Program Overview

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Music & Sound Production BA (Hons)

Overview

Our BA (Hons) Music & Sound Production degree course at UCA Farnham will give you the skills to thrive as a music producer in today’s industry, equipping you to stretch beyond just working with musicians in a studio, or programming beats.

Course Entry Options

• BA (Hons)
• BA (Hons) with Professional Practice Year

Music & Sound Production BA (Hons)

Our standard three-year undergraduate degree for those who meet the entry requirements for higher education.

• Institution code: C93
• UCAS code: W302
• Campus: Farnham
• Start date(s): September 2025, September 2026
• Duration: 3 years full-time
• Entry requirements: 112 UCAS points, International equivalent qualifications

Music & Sound Production BA (Hons) with Professional Practice Year

A four-year program, which sees you spend an entire year gaining valuable industry experience prior to your final year of study.

• Institution code: C93
• UCAS code: W303
• Campus: Farnham
• Start date(s): September 2025, September 2026
• Duration: 4 years full-time
• Entry requirements: 112 UCAS points, International equivalent qualifications

What You'll Study

Year One

• Digital Environments: Explore how digital technology is used for producing music, learning how to use a variety of software tools to create original sounds and combine these with audio samples to produce finished tracks.
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Understand what is meant by equality, diversity, and inclusion and the implications of these concepts for creative practice.
• Digital Project: Create your own productions for live shows, exploring how computers can be used as flexible musical instruments.
• Analogue Environments: Learn how to record live instruments using an analogue signal path and mix tracks using traditional studio approaches.
• Professional Development: Gain insights into how music producers, film/media producers, and businesses interact with each other on a creative and commercial basis.

Year Two

• Core Units
  • Sound Design: Refine your skills in editing and creatively manipulating audio.
  • The Conscious Practitioner: Explore global perspectives and influences on creative practice.
  • Sampler Instruments: Discover the art of sampling and create your own digital sampler instrument.
  • Placement / Live Brief: Research, negotiate, and undertake a self-initiated work experience placement opportunity or other professional interactions within a business appropriate to the music, sound, or media industries.
• Elective Units
  • Physical Theatre: Work together with students from a wide range of courses to make a live physical theatre production.
  • Acting Through Song: Develop skills relevant to character and narrative-driven musical performance.
  • Interdisciplinary Collaborations in Music and Theatre: Collaborate with fellow students across film and television, and animation and acting, to work on exciting projects.
  • Film Production: Gain practical skills and knowledge in film production, with a focus on collaboration, professionalism, and self-reflection.
  • Screen Writing: Develop creative writing skills, particularly in the highly visual medium of writing for film and television.

Year Three

• Dissertation: Develop and research an area of enquiry from which your question and title are formed.
• Music Business: Create a dossier, which evidences the steps taken to prepare yourself for the future.
• Final Major Project: Develop, in coordination with the unit leader, a brief for your project.

Facilities & Equipment

• Sound editing, recording, and mixing suites with software such as Avid Pro Tools, Steinberg Dorico, and Cubase, Ableton Live, Max/MSP, Logic Pro, and the Vienna Symphonic Library.
• The media store has a good supply of equipment to hire, including specialist music equipment.

Careers & Further Study

• Sound engineer
• Music and audio technician
• Technical support specialist
• Audio producer
• Music and sound design technician
• Technical producer
• Studio engineer
• Further study at postgraduate level

Entry & Portfolio Requirements

• UK applicants: Attend an Applicant Day for a portfolio review.
• International applicants: Submit an online portfolio.
• View Music & Sound Production portfolio advice.

Fees & Financial Support

• UK/EU: £9,535
• International: £17,500
• UCA scholarships and fee discounts available.
• Additional course costs for books, printing, and project materials.

English Language Requirements

• IELTS: 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section.
• Other UCA-approved English tests accepted.

International Equivalent Qualifications

• View country-specific entry requirements.

Contact

• Submit an Enquiry
• Chat to UCA Students
• Call: +44 (0) 1252 892883
• Media Enquiries