ISP 215: THE SCIENCE OF SOUND - Fall Semester 2014

  Web page:     http://www.pa.msu.edu/~pumplin/isp215/
  Class:        Tuesday & Thursday 12:40-2:00pm in room 1415 BPS
  Professor:    J. Pumplin  (phone (517) 884-5563, e-mail pumplin@msu.edu)
  Office hours: Rm 3240 BPS 1:00-3:00pm Wednesday, or by appt.
  Course Pack:  Principles of Musical Acoustics by W.M. Hartmann, available at Student Bookstore (Grand River)
  Clicker:      i-clicker (required)

  Topics and assignments 
               Ch = Chapters of the course pack to read
               Ex = Recommended exercises to look at before class.

    1 Th  8/28  Science and acoustics (Ch.1); Simple harmonic motion, 
                frequency, period, amplitude, sine function (Ch.2); Ex. 2.1-2.5, 2.7-2.9

    2 Tu  9/2   Natural modes of vibration, multimode systems, spectrum
                (Ch.2 and Ch.3); Ex. 3.1-3.5, 3.8
    3 Th  9/4   Resonance, linear systems, adding waves (Ch.3); Ex. 3.7-3.12
                [Quiz 1: mainly on Chapters 1, 2, 3]

    4 Tu  9/9   Transducers, electronic tools (Ch.4); Ex. 4.1-4.4, 4.8-4.9
    5 Th  9/11  Sound waves, polarization, speed of sound (Ch.5); Ex. 5.1-5.9
                [Quiz 2: mainly on Chapters 3, 4]

    6 Tu  9/16  Waves in space and time, wavelength (Ch.5); Ex. 5.10-12, 5.15-5.16
    7 Th  9/18  Interference, beats, reflection, refraction, diffraction 
                (Ch.6); Ex. 6.1-6.6, 6.8
                [Quiz 3: mainly on Chapters 4, 5]

    8 Tu  9/23  Standing waves on strings (Ch.7); Ex. 7.1-7.8, 7.10-11
    9 Th  9/25  Standing waves in pipes (Ch. 8); Ex. 8.1-8.13
                [Quiz 4: mainly on Chapters 6, 7]

   10 Tu  9/30  Fourier analysis and synthesis, periodicity (Ch.9); Ex. 9.1-7
   11 Th 10/2   Sound radiation, intensity, decibels (Ch.10); Ex. 10.1-10.7
                [Quiz 5: mainly on Chapter 8, 9]

   12 Tu 10/7   dB drill, Auditory anatomy (Ch. 10, 11); Ex. 11.1-11.7
   13 Th 10/9   Auditory physiology, cochlear tuning (Ch. 11, 12); Ex. 12.1-12.13
                [Quiz 6: mainly on Chapters 10, 11]

   14 Tu 10/14  Loudness and pitch (Ch. 12, 13); Ex. 13.1-13.5
   15 Th 10/16  Localization of sound (Ch.14); Ex. 14.1-14.8
                [Quiz 7: mainly on Chapters 12, 13]

   16 Tu 10/21  Walls; reflection, transmission, absorption (Ch.15); Ex. 15.1-15.6
   17 Th 10/23  Room acoustics, reverberation (Ch. 15); Ex. 15.7-15.11
                [Quiz 8: mainly on Chapters 14, 15]

   18 Tu 10/28  The Rooms Experience 
   19 Th 10/30  Audio and electroacoustic transducers (Ch.16); Ex. 16.1-16.4, 16.6-16.10
                [Quiz 9: mainly on Chapters 14, 15]

   20 Tu 11/4   Nonlinearity and distortion (Ch. 17); Ex. 17.1-17.9
   21 Th 11/6   Audio systems (Ch. 18); Ex. 18.1-18.6 
                [Quiz 10: mainly on Chapters 17, 18]

   22 Tu 11/11  Loudspeakers (Ch. 19); Ex. 19.1-19.5, 19.8
   23 Th 11/13  Digital audio (Ch. 20); Ex. 20.1-20.13
                [Quiz 11: mainly on Chapters 18, 19]

   24 Tu 11/18  Anatomy, singing, phonemes and formants (Ch. 22); Ex. 22.1-22.8
   25 Th 11/20  Spectrograms, Brass instruments (Ch. 23); Ex. 23.1, 23.3, 23.5-6
                [Quiz 12: mainly on Chapters 20, 22]

   26 Tu 11/25  Woodwind instruments (Ch. 24); Ex. 24.1-3, 24.5-7, 24.10
      Th 11/27  Thanksgiving Holiday

   27 Tu 12/2   String instruments (Ch. 25); Ex. 25.1-2, 25.5-6
   28 Th 12/4   Percussion instruments, Course review, Evaluation (Ch. 26); 
                Ex. 26.1, 26.2, 26.6

   FINAL EXAM:  Thursday 12/11/2014 12:45-2:45pm in our normal classroom.

   Quizzes: Every Thursday except first and last week of class.  Quizzes will cover 
            the chapters listed, previous material, and material discussed in class.  
            BRING A CALCULATOR FOR QUIZZES AND FINAL.  PHONES ARE NOT ALLOWED!

   Grading: Each quiz counts 20 points. Lowest quiz score will 
            be dropped ==> 11 x 20 = 220 points.  
            Comprehensive final exam counts 100 points.

   Clicker points: Additional points up to a maximum of 20 will be 
            awarded based on your total i-clicker score.  Each clicker 
            question after the two classes is awarded 2 for the correct 
            answer or 1 for incorrect answer.  Your lowest 3 clicker 
            scores will be dropped to allow for any days that you might 
            forget to bring your clicker to class.  Your clicker 
            total will be scaled by a factor that makes the maximum 
            possible score equal to 20 points.

   Extra credit: A small number of additional points may be available 
            for making demonstrations during class; or for writing a 
            short paper involving one of the topics studied in class.