COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHYSICS OF SOUND: SOUND PROPAGATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZK 1009 PHYSICS OF SOUND: SOUND PROPAGATION COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Department of Musicology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FERIDUN ÖZIŞ

Offered to

Music Sciences
Music Technology
Musicology

Course Objective

Understanding the basic concepts of sound psychics

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand the basic concepts of sound
2   Understand relationship between acoustic science and psychics of sound
3   Understand, interdiciplinary structure of music technology
4   Understand of perception of sound
5   know basic terminology about physics and acoustics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of music technology and its research area
2 Defination of sound
3 Frequency and complex waves
4 Speed of sound, wavelength and amplitude of sound
5 Phase and Doppler
6 Musical Notes I
7 Musical Notes II
8 Decibells
9 Sound Propogation
10 Mid-term exams
11 Location differencies of sound source and receiver
12 transverse and longitudinal waves
13 Anechoic and semi-reverberant rooms
14 Final Exams

Recomended or Required Reading

Text Book(s)/Required Readings:
Doç. Dr. Feridfun Öziş, sound physics lecture notes
Additional Sources:
Ayhan Zeren, Sound Psychics , Pan Yayıncılık, 1995

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Explanation of concepts with audio and visual materials

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Students arriving after the begining of class will not be allowed into the classroom until the break and their attendance will be taken into account as half. At the end of each class the students will be given the subjects for the next class.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students arriving after the begining of class will not be allowed into the classroom until the break and their attendance will be taken into account as half. At the end of each class the students will be given the subjects for the next class.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

No office hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for tutorial exam 2 2 4
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 67

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO
LO.1
LO.2
LO.3
LO.4
LO.5

CONTACT INFORMATION
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