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Music Production & Sound Engineering (Online) with Foundation Year

pointblank Music School

UCAS Code: WW8F | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

pointblank Music School

UCAS Code: WW8F | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

Entry requirements

A level

D,D

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)

M

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

PPP

UCAS Tariff

48

About this course

Course option

4years

Distance learning (full-time) | 2025

Subjects

Music

Audio technology

Music and arts management

Not everyone can make it to our London or LA campuses to learn music production with pointblank, so we have created a method of online learning for which we recently won a prestigious Webby Award. The BA (Hons) in Music Production and Sound Engineering with Foundation Year is your chance to benefit from the practical music industry expertise and innovative teaching methods that pointblank is known for whilst also gaining an internationally recognised Higher Education qualification awarded by Middlesex University. This programme is full time distance learning, delivered by our expert instructors on our bespoke Virtual Learning Environment.

Modules

Foundation Year:
Introduction to Music Production;
Music Theory & Composition;
Study Skills;
Sound Synthesis;
Music Business;
Audio Production;
Music Genre Studies

Year 1
Music Production;
Music Composition;
Sound Design;
The Music Industry;
Creative Audio;
Production Styles

Year 2
Creative Production & Remix;
Composing for Media;
Art of Mixing;
Marketing & Branding;
Advanced Sound Design;
Mastering

Year 3
Advanced Composition;
Advanced Mixing;
Audio For Games;
Professional Portfolio;
Music Entrepreneur

Tuition fees

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Channel Islands
£6,000
per year
England
£6,000
per year
EU
£6,000
per year
International
£6,000
per year
Northern Ireland
£6,000
per year
Republic of Ireland
£6,000
per year
Scotland
£6,000
per year
Wales
£6,000
per year

The Uni

Course location:

London Campus

Department:

Music

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What students say

We've crunched the numbers to see if the overall teaching satisfaction score here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

90%
Music
87%
Audio technology
90%
Music and arts management

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Music

Teaching and learning

86%
Staff make the subject interesting
93%
Staff are good at explaining things
79%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
88%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

83%
Library resources
69%
IT resources
80%
Course specific equipment and facilities
76%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Others in technology

Teaching and learning

89%
Staff make the subject interesting
94%
Staff are good at explaining things
82%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
89%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

85%
Library resources
73%
IT resources
86%
Course specific equipment and facilities
81%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

After graduation

The stats in this section relate to the general subject area/s at this university – not this specific course. We show this where there isn't enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Music

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£24,000
high
Average annual salary
85%
low
Employed or in further education
70%
high
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

Audio technology

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

85%
low
Employed or in further education
70%
med
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

Music and arts management

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£24,000
high
Average annual salary
85%
low
Employed or in further education
70%
high
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Music

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£17k

£17k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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This is usually because there were too few respondents in the data we receive to be able to provide results about the subject at this university.

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