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DMU412H1/MUS3631H Interactive Music and Sound for Video Games II

Date Posted: 05/30/2025
Req ID: 43175
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Music
Department: Faculty of Music
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

 

Description:

DMU412H1/MUS3631H Interactive Music and Sound for Video Games II

A complete application includes your responses to the application form with a cover letter and current Curriculum Vitae; click here to apply.

Course Description: Students expand on their knowledge of game audio implementation by using RTPCs to create real-time dynamic and modular sound design and music systems using middleware software such as FMOD and Wwise. Students work on a cross-discipline video game development project in collaboration with students specializing in computer science and animation/design. 

Class Schedule: Tuesdays 9-11am in the Winter term 

January to April 2026 

Salary: $9,820.70 

Estimated Course Enrollment: 20 

TA support: none 

Qualifications: Degree in music composition or related field. Extensive professional experience in sound design for audiovisual media, including music and sound for video games. Expert knowledge of relevant current software, including familiarity with audio asset implementation and in-game audio engines such as Unity and Wwise. Some college/university teaching experience desirable. 

Duties: Define course objectives; prepare course materials; provide clear guidelines on course requirements and regulations; teach classes as scheduled; administer and evaluate student assignments; prepare and submit final grade in accordance with policy. This course involves a collaboration with students in video game development in the Department of Computer Science, and an integral part of the course is to support music students in this collaboration. Maintain reasonable hours of student consultation outside scheduled class hours.

A complete application includes your responses to the application form with a cover letter and current Curriculum Vitae; click here to apply.

Closing Date: 06/20/2025, 11:59PM EDT
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This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. 

 

 

 

 

 It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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