BSc (Hons) Songwriting and Music Production

Building on our successful composition and technology courses, this degree focuses on the technical and creative aspects of being a successful songwriter. You’ll explore a range of songwriting techniques, composing and recording songs and building up your studio skills to a professional standard. With access to instruments, electronic equipment, cutting-edge software, and venues to perform live, you’ll develop your own musical language and explore how your means of self-expression connect with your cultural surroundings. You’ll also study the business aspects of commercial music-making, pursue work experience, and build the skills and experience to become a creative and entrepreneurial musician.

Work placement

Placements are a valuable means of establishing industrial contacts and gaining an insight into the commercial reality of a chosen discipline. We have a long history of students working with industry supplementing the taught university curriculum with real-life on the job experience.

All Songwriting and Music Production students spend a week working in a local school, writing, rehearsing and performing a new music theatre work with over one-hundred children.  For many, these provide the stimuli for an exciting teaching career.

Study Abroad

The University of Hertfordshire is a truly international institution.  This course offers you the opportunity to study abroad through the University's study abroad program offering a once in a lifetime opportunity to live in a new country and experience new cultures.  We have students studying in institutions as diverse as Long Beach, California; Concordia, Canada; and Pecs, Hungary.

Study abroad opportunities are available worldwide and in Europe under the Erasmus+ Programme.