Creative Sound Design & Audiovisual Media MSc
Audiovisual Composition MUSIC5053
- Academic Session: 2026-27
- School: School of Culture and Creative Arts
- Credits: 20
- Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
- Typically Offered: Semester 2
- Available to Visiting Students: Yes
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
- Curriculum For Life: No
Short Description
This course offers students the opportunity to compose with sound and image across a range of diverse media, which might include audiovisual composition, short film, video game, live performance and/or installation contexts.
Timetable
10 x 2 hour lab sessions over 10 weeks as scheduled on MyCampus
Excluded Courses
None
Co-requisites
None
Assessment
The standard assessments for this course are:
■ Portfolio of audiovisual compositions (10 minutes total) - 80%
■ Process Video Essay (2-3 minutes) - 20%
If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available:
■ There is no alternative to the portfolio, but a flexible deadline and extra time can be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for extensions)
■ There is no alternative to the process video essay, but a flexible deadline 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.
Main Assessment In: April/May
Course Aims
This course aims to:
■ Examine and conceptualise relationships between sound and image
■ Explore the creative potential of software and hardware in creating audiovisual works
■ Consider audiovisual composition as a range of related practices across diverse media
■ Develop students' technical skills and critical perspectives in creating across audio and visual media
■ Explore a range of professional contexts in which audiovisual media is encountered.
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to:
■ realise either one extended or several shorter audiovisual works through a process of design and experimentation
■ deploy appropriate technical means to capture or generate sound and visual materials
■ develop effective methods to integrate sound and visual media
■ apply critical evaluation and aesthetic judgment across both the audio and visual domains
■ identify key features in their work and relate these to relevant concepts, theories or other practice in the field