This site uses cookies to store helpful information on your computer. Some of these cookies are essential to make our site work and have already been set. Others will improve the experience of using our site or help us to improve your experience by giving us some insight into how the site is being used. By using our site you accept the terms of our Privacy Policy

Close

Latest Updates

LIPA to open a primary free school

LIPA will open a primary free school in September 2014 after education chiefs today gave the scheme the green ...

Latest Events

This was the perfect course for me to get my feet wet with recording engineering. As opposed to other long winded recording programs offered in America, this course allowed me to continue to play my instrument (the drums) as well as learn about the business side of the music industry, all while also taking recording classes and getting to use the recording facilities. This, coupled with the excitement of moving to a new, far away city in England, made the course feel like the right choice for me.

Michael Lerner

LIPA Foundation Certificate in Popular Music and Sound Technology
 

Foundation Certificates

Foundation Certificate in Popular Music & Sound Technology

Course Type:
Foundation Certificate
Duration:
One Year, Full Time

Programme Content

Foundation Certificate - Programme Structure

 

This practical programme lasts 30 weeks and is spread across two teaching blocks.

Altogether, you study three core modules and also get to choose a further two options in each teaching block.

These options allow you to tailor your studies to match your own aspirations.

This flexibility means that you can either broaden your skills base by selecting new areas of study or consolidate your area of interest by selecting options in which you already have some experience.

Most modules start at an introductory level and quickly progress towards a more advanced level over the duration of the programme.

 


Teaching and Assessment

Teaching and learning is delivered through a combination of one-to-one tuition, whole group lectures and small workshops by our music and sound technology lecturers.

You are expected to attend weekly master classes.

The programme has a minor component of written work. You must complete all core modules and four options achieving a mark of 40% or higher in each to be awarded the certificate. Most modules have assessment tasks that students are expected to complete in their own time, and there is often a component of continual assessment to monitor week-to-week learning.