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Overview

he sound and music business is going through a transformation. Longstanding careers are adapting to welcome creative enterprises demanding abilities in sound and music creation. Here in Northern Ireland the broadcast, cinema, theatre, gaming and immersive experience sectors are booming. There is wealth of opportunities in Belfast and beyond for multi-talented, digitally fluent, vibrant and flexible sound and music makers, who can propose and showcase pioneering concepts in current and compelling ways.

Course overview

The Foundation Degree in Sound and Music for Media at Belfast Met, which is the first of its kind in Northern Ireland, meets those needs, empowering learners to thrive in this landscape. During your time on the course you will have the chance to meet and receive feedback from industry professionals and key stakeholders within the sound and music industries and with employability deeply integrated into this programme, you will have a broad range of opportunities to develop and apply a variety of specialised technical and creative skills in sound and music production, cooperating within interdisciplinary projects modelled on professional practice in the media business.

Why choose our programme?

This unique course will equip graduates with the technical and creative skills needed for careers in the music and sound industry, where they can compose scores, design soundscapes, and produce audio content for films, TV, video games, social media and advertisements, and also provide progression to relevant degrees in the UK, Ireland or abroad.

What you will gain:

This course is offering you a unique opportunity to develop and apply specialist skills in collaborative industry-focused projects. You will develop a range of practical skills and techniques, and collaboration skills, while developing an understanding of the professional, cultural, social, and technological contexts of your practice.

Key areas of study:

The course focuses on music composition techniques, sound design, music theory and post-production for media applications. The program combines core production skills, cutting-edge technologies, and a specific emphasis on creating music and sound content for media. It is also expected that students will be prepared theoretically and practically for progression to appropriate degree level courses.

Content:

Audio Assets - Music production, software, composition techniques, sound design, performance, sound recording, broadcast engineering.
Musical Elements and cultural context – orchestration, arrangement, music business, project management, history of music in film/TV, music theory.
Work Based Learning.
Professional Portfolio.

Join us today and transform your computing foundation into a thriving career in the world of Music and Sound for Media. Your journey begins here at Belfast Met!