Program Overview

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Music Production BA (Hons)

Overview

Are you inspired by music and the impact it can have on people? Have you ever considered creating music for global movies, the games industry or live production and music events? If so, this course helps you ignite your passions and follow your dreams.

Course Details

Full-time and Part-time

• W374 BA/MP
• Music Production
• Course routes:
  • Degree: 3 years (or 4 with a work placement)
  • Plus foundation year: 4 years (or 5 with a work placement)

School of Arts & Creative Industries

You are immersed in the world of music production, working on individual and group projects and compositions, and developing knowledge and skills which build towards your final portfolio. Explore composition, modern technology, creativity, production, collaboration with industry experts, live client projects, guest speakers, research activities and interdisciplinary working.

Top Reasons to Study Music Production at Teesside University:

1. Specialist facilities: practice and learn in specialist spaces including sound studios, recording studios, post-production suites, audio patch bays, audio workstations and music technology lab.
2. Regional opportunities: recent research has identified a cluster of recording, production and post-production studios in the North East region maintaining a presence in the national music and sound production landscape.
3. Expert teaching: our experienced tutors are professionals in music production, so you benefit from their industry expertise and technical know-how.
4. Get creative: our course and campus are powered by Adobe and Apple. We’re Europe’s first Adobe Creative Campus as well as being an Apple Distinguished School.
5. Work-ready: the course includes short, career-focused modules helping you understand working in the creative industries.

Course Structure

Year 1 Core Modules

• Collaboration Project
• Introduction to Music Production
• Introduction to the Creative Industries
• Music Production Techniques

Year 2 Core Modules

• Creative Research Project
• Industry Project
• Music Production Practice
• Working in the Creative Industries

Optional Work Placement Year

• Work placement

Final-year Core Modules

• Major Project
• Professional Practice

How You Learn

• Think, dream and make: learn through doing, with focused studio time for practice-based creative work.
• Develop your creative voice: you are coached to find and grow your creative voice.
• Grow resilience: develop a creative journal, capturing your challenges, milestones and reflections.
• Join the creative sector: our intensive, career-focused modules help you understand working in the arts and creative industries.

How You Are Assessed

• Modules are assessed by in-course assessment of a range of music-related media, written assignments and reports, individual and group presentations and live performances.

Professional Placement

• Study this course with an optional work placement year, at no extra cost.
• Alongside this, you can gain valuable experience and engagement with the sector through our shorter work placements, internships and work experience opportunities.

Entry Requirements

• 96-112 tariff points including any Level 3 STEM or music-related subject (32p/C or above)
• English language and maths requirement: normally GCSE English language and maths at grade C, or 4 under the new grading system.

Employability

• Our students follow careers in sound and music production, sound capture, live sound production and engineering, sound design, processing and control, music for time-based media, broadcast, recording artists, music technology journalism and multimedia authoring.

Information for International Applicants

• Qualifications: international applicants - find out what qualifications you need by selecting your country.
• Useful information: visit our international pages for useful information for non-UK students and applicants.

Tuition Fees

• Full-time: £9,535 a year (UK applicants), £17,000 a year (international applicants)
• Part-time: £4,635 (120 credits)

Other Course Routes

• Foundation year: study this course with a foundation year if you need additional preparation or if you don't have sufficient grades to join Year 1.
• Work placement: study this course with an optional work placement year, at no extra cost.