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Bachelor of Music and Sound Design

University of Technology Sydney

CRICOS provider number: 00099F TEQSA provider ID: PRV12060

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About

With its practical focus, this course is designed to develop practitioners in music and sound design. Discover a job-ready degree that combines music production, podcasting, songwriting, video games and and more. If you want a rewarding, creative career where you'll blend technical skills and artistry in an exciting and evolving field, this is the course for you. Study popular music, the production and analysis of sound for various media, and acquire skills and experience in music production, sound engineering, and the creation of digital sound media. In this course you will have the opportunity to record in professional studios, design and compose sound and music for moving image works, and devise and run your own music label. At the end of this course you’ll graduate with a portfolio of sound works, demonstrating your creativity and professionalism and ready to commence work in the creative industries.  

Areas of study

Audio production, music composition and production, popular music, screen sound, songwriting, sound design.

Career opportunities

Audio engineer, music producer, music supervisor, sound designer, computer audio musician, music business professional

Practical experience

In this course you will learn primarily by doing and making. In our studio-based classrooms you will develop your interests into a specialisation via project-based learning and assessment. Throughout this course you will acquire a set of professional competencies, connected directly to the real world, ensuring you are industry-ready upon graduating. 

Fees and charges

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Admission criteria

All applicants

Refer to the UTS general admission criteria.

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Further information

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ATAR profile

ATAR-based offers only (semester 1, 2024)

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  1. This ATAR profile table is in line with Commonwealth Government transparency requirements. It is based on offers to recent school leavers (ie completed Year 12 in the last 2 years) who were selected solely or partly on their ATAR. Note that some institutions further differentiate this information on their websites.
  2. The ATAR values exclude any adjustment factors.
  3. The selection ranks include the ATAR and any adjustment factors.

Abbreviations

– = data is not available.
<5 = less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made.
N/A = no offers were made on the basis of ATAR.
NC = new course
NP = Not provided by institution
NR = No reportable profile
NS = No Semester 1 offers
NN = Unavailable (other)
NO = Entry on other criteria

Student profile

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UTS offers many cross-faculty courses and combined courses in the areas of Arts and Social Sciences, Business, Design, Engineering and Information Technology, Health, Law and Science.

UTS also offers a Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation (BCII), a Bachelor of International Studies and a Bachelor of Sustainability and Environment as combined degrees. TD School at UTS also offers a unique future-focused Diploma in Innovation that can be completed in parallel with almost any Bachelor degree and double degree, except BCII. Diploma enrolment is by direct application once at UTS.