Sound and Music Design

This undergraduate course is designed to develop practitioners in sound and music design with a strong base of artistic, professional and theoretical skills. Studies will focus on developing cross-disciplinary design skills and application of these skills in work-related projects.

The sound and music design course is the first of its kind to combine the domains of sound and music, and prepare students for new emerging domains that require the confluence of sound in design and interaction.

Undergraduate courses

Bachelor of Sound and Music Design (C10269v1)

Combined courses

Bachelor of Sound and Music Design Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (C10270v1)

Why sound and music design at UTS?

• This course offers a unique, contemporary sound and music degree experience by merging art and technology across domains of composition, entertainment and audio technology, as well as combining features of music and audio engineering with interaction design.
• This course appeals to students with an interest in music, creative arts, design and technology or multimedia.
• The studio-based and professional practice subjects are highly flexible, allowing students to foster their specialisation and interests through practical projects, critical review, documentation development and collaboration with industry professionals. Students' learning outcomes include expression through creative practice, and technical fluency across a range of technologies.
• The degree can be combined with the Bachelor of Arts in International Studies.

What students say

Find out from:

• Anita Dawson, Bachelor of Sound and Music Design and International Studies
• Jordan Dorjee, Bachelor of Sound and Music Design

Careers

Career options include working in sound design or production across a diverse range of media, communication and design outlets including music, animation, web applications, gaming, product design, exhibition design and architecture. Specific examples include new media artists, interactive media artists, installation artists/sound sculptors, computer musicians, electronic music composers, product audio designers, software interface designers, e- fashion designers, new sonic interface designers, information system (sonification) designers and mobile/smartphone and device audio interface designers.