BA (Hons) Music and Music Technology Bachelor's degree at the University of Leeds

This module introduces you to the theory and practice of studio recording. You'll study the work of a range of practitioners, enabling you to contextualise your own practice and gain a deeper understanding of the ways in which sound recording may be undertaken, and the impacts of the decisions taken during the process.

On this module, you'll be introduced to electronic music and start developing your own skills. Practical and theoretical approaches to creating electronic music will be related to key historical, technical and social developments, contextualising your learning and use of technology. The module will encourage you to adopt a creative, critical and self-reflective approach to the creation of electronic music.

This module supports the development of research and practice-research skills and sets you on the way to being a critical and creative thinker. Rather than offering a chronological overview of music history, the module provides a thematic exploration of music in historical and contemporary, Western and global contexts (including the specific and diverse musical culture of Leeds), and consideration of how musical practice reflects and shapes society. The development of academic research skills is

This module brings music theory into the twenty-first century. You'll encounter materials of music and music theory from across the globe in their cultural contexts – from jazz, popular music, and world musics to Western art music. The module does not assume familiarity with Western notation and harmony. Instead, you'll develop your listening skills to put theory into practice by learning the fundamentals of improvisation across a variety of musical traditions.

On this module, you'll explore applied music technology, contextualising your practice and situating it within broader approaches to music technology. You'll engage with topics such as sound synthesis, sound practice, music production and music-creation technologies, developing your applied, critical and problem-solving skills through collaborative practical work.

On this module, you'll be introduced to computer music and start developing your own skills. Key historical, technical and social developments will contextualise practical approaches to creating contemporary experimental computer music to enhance your learning and use of technology. The module will introduce and develop your use of computer programming techniques for music, adopting a critical, creative and self-reflective approach to computer music.

Music is a multi-disciplinary subject, and musical research employs a diverse range of methods. On this module, members of staff draw on their own research projects to support your development of musicological (text-based, archival, analytical), practice-based (creative practice as research, applied research) and empirical (questionnaires, focus groups, interviews) research techniques, leading to you creating a proposal for your own research project.

This module aims to provide you with an opportunity to think about the ways in which your knowledge and expertise can be applied outside your university studies.