You will be assessed through the completion of practical and written work including essays and a range of individual or group artefacts, presentations, projects and reports that focus on practical and business skills.

You will build skills in sound and music production, studio and location recording, electronic arrangement, composition, editing and postproduction. You will begin to think about your own music composition and sound design, building confidence by working to set briefs. You will also gain a fundamental knowledge of the industry and the varied opportunities for work you will be aiming for. We encourage you to start thinking about your contextual studies research.

You will gain a greater understanding of equipment and software and think about the specialist areas of music composition and sound design in which they are used. This will allow you to enhance your practice and develop your approach based on standard industry workflows. You will engage in creative briefs that encourage you to collaborate with other students and create work as part of a team.

You will bring your learning together in a final portfolio of skills. Alongside this, you will complete a self-initiated project. We ask you to show your contextual studies research and thinking in a long form dissertation. The final portfolio will act as a showreel or promotional tool for entry into the industry.