University of Hertfordshire - BSc (Hons) Songwriting and Music Production

University of Hertfordshire

BSc (Hons) Songwriting and Music Production

Building on the University of Hertfordshire Music’s successful composition and technology courses, the Songwriting and Music Production pathway focuses on the technical and creative aspects of being a successful songwriter. You’ll explore a range of songwriting techniques, composing and recording your own songs and building up your studio skills to a professional standard. With access to innovative software and performance opportunities, you’ll develop your own musical language and explore how your means of self-expression connect with your cultural surroundings. You’ll also study the business aspects of commercial music making, pursue work experience and build the skills and experience to become a creative and entrepreneurial musician.

Entry Requirements

UCAS pointsA LevelBTECIB requirements
104-112BCC-BBCMMM-DDM104-112 UCAS points

Access course: Diploma with 45 level 3 credits at merit.

All students from non-majority English speaking countries require proof of English language proficiency, equivalent to an overall IELTS score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each band.

Career Prospects

Our graduates have gone on to successful careers as songwriters, composers and performers and work for organisations such as the BBC and PRS. Composing for television, sound design, creating sound for computer games and sound engineering are all roles our alumni have taken part in. Owing to the balance of technological and creative aspects of our courses, students have been in constant demand for teaching positions.  Many have continued their studies for Master's and PhD degrees.

Our graduates have gone on to successful careers as songwriters, composers and performers and work for organisations such as the BBC and PRS. Composing for television, sound design, creating sound for computer games and sound engineering are all roles our alumni have taken part in. Owing to the balance of technological and creative aspects of our courses, students have been in constant demand for teaching positions.  Many have continued their studies for Master's and PhD degrees. 

Course Details

You will receive interactive lectures, seminars, and tutorials, with practical and studio-based teaching. You will have opportunities to collaborate with other music students, film makers and digital animators, and to benefit from the input of movers and shakers in the music industry visiting our University on a regular basis. 

Course content 

The BSc (Hons) in Songwriting and Music Production focuses on the technical and creative aspects of developing a career as a songwriter. 

You will explore a wide range of songwriting techniques through a variety of projects. Lectures and coursework investigate music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries with a particular emphasis on current, commercial, and popular trends in song writing. Whilst the course’s focus is on the widest interpretation of ‘song,’ other forms of commercially based activities - sound for media, commercials and other applications of music that can be profitable for the composer will be explored.  

There will be opportunities to perform your songs as part of the course and in a range of extra-curricular events. Open Days, music industry events, exhibitions, student ‘Jam Jar’ gigs and other festival events allow students to showcase their work in public. The course reflects the cultural, social, and creative aspects of the discipline in seeking collaborative opportunities within the School of Creative Arts. 

With the input of industry professionals, you will investigate techniques as used by some of the world's most successful songwriters. You will study the business aspects of popular music culture and how this works within the music industry. 

Most of all, you will be an entrepreneurial musician - someone who has talent as a songwriter and has the ability to get their music out there. 

Year 1

Techniques and technology 1
Learning skills
Perspectives of music 1
Songwriting and performance 1

Year 2

Techniques and technology 2
Studies and investigations 2
Perspectives of music 2
Songwriting and performance 2

Optional modules
Professional work experience 30: music

Year 3

Year abroad
Perspectives of music 3
Project (songwriting)
Techniques and technology 3
Studies and investigations 3
Perspectives of music 3
Project (songwriting)
Techniques and technology 3 (version 2)
Studies and investigations 3 (version 2)
Sandwich year (creative arts)

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