Course syllabus

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VTA146 VTA146 Room acoustics lp3 VT21 (7.5 hp)

Course is offered by the department of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Contact details

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• examiner
• lecturer
• teachers
• supervisors

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Course purpose

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Schedule

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Course literature

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Course design

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• lectures
• exervises
• laboratory work
• projects
• supervision
• feedback
• seminars

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You should be clear how missed deadlines and revisions are handled.

Changes made since the last occasion

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Learning objectives and syllabus

Learning objectives:

• Solve typical problem in the field of building acoustics and room acoustics

• Successfully carry out a project from a design task to a finished proposal given typical constraints and tools

• Apply an holistic approach to engineering, obtaining insight into the strong interconnections among different areas of interest in the building process of buildings and rooms for different purpose, and to give social response by discussions with architects, musicians and others involved in the building and planning process

• Understand and explain how humans are affected by multi-sensory data, i.e. the complex interaction between aural, tactile and visual stimuli.

• Search information using various library data retrieval tools.

• Describe the desired acoustics in terms of subjective criteria, and to convert such subjective criteria into measurable quantities for example reverberation time, clarity, etc.

• Give advice on the design of a building or a room by predicting the effect of different materials, dimensions and geometries, speaker/musician & audience positions.

• Apply available knowledge and the right tools to predict acoustic properties in different situations.

• Handle modern measurement tools for building acoustic and room acoustic properties.
  
  
• Be able to critically evaluate the accuracy of room acoustic measurements. Evaluate which deviations from set room acoustic targets can be audible.
  

• Work in project teams with architects to solve architectural acoustics problems for new or existing buildings

The course intends to stimulate students to future life-long interest in the subject area, shaping a motivation for autonomous self-education. Based on the current limitations in psychoacoustic knowledge the students will develop an awareness of the strength and weaknesses of current knowledge and the limitations of design tools and methods.

Link to the syllabus on Studieportalen.

Study plan

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Examination form

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• what components are included, the purpose of these, and how they contribute to the learning objectives
• how compulsory and/or voluntary components contribute to the final grade
• grading limits and any other requirements for all forms of examination in order to pass the course (compulsory components)
• examination form, e.g. if the examination is conducted as a digital examination

• time and place of examination, both written exams and other exams such as project presentations
• aids permitted during examinations, as well as which markings, indexes and notes in aids are permitted

Do not forget to be extra clear with project assignments; what is the problem, what should be done, what is the expected result, and how should this result be reported. Details such as templates for project reports, what happens at missed deadlines etc. are extra important to include.