and Creative Inquiry
- International and Intercultural Engagement
- Indigenous Competencies
- Active Citizenship
- Effective Communication
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification, Australian Qualifications Framework Diploma, or equivalent Australian or overseas qualification at the required level.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 176-184.
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Applications
Local students
Local students apply through the Universities Admissions Centre.
International students
International students apply through UTS International.
Course duration and attendance
The course is offered on a three-year, full-time basis.
Course structure
Students must complete 144 credit points, comprising 48 credit points of major subjects, 24 credit points of professional subjects, 24 credit points of core subjects and 48 credit points of electives.
Industrial training/professional practice
Studio-based subjects are highly flexible, allowing students to foster their specialisation and interests through practical projects. Songwriting skills are applied to real-world needs, and all students have the opportunity for a professional internship. Professional practicalities are built into the core subjects.
Course completion requirements
| MAJ10025 Music and Sound Design | 48cp | |
| STM91009 Professional Development stream | 24cp | |
| STM90959 Core subjects (Music and Sound Design) | 24cp | |
| CBK91142 Electives | 48cp | |
| Total | 144cp |
Course diagram
Course program
The typical program shown below is for a full-time student commencing in Autumn session.
| Autumn commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 50817 Audio and Music Production | 8cp | |
| 50816 Audio Cultures | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points from the following: | 8cp | |
| CBK91142 Electives | 48cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 54001 Digital Literacies | 8cp | |
| 50824 Songwriting and Composition for Context | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points from the following: | 8cp | |
| CBK91142 Electives | 48cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 54002 Communicating Difference | 8cp | |
| 50818 Podcasting | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points from the following: | 8cp | |
| CBK91142 Electives | 48cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 50819 Composing with Sound | 8cp | |
| 50820 Sound Design | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points from the following: | 8cp | |
| CBK91142 Electives | 48cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 50826 Music Business and Professional Practice | 8cp | |
| 50825 Screen Soundtrack Production | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points from the following: | 8cp | |
| CBK91142 Electives | 48cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 50823 Sound Project | 8cp | |
| 54003 Creative Entrepreneurship | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points from the following: | 8cp | |
| CBK91142 Electives | 48cp | |
Honours
The Bachelor of Communication (Honours) (C09047) is available with an additional year of full-time study for eligible students.
Other information
Further information is available from:
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