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This is a research-based programme: you propose a project or series of investigations and agree a programme of study to support this. The programme is suited to sonic artists and theorists looking to use their work as the basis of an academic qualification. Projects can feature a wide range of practices in contemporary sonic arts so can include electroacoustic composition (either acousmatic or including 'live' performance), installation art, acoustic ecology and radiophonic art. The MA Sonic Arts degree is aimed at practitioners with composition and performance as major elements of the programme, though we also encourage projects based entirely on theoretical and historical aspects. It is based at one of our University research centres - The Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts (LCEA)- Europe's leading innovator in education concerning the understanding and application of computing to media and the arts. The MA Sonic Arts differs from most of the other courses offered by the Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts (LCEA). Whilst the Centre is a leading provider of structured taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses, the MA Sonic Arts offers an alternative approach in which you propose a project or series of investigations and agree with staff a programme of study to support this work. The course is particularly suited to practising sonic artists who wish to use their own work as the basis of an academic qualification. Such work may be in the areas of composition, performance (including instrumentinterface design), history and aesthetics, sound installations, radio or any other area which the Centre is able to support. In view of the constantly evolving definition of sonic art, the programme is intended to offer you the opportunity to challenge received approaches, to formulate your own personal views and to consolidate andor modify them through practical and creative activity in a wide range of relevant areas. Support for your programme of study takes the form of scheduled tutorial guidance, seminars, specialist technical assistance (though students on this course are expected to have relevant prior technical skills), and opportunities to present work to other student groups. Unlike the majority of LCEA students, those on the MA Sonic Arts do not have equipment provided for them in the Centre, and therefore do not pay a studio fee. You are expected to have access to suitable facilities at home or at work.