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Undergraduate Prospectus 2017 | Film, Media and Music

Music Technology
Key Information
Why study this course?

Music Technology and Music at Keele are highly rated by students
for quality of advice and support, fair assessments, plus detailed
and prompt feedback (National Student Survey 2015).
Keele’s Music Technology programme encourages you to work at the
frontiers of the creative application of technology in composition,
music production, sound design, screen music, audio-visuals and music
software. The course is informed and inspired by successful creative
practitioners and researchers. You will study many different styles
and genres, inventing, capturing, recording, mixing and manipulating
audio/visual content using advanced digital media. You will also explore
the theory of sound, the history of audio technology, and the cultural
contexts of music. As a Keele Music Technology student you’ll have
access 24/7 to our purpose-built recording and project studios, practice
rooms, a vast library of digital media assets and also an extensive music
library. You can also combine Music Technology with components of
Keele’s Music programme to create an individually tailored, distinctive
degree that reflects your imagination and passions.

Indicative modules

First year
• Audio Fundamentals
• Sonic Arts Repertoire
• Composing with Sound
• Twentieth-Century Musics
• Sound Recording
Second year
• Meaning in Sonic Arts
• Audio-Visual Composition
• Realtime Sound Processing
• Introduction to Digital Signal
Processing
• Record Production in Theory
and Practice
• Creative Sound Design
Third year
• Music Programming Project
• Music Technology Project
• Digital Arts Creative Portfolio
• Composing with Interactive
Computer Transformation

What will this mean
for my future?

A combination of individual and
group projects prepares you for
the collaborative environments
of contemporary music, sound,
software and media production.
You’ll also have the skills you need
to pursue a wide range of careers
involving creative technologies,
and to undertake further training
in a range of related professions.
These include broadcasting,
recording, production, sound
design, soundtrack creation,
software design, song writing
and performance, as well as
original audio and audiovisual
composition, studio work, and
teaching. You might choose
to work as a freelance sound
designer for games and video,
a sound technician, a community
musician or a radio broadcast
assistant. Graduates in music
technology also develop careers
as broadcast engineers, theatre
stage managers, radio producers
and multimedia specialists.

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Course type

Single honours, dual
honours, minor
For information on dual
honours combinations
please visit www.keele.
ac.uk/ugcourses or page 158

Course duration

Three years or four years
with an International Year
(single honours)

Indicative entry
requirements
BCC
For further information on
entry requirements please
visit www.keele.ac.uk/
entryrequirements

Study abroad
Yes

Mikey Aveline

Music Technology and
International Relations
graduate
Since graduating, I've done some
presenting work for MTV and Sky
1, and have backpacked solo round
Europe. I’ve just finished a masters
in Television Journalism in London
and am freelancing as a TV
journalist and producer.
Music Technology allowed me to be
creative. My degree combination
helped me realise I wanted a job
involving both current affairs and
creativity and so that's how I got
into television journalism.
Keele made me... some great
memories and (hopefully)
lifelong friends!