Subject Leader (Music & Music Technology)

Music Technology and Composition - UH-000478

The University of Huddersfield seeks and encourages applicants in order to widen participation, improve access and apply the principles of equal opportunities.  We provide support for applicants who require additional assistance in order to select the right course of study and make a successful transition to studying at University.  We encourage local, national and international applications.  Further information for <a href="http://www.hud.ac.uk/international">International Students can be found on their website</a>.
If you were educated outside the UK, you are required to have International English Language Testing System (IELTS) at a score of 6.0 with a minimum score of 6.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in any single component. If you have alternative qualifications or do not meet the IELTS requirement we also offer a range of <a href="http://www.hud.ac.uk/international/pre-sessionalenglishprogramme/">Pre-Sessional English Programmes.</a>
The University provides opportunities for the accreditation of prior learning (APL) as stated in <a href="https://www.hud.ac.uk/policies/registry/awards-taught/section-c/">Section 3 of the Regulations for Awards.</a>
 The University’s general minimum entry requirements are specified in Section 1.5 of the <a href="https://www.hud.ac.uk/policies/registry/awards-taught/section-1/">Regulations for Awards</a>.
Every person who applies for this course and meets the minimum entry requirement – regardless of any disability – will be given the same opportunity in the selection process.  General advice and information regarding disability and the support the University can give can be found by contacting student services as follows:
Telephone: 01484 472675
Email: disability@hud.ac.uk
Further information is available on the <a href="http://students.hud.ac.uk/wellbeing-disability-services/disabilityservices">disability services website.</a>  
Further advice on the specific skills and abilities needed to successfully undertake this course can be found by contacting the admissions tutor and by visiting our <a href="http://www.hud.ac.uk/courses/">course finder website page</a>.
However, the specific entry requirements and admission criteria for the courses are detailed below:
 
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<li>Applicants must normally have a total of 120 points on the new UCAS tariff, ideally including grade B at A2 in Music or Music Technology, or DDM in a relevant BTEC Extended Diploma or from an accredited Access course. Any tariff points gained from music practical and theory grade examinations will normally be considered to be part of the standard requirement. Applicants with other relevant experience outside of formal music and music technology A Levels or BTECs will be considered on a case-by-case basis.</li>
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<li>Mature students (over the age of 21) applications will be considered on an individual basis taking into account any previous learning and life experience applicable to the particular programme of study.</li>
<li>Applicants with prior learning or prior experiential learning will be considered individually by the School of Arts and Humanities Accreditation and Validation Panel, to assess whether it is appropriate to grant general or specific credit towards the course.</li>
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UH-000478 - Music Technology and Composition

Intermediate Core

Intermediate Optional

Intermediate Compulsory

Intermediate Level

Honours Optional

Honours Core

Honours Compulsory

Honours Level

Foundation Compulsory

Foundation Optional

Foundation Core

Foundation Level

Sandwich Year Out Optional

Sandwich Year Out

Structure

Certificate of Higher Education

Bachelor of Music

Diploma of Higher Education

technical and interpretative requirements of musical composition and performance.

make informed decisions on career choices and professional training and development relating study specialisms to the world of work.

demonstrate critical awareness in the creation of Sonic Arts.

utilise a range of technologies to underpin individual study and to produce effectively presented work.

Principals and historical context of Sonic Art.

communicate clearly and effectively in a variety of ways.

create original, distinctive and coherent artistic work.

manage time efficiently in order to meet deadlines, and develop practical strategies for problem solving.

develop critical listening skills in order to evaluate technical issues and creative results.

the historical and stylistic contexts of music and its relationship with wider philosophical and cultural practices, issues and phenomena.

reflect on own work to assess personal strengths and weaknesses.

sustain motivation and self-discipline in both highly-structured and more open-ended tasks, working flexibly and imaginatively, whether working independently or in collaboration with others.

the principles of and creative practical application of sound recording in a variety of contexts.

acquire new technical and analytical skills drawing on a range of resources.

principles of audio editing, sound synthesis, sequencing, sampling and mixing.

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<li>Course and module evaluation questionnaires are distributed annually to students and the results considered by the Course Committee and reported to the Annual Course Evaluation Committee.</li>
<li>The University strongly encourages student representation on all major committees within the University.</li>
<li>The Student Panel meets at least twice a year and any matters of concern are reported to the Course Committee.</li>
<li>Staff Appraisals: Staff development priorities in the University are based on achieving excellence in learning, teaching and scholarship;</li>
<li>Peer observation of teaching.</li>
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All staff are encouraged to be active researchers in their specialist area, qualified to doctoral level, and be members or fellows if the HEA and / relevant professional bodies.

UH-000478

Music Subject Review (2017)
External Examiners’ Reports
QAA Institutional Audit 2010
National Student Survey
University Course Evaluation Survey
Research Excellence Framework 2014

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<li>All students have a Personal Academic Tutor for pastoral and academic support.</li>
<li>All Music and Music Technology students are automatically placed on the Sandwich version of their course, but make a decision on whether to take up their optional sandwich placement year during the second year of their studies. A presentation by the course leader (or designated placement unit) will advise students of the procedure for identifying a placement for the sandwich year.</li>
<li>The Computing and Engineering placement unit deliver lectures and workshops to students in term 1 of their 2nd year to ensure that suitable arrangements are made for a successful placement search. If successful, the placement unit will allocate a member of staff to visit each student on placement on twice during the placement. Where a placement breaks down permanently, and no alternative placement can be reasonably arranged, a student will be transferred back to the non-sandwich route of the course at the beginning of the next academic year.</li>
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<li>All 1st year students have access to timetabled Peer Assisted Learning sessions, led by 2nd or final year students on similar courses. The content is negotiated between the 1st years and the pair of peer leaders and can cover a range of activities designed to supplement both academic and pastoral support.</li>
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<li>The personal academic tutor is also responsible for administering Personal Development Planning (PDP) for his/her tutees. The provision of PDP at undergraduate level is adopted from the 2014 QAA Code of Practice for the Assurance of Academic Quality and Standards in Higher Education, which states PDP should help students ‘to identify their personal, academic and employability development needs, to reflect on their experiences, and to record their achievements.</li>
<li>Responsibility for adhering to the PDP scheme lies with the student. In MMT, skills related to PDP are also built into core and optional modules as follows, and PDP is explicitly identified in learning outcomes in individual modules where possible.</li>
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<li>Details of academic and personal support are given in the annually revised Course Handbook.</li>
<li>Teaching staff give notice of their availability to see students through their posting of ‘office hours’ and are contactable by phone and e-mail.</li>
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AFM1304 (Introduction to Music Research – core) develops study skills that underpin all major aspects of the course: time-management, getting the best out of lectures and seminars, research and bibliographic techniques, referencing, clarification of codes of conduct in academic work (including issues of plagiarism), structuring written work, oral presentation, teamwork, PDP, critical thinking and use of C &amp; IT. These research skills are further developed through AHM3519 (Final Year Project – core) and AHM3219 (Applied Music Research: Investigating Culture and Creativity – option).