Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The clinic runs weekly throughout the academic year (excluding workshop weeks), and during the course students should gain proficiency in dealing with audio both in terms of technology and aesthetics. The students' projects should be completed by May and preferably presented also within the Media Lab Spring Demo Day. 

Credits: 5

Schedule: 13.09.2021 - 02.05.2022

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Antti Ikonen, Tommi Paju

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  This "hands on - minds on" course is targeted to Sound in New Media major and minor students who want to practice their craft with sonic material and learn something new about audio and music hardware and software. By attending the Sound Clinic classes & completing the given assignments the students will gain a deeper understanding of the various facets concerning the art & craft of sound design. The participants should be willing to share their projects within the group in order to build a creative environment for collaborative learning. 

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Being present at at least in 80% of the clinic sessions, completed audible projects according to given instructions. Credits are given according to the workload of completed assignments and projects.

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Sound Clinic is a weekly meeting on Monday afternoons, focused on sound as material for art and design. Unlike a few of the sound and music related courses at Media Lab, Sound Clinic is not about interaction design, but about sound as such. 46h total.

DETAILS

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  About the instructor: Tommi Paju is a guitarist, composer, arranger, producer and well-known professional in pedagogy related to pop & jazz music and music technology. In addition to long experience in teaching, his musical activities vary from playing guitar in ambient, world music & eg. Frank Zappa tribute cover band to designing self-sufficient surround performance vehicle for solo guitar.

   

  Teaching Period:

  (2020, 2021) - No teaching

  2021-2022 Autumn I-Spring V

  Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=DOM-E5073

  Registration for Courses: Sisu replaces Oodi on 9 August, 2021. Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-in-aalto-arts

  In weboodi one week before the course starts

   

  The order of priority for admitting students to courses at Aalto ARTS 1.1.2018 onwards (approved by The Committee of Arts, Design and Architecture on 10.10.2017)

  The order of priority is as follows:

  1. students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have scheduled it for the current academic year in their personal study plan (HOPS);
  2. exchange students for whom the course is a part of his/her officially approved learning agreement and scheduled to be taken during the current semester;
  3. students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have not completed it yet;
  4. students, for whom the course is part of his/her major s or programme s alternative studies and has been scheduled in the student's PSP (HOPS) for the current academic year
  5. students, for whom the course is part of his/her major s or programme s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
  6. students for whom the course is compulsory for their minor;
  7. students, for whom the course is part of his/her minor subject s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
  8. students who have applied for the course through a student mobility scheme (internal mobility within Aalto University, flexible study right (JOO) studies etc.);
  9. other students.

   

  Courses that are intended to be multidisciplinary (e.g. UWAS courses) may apply an order of priority based on the learning outcomes of the course, while bearing in mind the university obligation of enabling students to complete their degrees within the normative duration of study set for the degree. The order of priority does not apply to courses organised by the Centre for General Studies or doctoral courses.

  This decision on the order of priority does not influence the right of the teacher to define prerequisites for the course.

   

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