Popular Music Production (Joint Honours)
When can you start this course? | UCAS code | Fees | Course length | Entry requirements
What is joint honours?
With joint honours, you can study for an honours degree in two or even three subjects. Find out more about joint honours, including what subjects you can combine with this one.
Why choose this course?
- If you want to work in the commercial music sector of the entertainment industry, as a singer, songwriter,
musician or producer for example, this course is ideal for you. - You'll have the opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge in music production and recording.
- You'll study in our fantastic £21million Markeaton Street site. Take the video tour.
About the course
Through our Joint Honours Scheme you can combine two or three subjects to tailor your degree to your interests, areas of skill and career aspirations.
Popular Music Production is part of the Electronics and Sound subject group, so you'll be studying with other students who are also interested in electronics, media technologies, and popular music. And our staff are actively involved in applied research in these areas.
The facilities at our Markeaton Street site includes specialist labs, recording studios, music production labs, sound and lighting facilities, and a surround-sound research studio. And you'll be using our high spec computing resources too.
Find out more about what subjects and modules you'll be studying...Your career
When you graduate you'll be well prepared to work as a performer or producer in the industry. And you'll have the ability and confidence to deal with professional bodies, such as the Performing Rights Society (PRS), British Academy of Composers and Songwriters, British Phonographic Industry (BPI), and the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS).
You could go on to work as a music producer, musician or performer, recording engineer, or music teacher if you
do a PGCE after your degree. Or you could choose to work in areas such as sound design or sound for games. You could go on to work as a music producer, musician or performer, recording engineer or music teacher, if you do a PGCE after your degree. Or you could choose to work in areas such as sound design or sound for games.
Start dates
If you're from the UK or EU you can apply to study this course in:
- September 2012
If you're from a country outside the EU you can apply to study this course full time in:
- September 2012
UCAS code
Popular courses combined with Popular Music Production include:
- Film and Television Studies
- Theatre Arts
- Dance and Movement Studies
- Popular Culture and Media
- American Studies
- Business Management
- Marketing
- Broadcast Media
Fees
This is a resource intensive course.
UK/EU students
Full time:
- If you combine this subject with a classroom based subject it will cost £6,995 per year.
- If you combine this subject with another resource intensive subject or a specialist subject it will cost £7,495 per year.
Part time:
You usually take 18 of modules in total for your course
- Modules from classroom based subjects will cost £875 per module.
- Modules from resource intensive subjects will cost £935 per module.
- Modules from specialist subjects will cost £1,000 per module.
International students
Full time:
- If you combine this subject with a classroom based subject it will cost £9,700 per year.
- If you combine this subject with another resource intensive subject or a specialist subject it will cost £9,975 per year.
*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2012 and August 2013. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year.
More information about our fees for September 2012 and the support available
Course length
- Full time: 3 years
- Part time: up to 6 years
Entry requirements
Our entry requirements are usually 260-300 UCAS points from A levels or equivalent ...
