Music Technology and Production (including foundation year)
London Metropolitan University
Music Technology and Production (including foundation year)
Course Summary
**Why study this course?**
Our Music Technology and Production (including foundation year) BSc (Hons) is a four-year degree with a built-in foundation year (Year 0), designed to provide you with an alternative route into higher education if you don’t have the necessary entry requirements to study a standard undergraduate degree. This course will teach you the important aspects of music technology and production. The foundation year of this course will help you build your academic ability and confidence, fully preparing you for the following three years of study.
Music at London Met has been ranked 3rd for student satisfaction in the Complete University Guide's 2021 league tables.
**More about this course**
Our Music Technology and Production (including foundation year) BSc (Hons) degree will provide you with a broad range of skills and techniques in sound, music and sonic arts.
The integrated foundation year on this four-year course is shared with other foundation degrees, allowing you to study alongside students who are interested in a variety of other specialisms and disciplines.
Throughout your foundation year you’ll develop a music technology portfolio, displaying the key proficiencies you have learned through hands-on, practice-based exercises. During the course you’ll explore the fundamental aspects of computer-based music production. The working practices and techniques you’ll develop include audio editing and mixing in our Music IT labs using Apple 5k iMacs, MIDI keyboards and a range of professional standard software including; Pro Tools 2018, Logic Pro X, Cycling ’74 Max 8, Ableton Live Suite and Steinberg Nuendo 8.
Our Music Enterprise module allows you to explore enterprise and business practices. You’ll learn the personal skills needed to develop an online presence in the form of proficiency portfolios, showcasing your work and skills to future clients and employers.
The Sound and Media module will develop your skills in the sonic arts, expanding to the music, games and film industries. You’ll establish interdisciplinary skills including recording and design of foley and sound effects for games, films and mobile apps, interactive arts and immersive media, as well as recording of original sounds, location, ADR and effects to support interactivity, narrative and action. If you find yourself more interested in studying another subject during your foundation year, there will be flexibility to do this.
Our tutors and course leaders in the London Met music department are active researchers and music industry experts who boast international careers. They have first-hand experience working with successful performers and organisations such as Clean Bandit, Echobelly, Kate Nash, Imelda May, Wolf Alice, British Broadcasting Channel (BBC), Sky and Channel 4, and continue to present their work throughout Europe, America, East Asia and Australia.
You'll graduate with a full undergraduate degree with the same title and award as those who studied the traditional three-year course.
Following your foundation year, you’ll continue to study the same subjects and get the same choice of modules as those studying our Music Technology and Production BSc degree.
Course Details - Modules
Example Foundation Year modules include:
Music Enterprise
Music Production
Sound and Media
Introduction to Media and Communications
Example Year 1 modules include:
Composing with Technology
Media Skills and Practice 1: An introduction to Music and Sound for Media
Creative Studio Practice 1: An introduction to Studio-based Production Techniques
Music and the Creative Industries
Example Year 2 modules include:
Applied Music Technologies
Creative Studio Practice 2: Advanced Studio-Based Production Techniques
Music and Media Context and Cultural Musicology
Sound for the Moving Image and Interactive Arts (Sonic Arts Pathway)
Composition and Live Electronics
Example Year 3 modules include:
Final Project (individual or collaborative)
Project Development: Music Technology
The Creative Arts and Music Industries
Dissertation/Investigative Study
Course Details – Assessment Method
You’ll be assessed through projects, in-class exams, studio reports and research essays. In your final year you’ll have the choice of producing either a dissertation or a project-based investigative study.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
W306
Institution code:
L68
Campus Name:
Aldgate
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Foundation
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
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AdditionalDetails
To study a degree at London Met, you must be able to demonstrate proficiency in the English language. If you require a Tier 4 student visa you may need to provide the results of a Secure English Language Test (SELT) such as Academic IELTS. For more information about English qualifications please see our English language requirements.
If you need (or wish) to improve your English before starting your degree, the University offers a Pre-sessional Academic English course to help you build your confidence and reach the level of English you require.
More information about our English language requirements.
These fees are for the 2022/23 academic year. Fees for new and returning students may change each year by an amount set under the government’s regulation. For further information about our undergraduate fees, please visit: https://www.londonmet.ac.uk/applying/funding-your-studies/undergraduate-tuition-fees/
Please note, in addition to the tuition fee there may be extra costs for things such as equipment, materials, printing, textbooks, trips or professional body fees. There may also be other activities that are not formally part of your course and not required to complete your course, but that you may find helpful (for example, optional field trips). The costs of these are additional to your tuition fee and the fees set out above and will be notified when the activity is being arranged.
Provider information
Admissions Office
166-220 Holloway Road
Address3 are not listed for this Course.
City of London
N7 8DB
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