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New Zealand Diploma in Audio Engineering and Production (Level 6)

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New Zealand Diploma in Audio Engineering and Production (Level 6)
NZQF Level 6

About the course

Take your audio engineering skills to the next level! The New Zealand Diploma in Audio Engineering and Production - Level 6 provides a further year of study in audio engineering and production, giving depth and breadth to the theoretical and practical knowledge of the concepts learned in Level 5.

Produce music to a professional level.   

?Create, produce and manipulate 
?Analyse and contribute 
?Record, mix and master 
  • Create, produce and manipulate
  • Analyse and contribute
  • Record, mix and master
Enjoy a stimulating year working with sound. Apply creative and technical audio engineering processes and get a qualification along the way!
Take your audio engineering skills to the next level! The New Zealand Diploma in Audio Engineering and Production - Level 6 provides a further year of study in audio engineering and production, giving depth and breadth to the theoretical and practical knowledge of the concepts learned in Level 5.

Produce music to a professional level.   

?Create, produce and manipulate 
?Analyse and contribute 
?Record, mix and master 
  • Create, produce and manipulate
  • Analyse and contribute
  • Record, mix and master
Enjoy a stimulating year working with sound. Apply creative and technical audio engineering processes and get a qualification along the way!
?Create, produce and manipulate 
?Analyse and contribute 
?Record, mix and master 

Year 1

AEP501 Physics of Sound 1

AEP502 Core Audio Practice

AEP503 Applied Production 1

AEP504 Applied Audio Engineering 1

AEP505 Applied Audio Engineering 2

AEP506 Electronic Music Production 1

CTX501 Contextual Studies 1

CAS501 Creative Arts Industry Studies

Year 2

Compulsory Papers

AEP601 Physics of Sound 2

AEP602 Production Styles

AEP603 Applied Audio Engineering 3

AEP605 Electronic Music Production 2

AEP607 Sound for Visual Media

CTX601 Contextual Studies 2

Electives: Choose two from:

AEP604 Applied Audio Engineering 4

AEP606 Applied Production 2

AEP608 Advanced Live Sound

AEP609 Audio Electronics

Elective 1 Elective (not already completed) from this or other SIT programme

About the provider

Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) provides quality tertiary education and training across a wide range of subjects and qualifications. From certificates to postgraduate studies, we offer NZQA programmes for students to learn at a level and pathway that suits them.

We are home to the Zero Fees Scheme and are the only tertiary provider in New Zealand to offer a no tuition cost education to domestic NZ students for every year of study, at all levels.

We offer SIT programmes at campuses in Invercargill, Christchurch, Queenstown, Gore, and online through SIT2LRN Distance Learning.

We also have specialised faculties in music and rural education - MAINZ – Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand (Christchurch) and Telford in Balclutha, South Otago.

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