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Degree Programme Table: Acoustics and Music Technology BSc (Hons) (UTBSCACMUT1F)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
1. Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have spoken with your Personal Tutor.
2. Where available, students can select up to 40 credits of Level 7 elective courses, across Years 1 and 2 (not per year).
3. To continue without the need for a degree programme extension to the total period of study, a full-time student must attain a minimum of 80 credits by the end of Year 1.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Musical Acoustics

Must be taken during Semester 1

PHYS08021 20 credits
Physics 1A: Foundations

Must be taken during Semester 1

PHYS08016 20 credits
Mathematics for Physics 1

Must be taken during Semester 1

PHYS08035 20 credits
Mathematics for Physics 2

Must be taken during Semester 2

PHYS08036 20 credits
Sound Recording

Must be taken during Semester 2

MUSI08054 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

BSc AMT_Year 1 options

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Inclusion in this list does not mean that the timetable allows all optional courses to be taken. Every effort is made when setting the timetable to take into account commonly chosen options, however students should consult the timetable when making their choices: https://browser.ted.is.ed.ac.uk/
Music 1A: Psychology of Music
MUSI08069 20 credits
Physics 1B: The Stuff of the Universe
PHYS08017 20 credits
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y
Notes:
Please exclude Centre for Open Learning courses with codes beginning LLL.

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
1. Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have spoken with your Personal Tutor.
2. Where available, students can select up to 40 credits of Level 7 elective courses, across Years 1 and 2 (not per year).
3. To continue without the need for an extension to the total period of study, a full-time student must attain a minimum of 200 credit points by the end of Year 2. Total credits per year must equal 120.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Linear Algebra and Several Variable Calculus

Must be taken during Semester 1

PHYS08042 10 credits
Creative Music Technology

Must be taken during Semester 1

MUSI08057 20 credits
Programming and Data Analysis

Must be taken during Semester 1

PHYS08049 10 credits
Architectural Acoustics and Spatial Sound

Must be taken during Semester 2

MUSI08079 20 credits
Dynamics and Vector Calculus

Must be taken during Semester 2

PHYS08043 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

BSc AMT_Year 2 options group 2

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
NOTES: Inclusion in this list does not mean that the timetable allows all optional courses to be taken. Every effort is made when setting the timetable to take into account commonly chosen options, however students should consult the timetable when making their choices: https://browser.ted.is.ed.ac.uk/
Sensor Networks and Data Analysis 2
ELEE08021 10 credits
Computer Simulation
PHYS08026 20 credits
Fluid Mechanics 2
SCEE08003 10 credits
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y
Notes:
Please exclude Centre for Open Learning courses with codes beginning LLL.

Year 3 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
1. Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have spoken with your Personal Tutor.
2. To continue without the need for an extension to the total period of study, a full-time student must attain a minimum of 360 credit points by the end of Year

After successful completion of 360 credits as outlined above, students may be eligible to exit with an Ordinary degree. See general DRPS regulation 53 for further details.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Musical Applications of Fourier Theory and Digital Signal Processing

Must be taken during Semester 1

MUSI10055 20 credits
Audio Programming

Must be taken during Semester 2

MUSI10108 20 credits
Physics-based Modelling of Musical Instruments

Must be taken during Semester 2

MUSI10076 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Course Catalogue A1

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please select exactly 60 credits from the following collections of courses (Catalogues A1, A2, and A3). You should aim to have a total of 60 credits, including the Compulsory courses noted above, in each of Semesters 1 and 2 (i.e. making 120 total course credits across the year).
Machine Learning
INFR10086 20 credits
AND

Course Catalogue A2

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Introductory Applied Machine Learning
INFD11005 20 credits
Computer Communications and Networks
INFR10074 20 credits
Operating Systems
INFR10079 20 credits
Numerical Ordinary Differential Equations and Applications
MATH10060 10 credits
Honours Differential Equations
MATH10066 20 credits
Numerical Linear Algebra
MATH10098 10 credits
Creative Coding for Sound
MUSI10100 20 credits
Composing for Screen (UG)
MUSI10109 20 credits
Interactive Sound Environments
MUSI10113 20 credits
Audio Crafting (UG)
MUSI10114 20 credits
Lagrangian Dynamics
PHYS10015 10 credits
AND

Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 60 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Year 4 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
1. Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have spoken with your Personal Tutor.
2. To continue without the need for an extension to the total period of study, a full-time student must attain a minimum of 360 credit points by the end of Year

After successful completion of 360 credits as outlined above, students may be eligible to exit with an Ordinary degree. See general DRPS regulation 53 for further details.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Acoustics (Level 10)

Must be taken during Semester 1

MUSI10118 20 credits
Acoustics and Music Technology Undergraduate Dissertation

Must be taken during Full Year

MUSI10111 40 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Course Catalogue A1

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Introductory Applied Machine Learning
INFD11005 20 credits
Computer Communications and Networks
INFR10074 20 credits
Operating Systems
INFR10079 20 credits
Numerical Ordinary Differential Equations and Applications
MATH10060 10 credits
Honours Differential Equations
MATH10066 20 credits
Numerical Linear Algebra
MATH10098 10 credits
Creative Coding for Sound
MUSI10100 20 credits
Composing for Screen (UG)
MUSI10109 20 credits
Interactive Sound Environments
MUSI10113 20 credits
Audio Crafting (UG)
MUSI10114 20 credits
Lagrangian Dynamics
PHYS10015 10 credits
AND

Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 60 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
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