intensive and specialised, ma sound arts is designed to further develop your conceptual and contextual understanding of practice and discourse relating to the field. combining a strong taught component with ample opportunities for practical work, you’ll extend your portfolio within an academic context, engage in theoretical and practical research, develop your creative and critical skills, and explore your personal areas of interest.  what to expect  you'll be encouraged to adopt a personal, distinctive approach to your work. you'll be taught by staff who are active practitioners and researchers specialising in areas including field recording and acoustic ecology, composition, sound installations, improvisation, and a variety of cross-platform work. you’ll have opportunities to collaborate with other students both inside and outside the college. the sound arts department is committed to extending the boundaries of this evolving field while developing links with other disciplines and institutions. the course is closely connected to the creative research into sound arts practice (crisap ) and further underpinned by wider disciplinary contexts across lcc’s screen school and ual. industry experience and opportunities  we facilitate individual practice, guiding you towards a professional career as a sound artist, or into research.   we host an extensive programme of visiting artists and performers who can provide broader insight into the field – recent guests have included jennifer walshe, annea lockwood, robert henke and christine eyene.  for your final major project, you’ll also have the opportunity to work with a professional curator of sound – a key way to develop your professional practice.   who is this course for?  ma sound arts is designed for students who have a substantial background in producing sound-based work within the context of contemporary arts and media practice.   you may have studied some aspect of sound arts at undergraduate level, such as sound design, music technology or sonic art, or have a background in other disciplines like fine art, digital arts, time-based art or performance art.   alternatively, you may not have formal qualifications but significant experience of producing creative work with sound instead, and wish to develop this further in an academic context.  you’ll have already achieved a distinctive and enquiring approach to sound arts, and you’ll understand the areas you wish to develop further in our creative and experimental academic environment.  mode of study  ma sound arts is in full time mode which runs for 45 weeks over 15 months. you will be expected to commit 40 hours per week to study.