Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The goals of the course are:

  1.  to obtain an overall understanding of communication by sound and voice, 
  2. to obtain deeper knowledge on the human auditory system and auditory perception, and 
  3. to enable access to read scientific literature of the topic and to apply the knowledge in practice.

 

Credits: 5

Schedule: 06.09.2022 - 18.10.2022

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Ville Pulkki

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:

    Communication by sound and voice. Sound sources and their properties. Physiology of hearing. Psychology of hearing. Spatial hearing. Auditory modelling. Sound quality. Technical audiology. Sound reproduction.

Assessment Methods and Criteria
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Examination and assignment work.

Workload
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Lectures and excercises 30 h

    Own work 103 h (assignments, reading of material)

    Total 133 h

    Attendance in some contact teaching may be compulsory.

     

     

DETAILS

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

    4 Quality Education

    13 Climate Action

    15 Life on Land

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Language : English

    Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Autumn I
    2023-2024 Autumn I