Creative Sound Design & Audiovisual Media MSc
Creative Sound & Media Portfolio MUSIC5093P
- Academic Session: 2026-27
- School: School of Culture and Creative Arts
- Credits: 60
- Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
- Typically Offered: Full Year
- Available to Visiting Students: No
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
- Curriculum For Life: No
Short Description
The portfolio is an independent student-led project developed under the guidance of a supervisor, embodying a process of investigation undertaken through practice research. The portfolio normally comprises several sonic or audiovisual art works or artefacts in relevant media, software and/or hardware, accompanied by a critical and reflective commentary.
Timetable
1 x 2h seminar as scheduled on MyCampus
5 x 1h project supervision
Excluded Courses
None
Co-requisites
None
Assessment
The standard assessments for this course are:
■ Portfolio of Sonic Art of AV artwork (20 minutes) - 80%
■ Collection of documentation (such as sketches, photos, videos, performance materials, other evidence of experimentation) and critical writing (2000 words) - 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 assessments, but flexible deadlines 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: August
Course Aims
This course aims to:
■ enable students to innovate in practical work and develop their individual creative identity
■ enhance students' independence in honing creative and critical perspectives
■ enable students to explore in greater depth issues and practices covered elsewhere in the programme
■ provide students with a skill set and a body of work to help build their careers beyond the end of the programme
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
■ work independently to plan and create a substantial portfolio of creative practical work focusing on sonic and audiovisual media as culturally significant forms
■ deploy appropriate technical, design, experimental and evaluative processes in realising sonic or audiovisual artworks
■ deploy technical skills and aesthetic judgment effectively in working with sound and technology
■ document and apply critical evaluation, reflection and analysis to their own creative practice, relating it to appropriate contexts and concepts
■ plan and complete a substantial practice research investigation