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Learn digital recording, production methods and technologies and music distribution.
Over the last several decades, digital recording and production methods and technologies, as well as modes of popular music distribution and consumption have undergone considerable, and rapid, change.
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Bachelor of Music (MusB), Dunedin, 2025
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Studio Production at Otago
Studio production is an endorsement (specialisation) option for the Bachelor of Music (MusB).
The endorsement in Studio Production for the Bachelor of Music (MusB), and the Recording and Production subject specialisation in the Bachelor of Music with Honours (MusB(Hons)) are designed to provide students with a pathway that develops tools to embrace these radical developments, and equip them with practical skills that align with emerging music industry revenue streams and business models.
Graduates with the Bachelor of Music (MusB) endorsed in Studio Production will be multi-skilled and highly technologically, and media aware.
Requirements
MUSI papers
Paper Code
Year
Title
Points
Teaching period
MUSI101
2025
Materials of Music 1
18 points
Semester 2
MUSI103
2025
Popular Music
18 points
Semester 1
MUSI104
2025
World Music
18 points
Semester 1
MUSI105
2025
Music Matters in Human Life
18 points
Not offered in 2025
MUSI131
2025
Composition 1
18 points
Semester 2
MUSI132
2025
Music Production 1
18 points
Semester 1, Semester 2
MUSI135
2025
Songwriting
18 points
Semester 1
MUSI140
2025
Performance Studies 1
18 points
Semester 1, Semester 2, Full Year
MUSI143
2025
Instrumental or Vocal Performance 1
18 points
Full Year
MUSI144
2025
Music Ensemble 1
18 points
Semester 2
MUSI191
2025
Introduction to Music
18 points
Semester 1
MUSI201
2025
Materials of Music 2
18 points
Semester 1
MUSI207
2025
Radical Works
18 points
Semester 1
MUSI232
2025
Music Production 2
18 points
Semester 2
MUSI233
2025
Electronic Music Production
18 points
Semester 1
MUSI234
2025
Contemporary Composition
18 points
Semester 2
MUSI240
2025
Performance Studies 2
18 points
Semester 1, Semester 2, Full Year
MUSI243
2025
Instrumental or Vocal Performance 2
18 points
Full Year
MUSI244
2025
Music Ensemble 2
18 points
Semester 2
MUSI249
2025
Contemporary Vocal Pedagogy: How to Teach Contemporary Voice
18 points
Not offered in 2025
MUSI259
2025
Special Topic
18 points
Not offered in 2025
MUSI260
2025
Special Topic
18 points
Not offered in 2025
MUSI266
2025
Film Music
18 points
Not offered in 2025
MUSI267
2025
Music in Aotearoa
18 points
Not offered in 2025
MUSI268
2025
Performance in Asia and the Pacific
18 points
Semester 2
MUSI269
2025
Popular Music 2
18 points
Not offered in 2025
MUSI307
2025
Radical Works (Advanced)
18 points
Semester 1
MUSI310
2025
Materials of Music 3
18 points
Semester 1
MUSI331
2025
Composition Projects
36 points
Full Year
MUSI332
2025
Music Production 3
18 points
Semester 1
MUSI333
2025
Electronic Music Production (Advanced)
18 points
Semester 1
MUSI334
2025
Music Production Projects
18 points
Semester 2
MUSI340
2025
Performance Studies 3
18 points
Semester 1, Semester 2, Full Year
MUSI343
2025
Instrumental or Vocal Performance 3
36 points
Full Year
MUSI344
2025
Music Ensemble 3
18 points
Semester 2
MUSI349
2025
Contemporary Vocal Pedagogy: How to Teach Contemporary Voice
18 points
Not offered in 2025
MUSI366
2025
Film Music
18 points
Not offered in 2025
MUSI367
2025
Music in Aotearoa (Advanced)
18 points
Not offered in 2025
MUSI368
2025
Performance in Asia and the Pacific
18 points
Semester 2
MUSI369
2025
Popular Music 3
18 points
Not offered in 2025
MUSI371
2025
Research Methods and Approaches
18 points
Semester 2
MUSI375
2025
Music Performance Pedagogy
18 points
Not offered in 2025
MUSI379
2025
Performance, Health and Well-being
18 points
Semester 2
MUSI386
2025
Community Project
18 points
Semester 1
MUSI440
2025
Performance Studies 4
30 points
Semester 1, Semester 2, Full Year
MUSI443
2025
Creative Project
60 points
Full Year
MUSI471
2025
Research Methods and Approaches (Advanced)
30 points
Semester 2
MUSI475
2025
Music Performance Pedagogy (Advanced)
30 points
Not offered in 2025
MUSI479
2025
Performance, Health and Well-being (Advanced)
30 points
Semester 2
MUSI486
2025
Community Project (Advanced)
30 points
Semester 1
MUSI487
2025
Creative Practice
30 points
Semester 2
MUSI490
2025
Dissertation
60 points
Full Year
MUSI590
2025
Research Dissertation
60 points
1st Non standard period (28 February 2025 - 21 February 2026), 2nd Non standard period (11 July 2025 - 3 July 2026)
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