Course content.
In the minor “Sound: Auditory Cultures and Sonic Arts – advanced”, you will deepen your artistic and/or theoretical interest in sound and listening. You will sharpen your own perspective by engaging with positions from the fields of sound studies and sound art as well as in discussions with lecturers, fellow students and guests. The development of a transdisciplinary perspective enables you to specifically address and reflect on aesthetic, social, cultural and political dimensions of sound and listening practices in your own work. The independent conception and realisation of sound-based projects are at the heart of your minor studies. Flexibility in the curriculum enables you to deepen or broaden your artistic and/or theoretical interests.
The two minors “Sound: Auditory Cultures and Sonic Arts” (basic & advanced) offer students from all disciplines opportunities to engage with sound and listening in artistic-practical and discursive ways. In a transdisciplinary approach, the minor programmes explore sound-artistic approaches and strategies as well as theoretical reflection and provide access to specific technologies.

Skills acquired in the course.
Students learn:
–  to critically reflect on current positions in the fields of sound art and sound studies
–  to articulate an independent position within the thematic field of the minor
–  to appropriate artistical and theoretical approaches in a differentiated way and make them productive for their own work
–  to develop a transdisciplinary methodology in engaging with sound and listening

Admissions requirements.
The minor is suitable for students whose exploration with sound and listening is already tangible in specific work, who have learnt about artistic positions from the requisite fields, and who have subject-based and methodological foundations in applied specialist areas.

Language skills required.
You need the following languages to take this minor:
–  German and English: to be able to follow a discussion
–  German or English: to actively participate in a verbal exchange
–  German and English: to understand a text
–  German or English: to write a text

Benefits of studying this minor.
“Sound: Auditory Cultures and Sonic Arts” is a consecutive minor worth 30 credits that can also be studied on two different levels as a small minor, each worth 15 credits.

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At ZHdK, students choose a Major. In addition to this core subject, they can choose one or two Minors to deepen or expand their major skills and knowledge across various disciplines. This wide choice of courses is unique in Europe and enables students to develop and sharpen their individual profile.