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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS MZK 1010 PHYSICS OF SOUND: HEARING AND BASIC CONCEPTS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Department of Musicology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR FERIDUN ÖZIŞ

Offered to

Musicology Music Technology

Course Objective

Understanding sound propagation in rooms and hearing mechanism

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   understand sound propagation and basic concepts of sound 2   know necessary preliminary information for the basic research areas of music technology. 3   .Understand interdiciplinary structure of music technology 4   know the perception of sounds 5   understand the physical structures of sounds

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 1. Sound propagation mechanisms, 2 2. Resonance and resonators 3 Self-vibration and standing waves 4 Beats 5 Noise 6 structure of the ear 7 Mid-term exams 8 Review of exam and the old topics 9 Equal-loudness contour 10 Directional coding of ear 11 Sound power 12 Psychoacoustics 13 Inverse square law and Haas effects 14 Basic acoustic Concepts

Recomended or Required Reading

Text Book(s)/Required Readings: Asst. Prof Feridun Öziş, Sound physics lecture notes Additional Sources: Ayhan Zeren, Sound Psychics , Pan Yayıncılık, 1995

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

understand the physical structures of sounds

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Explanation of concepts with audio and visual materials

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

To be announced.

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 final exam 1 16 16 Preparation for tutorial exam 4 2 8 Reading 4 2 8 1 2 2 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 PO.15 PO.16 PO.17 PO.18 LO.1 5 1 5 1 3 1 1 LO.2 5 1 5 1 3 1 3 1 1 LO.3 5 3 1 3 LO.4 5 3 1 3 LO.5 5 3 1 1 3 3