The master’s degree in Music and Acoustic Engineering offers a wide range program, which can be broadly classified in two distinct areas: computational acoustics; and processing of musical and audio signals. Two pre-approved study plans match these areas, named Acoustic Engineering and Music Engineering.
Music Engineering takes place is Milano Leonardo campus, while Acoustic Engineering is in the Cremona Polimi Campus.
It is worth to mention that these study plans can be modified by the students, creating an autonomous study plan, which has to fulfill some rules, listed below. Autonomous study plans must be approved by a specific evaluation committee.
| Code | Educational activities | SSD | Course Title | Sem | CFU |
| 052828 | B | ING-INF/05 | ADVANCED CODING TOOLS AND METHODOLOGIES | 1 | 10,0 |
| 054282 | B | ING-INF/05 | COMPUTER MUSIC – REPRESENTATIONS AND MODELS | 1 | 5,0 [1,0] |
| 088966 | B,C | ING-INF/03 ING-INF/05 | MULTIMEDIA SIGNAL PROCESSING | 1 | 10,0 |
| 052843 | C | FIS/01 ING-IND/11 | FUNDAMENTALS OF ACOUSTICS | 1 | 5,0 |
| 054283 | B | ING-INF/05 | COMPUTER MUSIC – LANGUAGES AND SYSTEMS | 2 | 5,0 [1,0] |
| 052820 | B,C | ING-INF/03 ING-INF/05 | SOUND ANALYSIS, SYNTHESIS AND PROCESSING | 2 | 10,0 |
| 052834 | C | ING-INF/01 | ELECTRONICS AND ELECTROACOUSTICS FOR SOUND ENGINEERING | 2 | 10,0 |
| 055673 | C | ING-IND/13 | VIBRATION ANALYSIS AND VIBROACOUSTICS | 2 | 10,0 |
| — | — | — | Courses to be chosen from Group FUND-CS (MI) | — | — |
| Code | Educational activities | SSD | Course Title | Sem | CFU |
| 054281 | B | ING-INF/05 | CREATIVE PROGRAMMING AND COMPUTING | 1 | 10,0 [2,0] |
| 054278 | B | ING-INF/05 | MUSIC PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES | 1 | 10,0 [2,0] |
| — | — | — | Courses to be chosen from Group FUND-CS (MI) | — | — |
| 055670 | B | ING-INF/05 | SELECTED TOPICS IN MUSIC AND ACOUSTIC ENGINEERING | 2 | 5,0 |
| — | — | — | Courses to be chosen from Group INF (MI) | — | — |
| — | — | — | Courses to be chosen from Group INT (MI) | — | — |
| — | — | — | Courses to be chosen from Group TLC (MI) | — | — |
| 052834 | C | ING-INF/01 | ELECTRONICS AND ELECTROACOUSTICS FOR SOUND ENGINEERING | 2 | 10,0 |
| 057871 | B | ING-INF/05 | MUSIC AND ACOUSTIC ENGINEERING CAPSTONE | 2 | 5,0 |
| — | — | — | Courses to be chosen from Group INF (MI) | — | — |
| — | — | — | Courses to be chosen from Group INT (MI) | — | — |
| — | — | — | Courses to be chosen from Group TLC (MI) | — | — |
| — | — | — | Courses to be chosen from Group DI (MI) | — | — |
| 091081 | — | — | FINAL EXAMINATION | 1 | 20,0 |
| Code | Educational activities | SSD | Course Title | Sem | CFU |
| 052828 | B | ING-INF/05 | ADVANCED CODING TOOLS AND METHODOLOGIES | 1 | 10,0 |
| 054282 | B | ING-INF/05 | COMPUTER MUSIC – REPRESENTATIONS AND MODELS | 1 | 5,0 [1,0] |
| 052843 | C | FIS/01 ING-IND/11 | FUNDAMENTALS OF ACOUSTICS | 1 | 5,0 |
| 055670 | B | ING-INF/05 | SELECTED TOPICS IN MUSIC AND ACOUSTIC ENGINEERING | 2 | 5,0 |
| — | — | — | Courses to be chosen from Group UNIPV (CR) | — | — |
| — | — | — | Courses to be chosen from Group ALC (CR) | — | — |
| 052845 | C | ING-INF/03 | SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS | 2 | 10,0 |
| 054283 | B | ING-INF/05 | COMPUTER MUSIC – LANGUAGES AND SYSTEMS | 2 | 5,0 [1,0] |
| 055673 | C | ING-IND/13 | VIBRATION ANALYSIS AND VIBROACOUSTICS | 2 | 10,0 |
| — | — | — | Courses to be chosen from Group UNIPV (CR) | — | — |
| — | — | — | Courses to be chosen from Group ALC (CR) | — | — |
| Code | Educational activity | SSD | Course name | Sem | CFU | CFU Group |
| 051483 | B,C | ING- INF/03 ING- INF/05 | MUSICAL ACOUSTICS | 1 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| 051489 | C | ING- IND/11 | ROOM ACOUSTICS | 1 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| 054274 | C | ING- IND/13 MAT/08 | NUMERICAL MODELING AND SIMULATION IN ACOUSTICS | 1 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| 055282 | B | ING- INF/05 | CREATIVE PROGRAMMING AND COMPUTING – MODULE 1: LANGUAGES AND ENVIRONMENTS | 1 | 5.0 [1.0 ] | 5.0 |
| — | — | — | Insegnamenti a scelta dal Gruppo ALC (CR) | — | — | |
| — | — | — | Insegnamenti a scelta dal Gruppo UNIPV (CR) | — | — | |
| 052831 | C | ING- INF/01 | ELECTRONICS AND ELECTROACOUSTICS FOR SOUND ENGINEERING – MODULE 2: ELECTROACOUSTICS FOR SOUND ENGINEERING | 2 | 5.0 | 10.0 |
| 054273 | B | ING- INF/05 | SOUND ANALYSIS, SYNTHESIS AND PROCESSING MODULE 2: SOUND SYNTHESIS AND SPATIAL PROCESSING | 2 | 5.0 | |
| 052830 | C | ING- INF/01 | ELECTRONICS AND ELECTROACOUSTICS FOR SOUND ENGINEERING – MODULE 1: ELECTRONICS FOR SOUND ENGINEERING | 2 | 5.0 | |
| 054275 | C | ING- INF/03 | SOUND ANALYSIS, SYNTHESIS AND PROCESSING MODULE 1: DIGITAL AUDIO ANALYSIS AND PROCESSING | 2 | 5.0 | |
| 057871 | B | ING- INF/05 | MUSIC AND ACOUSTIC ENGINEERING CAPSTONE | 2 | 5.0 | |
| — | — | — | Insegnamenti a scelta dal Gruppo UNIPV (CR) | — | — | |
| 091081 | — | — | FINAL EXAMINATION | 1 | 20.0 | 20.0 |
| 091081 | — | — | FINAL EXAMINATION | 2 | 20.0 |
Rules for compiling the study plan
A study plan, to be approved, must fulfill the following rules:
1 – The total number of “type-B” credits marked as “ING-INF/05” and “ING-INF/03” (see columns “Type” and “SSD” in the tables) must be at least 50. Such courses are found in the pre-approved study plans and in the ALC (CR), FUND-CS, INF and TLC lists.
2 – Students attending the Music Engineering (MMI) track must include in their study plan at least 5 credits from the FUND-CS list (Milano Leonardo Campus).
3 – The total number of credits corresponding to “affine” or “integrative” activities (“type-C” in the tables) must be between 20 and 40.
4 – The total number of credits of “electives” cannot exceed 10. Courses that are considered as “electives” are those found in the tables UNIPV and MUS, and any other courses that are neither “type-B” not “type-C” in the following tables.
5 – Students must include in their study plan at least 10 credits from the following list:
- “Signals and Systems” (10CFU)
- “Multimedia Signal Processing” (10CFU)
- “Sound Analysis, Synthesis and Processing” (10CFU)
- “Sound Analysis, Synthesis and Processing – Module 1: Digital Audio Analysis and Processing” (5CFU)
- “Sound Analysis, Synthesis and Processing – Module 2: Sound Synthesis and Spatial Processing” (5CFU)
6 – Students must include in their study plan the course of “Fundamentals of Acoustics”
7 – The 20 credits of “Final Examination” (M.Sci. thesis) can be included in the second year, either in the first or in the second semester.
Study plan evaluation committee
The committee for the evaluation of the study plans is composed by the following professors:La commissione di valutazione dei piani di studio è formata dai seguenti professori:
- Coordinator: Prof. Paolo Bestagini
- Music Engineering pre-approved study plan:
- Prof. Paolo Bestagini
- Prof. Francesco Bruschi
- Acoustic Engineering pre-approved study plan:
- Prof. Stefano Alfi
- Prof. Alberto Bernardini
It is worth to remind that it is required to contact the study plan evaluation committee before modifying the pre-approved study plan thus creating an autonomous study plan. If an autonomous is presented without negotiation with the committee, it is not granted that the study plan is approved and it is possible that the attendance of some courses will be lost.
Exam groups
In the pre-approved study plans most of the elective courses are organized in groups that are coherent in terms of scientific area. Each group of courses is assigned to a reference pre-approved study plan (MCR or MMI), as most of these exams are offered exclusively in Milano Leonardo or Cremona Campuses. For a student in Cremona it is possible to include, upon creating an autonomous study plan, exams offered in Milano and viceversa. However, in this case it is very likely that moving to the other campus to attend classes is needed.