Degree program

School: Electronic Music School

Department : Department of New Technologies and Music Languages

A1 - Course title : Course of First Level Academic Degree (Bachelor Degree) in Electronic Music

Educational goals

On completion of their First Level Academic Degree in Electronic Music, students will have acquired technical knowledge and specific skills to enable them to bring their own artistic ideas to practical fruition.
To this end, the course will focus on the most representative instrumental repertoire – including ensemble music – and on the related performance practices also for the purpose of developing the student’s ability to interact within different kinds of musical ensembles.
Such goals will also be achieved by fostering the development of aural perception and memorization as well as by acquiring specific knowledge concerning organizational, compositional and analytical music models and their interaction.
Specific care will be devoted to learning adequate postural and emotional control techniques.
At the end of the three-year course, students will have acquired in-depth knowledge of both general and specific stylistic, historical and aesthetic aspects in relation to their own field of study.
Moreover, in regard to the specific nature of each single course, students will be required to possess appropriate skills relating to improvisation.
A further educational goal is the acquisition of suitable computer music abilities as well as competence in a second EU foreign language.

Employment prospects

The course provides students with the opportunity to work in the following fields:
– electroacoustic music composition
– music audio technologies profession
– music profession related to multimedia events

Teachers

Study Plan

Type of educational activitySubject areaCodeSubjectCredits (CFA)Teaching hours/Personal studyingOptional/MandatoryTeaching methodAssessment criteria
First year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Music theory220/30
40.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/05History of electroacoustic music640/110
26.67%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/04History of forms and music repertoires
- (including the 20th century)
530/95
24.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/03Music acoustics530/95
24.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/04Electroacoustics640/110
26.67%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Core ActivitiesCompositionCODC/01Composition techniques425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Core ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/05Computer music730/145
17.14%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/02Electroacoustic music composition1040/210
16.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/02Integrated audiovisual composition930/195
13.33%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Free-Choice Activities6/150
0.00%
Mandatory
Second year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Ear training -
(for sound technique)
225/25
50.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/04Music history applied to images -
(since the 20th century)
425/75
25.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/05History of electroacoustic music640/110
26.67%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Core ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/01Electroacoustic music performance and interpretation840/160
20.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/05Sound sampling, synthesis and digital processing835/165
17.50%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/02Electroacoustic music composition1040/210
16.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/02Integrated audiovisual composition930/195
13.33%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesCompositionCODC/07Rock-pop forms, systems, languages430/70
30.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Free-Choice Activities6/150
0.00%
Mandatory
Final examination related activities and foreign language knowledgeLanguagesCODL/02EU foreign language320/55
26.67%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Third year total credits (CFA): 60
Core ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/02Integrated audiovisual composition930/195
13.33%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/02Electroacoustic music composition1145/230
16.36%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/05Programming systems and languages for audio and music applications835/165
17.50%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/02Electroacoustic music analysis640/110
26.67%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Supplementary ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/06Multimedia systems, technologies and programming languages430/70
30.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/08Music improvisation techniques -
(electronics and solo instrument)
425/75
25.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsQualifying examination
Supplementary ActivitiesMusic entertainment organization and communicationCOCM/01Live music entertainment law and legislation220/30
40.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Free-Choice Activities6/150
0.00%
Mandatory
Final Examination10/250
0.00%
Mandatory