Level 3 BTEC Extended Certificate in Music Technology
Course Code: Q100143
Key Information
Course type:
Vocational
Campus:
Sixth Form Campus
Start Date:
07 Sept 2026
Duration:
2 years
Attendance:
Full-time
Fees:
Free
Equivalent to one A Level, this course is ideal if you want to nurture your creative flair with music technology. Developing your skills and encouraging your creativity is one of the priorities of the course to allow you to develop as a producer.
Units include:
- remixing and reworking
- commercial music production
- music and sound for media mixing and mastering techniques
- DAW production.
This course will equip you with the skills, knowledge and experience necessary to produce, mix and master music, whether you want to help realise another artist’s vision or create your very own.
You will study a range of units that will challenge you and the way you think about sound. This will include film score composition, remixing and reworking tracks, audio recording in and outside of a studio as well as learning about the industry as a whole.
Digital music is massive and there are lots of progression opportunities. You will learn a wide range of practical skills and techniques within both the studio as well as developing theoretical knowledge surrounding recording techniques.
A minimum of five GCSEs at grade 4 or above including English language. No formal music qualifications are needed, however if taken, a Merit in Level 2 music is required.
You will have a 9.55am start, one lesson in the morning, one in the afternoon and a guaranteed 4:00pm finish. You will also have at least one morning and one afternoon per week free for private study.
Assessments will comprise 60% personal investigation and 40% externally set practical exam. Your coursework is internally assessed and externally moderated.
You could progress to some of the most prestigious music universities in the country, including BIMM, ACM, Winchester, Leeds College of Music, Bath Spa, Solent and Portsmouth University as well as directly into the industry.
Level 3 BTEC Extended Certificate in Music Technology
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