What will I learn?

This programme provides comprehensive training to aspiring composers, vocalists, and instrumentalists for careers in creative and entertainment industries. Students are given plenty of opportunities to hone their skills in music technology, composition, performance, production, and entrepreneurship. The programme offers a new career pathway for students with the following two concentrations:

Scoring for Film, Television and Video Games
Popular Music Performance and Songwriting

Students in Scoring for Film, Television and Video Games concentration will develop musical skills and knowledge to function as composers, orchestrators, music supervisors, music editors, conductors, and music producers in various entertainment industries. Students in Popular Music Performance and Songwriting concentration will develop capabilities to enter the music industry as performer-songwriters, lyricists, instrumental and/or vocal performers, arrangers, and music producers.

Programme Intended Learning Outcomes

After successful completion of the Bachelor of Music (Honours) in Creative Industries, students should be able to:

Synthesize and apply knowledge of various music skills of the creative industries.
Use versatile skill sets to evaluate professional requirements in different multimedia-musical environments.
Produce professional level portfolios at standards expected in the creative industries.
Display a critical sense of cultural understanding toward various types of creative music in a wider socioeconomic context.
Demonstrate professional competences in and proficiencies for various careers in creative industries.

Which department am I in?

Faculty of Arts

Study options

Full Time (4 years)

Tuition fees

HK$120,000.00 (US$ 15,480) per year

Start date

Expected September 2021

Venue

Hong Kong Baptist University

Kowloon Tong,

Kowloon City, Hong Kong, Kowloon

Entry requirements

For students from United States

Applicants should have US High School Graduation Diploma; and successful completion of one year's study in a full-time AD programme at a recognised US university/ community college, provided that the duration of the programme should be at least two years in full-time mode. Students following Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) in community colleges must hold: US High School Graduation Diploma; and successful completion of IGETC with Grade C or above in each of the subjects. English Language Requirements : TOEFL- Internet-based test (iBT) - Score: 79; or Paper-based test (PBT) - Score: 550; IELTS Academic: Overall Band: 6.0. Grade C or above in GCE O-Level/ GCSE/ IGCSE English; or Grade E or above in GCE AS Level or AL Level English; Grade E or above in HKALE Use of English (AS Use of English); IB - Grade 4 in: IB English A (Higher or Standard Level); or IB English B (Higher Level); or IB English Literature and Performance (Standard Level) or Grade 5 in: IB English B (Standard Level).

For international students

Applicants who apply for admission with overseas qualifications are expected to have received 12-year pre-university education with appropriate school-leaving qualifications. Students from other countries should have qualifications equivalent to Hong Kong.

The following public examination results are recognised as meeting the English Language requirements stipulated by the University:

TOEFL: Internet-based test (iBT) - Score: 79; or Paper-based test (PBT) - Score: 550
IELTS Academic: Overall Band 6.0
IGCSE First Language English: Grade C/ Grade 4
IGCSE English as a Second Language: Grade B/ Grade 5
IB: Grade 4 in: IB English A (Higher or Standard Level); or IB English B (Higher Level); or IB English Literature and Performance (Standard Level) OR Grade 5 in: IB English B (Standard Level)

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

Bachelor of Music (Honours) in Creative Industries Hong Kong Baptist University