What You Will Study
The Fd/BA (Hons) Audio and Music Production is a 3 year course which can also be studied as a 2 year Foundation course ending at Level 5 if desired. The full BA format includes the Foundation Degree and runs as a typical 3 three year degree, giving you two oppurtunites to graduate! The teaching staff opted to move to an Fd/BA configuration as it encourages you to get involved in industry early on, getting the vital on-the-job (or shadowing-the-job) experience.
Course Overview
Many modules are continued between years, for example the skills learnt in “Recording Studio Practice” in Year 1 are developed further in Year 2 in the “Game Audio” module, then developed again in the Year 3 “Post-Production Audio Project” module, and the “Major Project” or “Client Based Project”module should you select a studio focused project.
The software used on the course includes Ableton Live & Avid Pro Tools, though for most assignments you may work in any DAW you wish. As a student you will have access to other software for free, including Adobe Creative Cloud, Arduino IDE, L'Acoustics SoundVision, Sonic Pi, VCV Rack 2, Unity Editor, and Microsoft Office.
The software used on the course includes Ableton Live & Avid Pro Tools, though for most assignments you may work in any DAW you wish. As a student you will have access to other software for free, including Adobe Creative Cloud, Arduino IDE, L'Acoustics SoundVision, Sonic Pi, VCV Rack 2, Unity Editor, and Microsoft Office.