Course summary
This Postgraduate Certificate in Creative Music Production is designed to give you the skills to take your music production and composition skills up to a professional standard, in a shorter timeframe than a full Masters degree. You will cover three core skill areas needed by musicians and artists of all genres – songwriting and composition, music production, and mixing and mastering. As a student on this certificate qualification, you will have access to many of the same resources as our Masters degrees student, including tuition from world-class working professionals, regular one-to-one tutorials, live webinars, and lifetime access to your course materials. Raise your Creative and Technical Skills This Postgraduate Certificate (PG Cert) will help you level up your music production and songwriting skills, and cover the core skills delivered on our full MA Creative Music Production course. You’ll study with world-class professionals: musicians, producers, artists and songwriters – and we’ll help take your music to a new level. The course is designed to do two main things:
- To raise the creative and technical quality of your tracks, with a focus on three main subject areas of composition, production, and mixing & mastering. You'll work on the application of music theory in a way that's relevant to you, and create tracks ready for the market.
- To teach you to become more critically self-aware of the strengths and weaknesses of your own music and to collaborate with and exchange constructive criticism with other musicians, composers and songwriters.
Modules
Core modules on this course include: Module 1 – Music Creation: Songwriting and Composition Module 2 - Music Production: Sound & Texture Module 3 – Mixing & Mastering
Assessment method
This course is delivered over 8 months, but is built as a part-time schedule, meaning you do not need to compromise on your working life to complete this certificate. The weekly workload will vary from student to student. We estimate anytime between 5 to 15 hours per week, depending on your rate of work and the strength of your skills when you first join. This time estimate includes every element of the course: live workshops, one-to-one tutorials, reading and watching the course materials, and time spent on assignment projects.
Entry requirements
Ideally, applicants will have completed an undergraduate degree before they apply. However, there is an option for those who do not have a degree, taking into account real-world work experience in related fields, and non-degree professional development courses. This Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is always assessed on a case-by-case basis. The best way to know if you're eligible to apply is to reach out to us at [email protected] and we can discuss your options.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £4200 | Whole course |
| Northern Ireland | £4200 | Whole course |
| Scotland | £4200 | Whole course |
| Wales | £4200 | Whole course |
| International | £4550 | Whole course |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Sponsorship information
ThinkSpace Education tries to provide exceptional value to all students both in the UK and the rest of the world. Our fee structure is extremely competitive and, as such, does not allow us as much room for bursaries or scholarships as some providers. However, on occasion, we do award part scholarships to exceptionally talented applicants, particularly those from disadvantaged or under-represented groups, to help them fulfil their potential. If you would like to be considered, please make this clear in your application by filling in the accompanying 'Bursary Application Form'.
Provider information
ThinkSpace Education
119 Third Avenue
Almodington
Chichester
PO20 7LB