Bachelor of Communication / Bachelor of Creative Media - Sound (Dual Degree) Murdoch University - Perth Campus, Australia

Combine a Bachelor of Creative Media with a Bachelor of Communication to get the skills and ways of thinking to give you a competitive edge in your career.

Regardless of your chosen areas of study, this combined course will help to transition you from being an independent and innovative creative arts and communications student into a well-rounded professional with a strong understanding of industry. Be mentored by highly experienced creative media and communication academics who will share their industry skills and knowledge with you.

You’ll work with real clients on real campaigns as you build a wide range of skills for professional communication in the digital age, including creating and producing content, managing social media and developing public relations and communications strategies. You’ll be able to mix skills these skills with your chosen creative field and become a double threat in the job market with the ability to communicate effectively, but also produce content (whether that be audio, film, graphic design, games art or photography).

Major: Sound

You’ll learn how to work in a recording studio. You’ll learn about contemporary sound design and production in areas such as popular music, sound for film and games, studio recording, music technology and live sound.

Explore the theory and production of sound across a range of creative industries within our production facilities which include a real soundstage, recording studio, television studio, drama theatre and surround sound mixing suites to work on music, film, television, games and drama productions.

Some of the areas covered in this course are: music recording, editing, mixing and remixing; film and television sound recording, editing, mixing and design; sound design for interactive media, games and theatre; industrial sound design and radio production.

3 reasons to study Sound at Murdoch

• Work with real organisations on real projects, and complete internships through our work integrated learning program. Some of our students have worked with ABC, CCA Sound, RTRFM, 92,9FM, 6IX, Weta Digital (Peter Jackson NZ), Risk Sound (Melbourne).
• Make use of our state of the art facilities including a real soundstage, recording studio, TV studio and surround sound mixing suites.
• Follow in the footsteps of some of our graduates who have worked in Oscar winning sound production teams, and products for government organisations, collaborated with the Singapore National Museum on an augmented reality project, and remixed an album that cracked the US Music Charts.

What you’ll learn
Build the knowledge and skills you need to meet your career or study goals. Here are some of the things you’ll learn:

• Recording studio production
• Music technology
• Advanced sound production
• Sound for screen
• Game audio