The curriculum is divided into three main subject areas: Audio engineering and acoustics, management and business, and music theory and production. The breadth of the course means that alongside learning what equipment, techniques and microphones to use you also learn why you use them so that you develop your own expertise and understanding of how to create different sounds and effects.
The modules covered in the course are:
Acoustics
Computers
Copyright and Legal Issues
Digital Audio Technology
Electronics and Analogue Equipment
General Business and Publishing
General Business and Marketing
Management Skills
Mastering
Microphones
Mixing and Critical Listening
Music Theory and Production
Production
Recording
Sound Theory
Studio Equipment and Signal processing
Studio Etiquette and Musicianship