Master Degree in Computer Music and Sound Design

The work developed by a student during one academic year, according to the indicative plan of the course and on a full time basis, totals 60 ECTS.

Study Programme

Course unit title	Year	Regime	Type	Subject area	ECTS credits
20th and 21st Centuries Music Theory and Compositional Practices	1	1st Semester	Compulsory	MUS	6.0
Music Perception and Cognition	1	1st Semester	Compulsory	PSY	6.0
Seminar 1 — Sound, Art and Technology	1	1st Semester	Compulsory	MUS/AVPM	6.0
Sound and Music Programming	1	1st Semester	Compulsory	CI/MUS	6.0
Computer-aided Composition and Sound Programming	1	2nd Semester	Compulsory	CI/MUS	6.0
Seminar 2 — Current Trends in Sound Design	1	2nd Semester	Compulsory	AVPM	6.0
Signal Processing for Sound and Music	1	2nd Semester	Compulsory	CI	6.0
Sound Design	1	2nd Semester	Compulsory	AVPM	6.0
Laboratory of Sound Improvisation and Programming	1	1st Semester	Elective *	CI/MUS	6.0
Recording and Mixing	1	2nd Semester	Elective *	AVPM	6.0
Sound Design for Audiovisual Media	1	2nd Semester	Elective *	AVPM	6.0
Sound Design for Videogames	1	2nd Semester	Elective *	AVPM	6.0
Rules Free optional (to choose from the course offer or other 2nd cycles of studies)
Course unit title	Year	Regime	Type	Subject area	ECTS credits
Artificial Intelligence in Music	2	1st Semester	Compulsory	CI	6.0
New Interfaces for Musical Expression	2	1st Semester	Compulsory	CI	6.0
Conservation and Restoration of Electroacoustic Sound and Music	2	1st Semester	Elective *	CI	6.0
Human-Computer Co-Creativity in Music Improvisation	2	1st Semester	Elective *	CI/MUS	6.0
Musical Information Retrieval	2	1st Semester	Elective *	CI	6.0

Course unit title	Year	Course unit code	Duration	Type	Subject area	ECTS credits
Dissertation	2	02054633	Annual	Elective *	CI	42.0
Internship	2	02054644	Annual	Elective *	CI	42.0

The optional course units are offered on a yearly basis, depending on the availability of the Organic Unit