Graduate Diploma in Audio Production
Course details
| NZQF Level | 7 |
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About the course
The Graduate Diploma in Audio Production will equip graduates who have majored in a different discipline with the skills and knowledge that fulfil the expectations of the audio production industry, its practitioners and clients.
Students will study compulsory papers on audio equipment and choose from elective papers in acoustics, electronics, technology, specialist audio topics or a major research project.
Graduate Diploma graduates will acquire critical thinking and independent learning skills, along with in-depth knowledge in audio production which will enhance their professional skills in this selected area or staircase to postgraduate study.
Compulsory
AUD502 Applied Audio Engineer 1 (15 credits)
AUD602 Applied Audio Engineering 2 (15 credits)
Students may choose a maximum of 15 credits from the following paper schedule at Level 6
Electives
AUD601 Acoustics 2 (15 credits)
AUD603 Applied Audio Production 2 (15 credits)
AUD605 Music Theory and Technology 2 (15 credits)
CON601 Contextual Studies 2 (15 credits)
CIB601 Creative Industries Business (15 credits)
AUD606 Audio Electronics 2 (15 credits)
AUD607 Sound for Visual Media (15 credits)
Students must choose a minimum of 75 credits from the following paper schedule at Level 7
Electives
BAP 755 Specialist Audio (30 credits)
BAP 765 Major Research Project (45 credits)
BAP 700 Applied Acoustics (15 credits)
BAP 730 Industry Applications (15 credits)
BAP 750 Professional Studies (15 credits)
BAP 707 Advanced Audio for Visual Media (15 credits)
BAP 760 Workplace Practices and Internship (15 credits)
Elective Paper/s Elective paper/s to be approved by Programme Manager (15 credits)
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, Auckland and online through SIT2LRN Distance Learning.
We also have specialised faculties in music and rural education - MAINZ – Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand (Auckland & Christchurch) and Telford in Balclutha, South Otago.