This course enables students to develop their own individual creative practice through an advanced practical project involving sound and technological mediation. Building on earlier Sonic Arts courses, students will develop and realise their own individual brief. Students will be given guidance through seminars and tutorials.

3x2hr seminars; 6x1hr tutorials; 8x1hr practical workshops over ten weeks as scheduled on MyCampus.  This one of the Honours options in Music which may not run every year. The options that are running this session are available on MyCampus.

Sonic Arts: Creative Projects (MA/BMus Hons) MUSIC4052

Sonic Arts: Creative Projects (BEng) MUSIC4051

The standard assessments for this course are:

■ Student-led creative project, comprising - 100%:

■ Comprising Individual creative project supported by accompanying, audio, video or software documentation as appropriate to the project - 80%

■ Critical commentary (1,000 words) - 20%

If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available:

■ Projects are inherently flexible in nature and may be produced in a variety of media negotiated with the course tutor as an alternative to the comprising individual project.

■ There is no alternative to the critical commentary, but a flexible deadline, extra time, and submission in audio or visual form can be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for extensions)

Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.

This course will provide the opportunity to:

■ develop students' individual technologically mediated creative practice

■ develop independence in planning and managing creative projects

■ develop technical skills in working with sound and technology to an advanced level

■ deepen students critical, analytical and evaluative thinking

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ realise a large scale, independent, technologically-mediated creative project

■ solve technical problems through the development of new and existing skills

■ work at an advanced level with sound manipulation technologies

■ apply advanced listening and analytical skills in creating and manipulating sound for a personal aesthetic goal

■ apply in-depth critical reflection and contextual understanding to their own creative practice and aesthetic objectives