About MA Sound (arts), Pg Dip Sound (arts), Pg Cert Sound (arts). in Bath Spa University

Explore sound as a creative medium at an advanced level, and focus on the areas that interest you most. We’ll help you develop the technical skills you need, but the course is about sound more than technology, and values lo-tech and no-tech as much as the latest technological developments.

You can work in any music genre, and/or cover areas such as soundscape recording and sound design, interactive audio (for applications such as live performance, gaming, VR, immersive environments and installations), spatial audio, hardware/software (instrument) design, and interdisciplinary practice incorporating other media.

The course caters for those working in a wide variety of music genres, and at the same time also covers areas of practice such as soundscape recording and sound design, interactive audio (for applications such as live performance, gaming, VR, immersive environments, and installations), spatial audio, hardware/software (instrument) design, and interdisciplinary practice incorporating other media.

Most students won’t cover all of these areas, but will use the course to develop an individually-tailored portfolio of skills, experience, and top-level work across them. We believe this to be appropriate to the current employment landscape, where many combine traditional roles in music with broader practice in sound and other media. The course also provides the breadth necessary for FE and HE teaching in this field, and provides a basis, where required, for PhD research and beyond.

A large number of options available within the course makes this choice and specialism possible. The course is part of a suite of courses available across music and sound, operating alongside "sister" pathways in Sound Design and Sound Production, which allow further specialism in these areas.

Careers

Our graduates have range of successful careers in production, composition, music for film and TV, sound design for moving image and games, sound art, software development, engineering, further education, higher education, and research.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Normally a Bachelor's degree with honours and a good passing grade from an internationally recognised university or Higher Education institution
• Other international qualifications to an equivalent standard will also be considered.

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS: Academic 6.5 or 7.0 This must include a minimum of 5.5 in Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.
• TOEFL iBT: This must include a total of 75, to include a minimum 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening, 20 in Speaking, and 17 in Writing.
• PTE: This must include a minimum of 67 in Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.

Bath Spa University Highlights

Bath Spa University Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

International students joining the Bath Spa University are required to pay 70% of the tuition fees on or before arrival and commencement of the course. All payments should be made in £ sterling and the easiest way to make a payment is via Flywire. However, the payment can also be made through credit/debit card.

International students should open a UK bank account as soon as possible after arrival.

The estimated cost of attendance depends on several factors like the program applied for, tuition, books, fees, housing, dining, and personal items.