Information in Finnish

The course is organized primarily in Finnish, including lectures and exercises. However, the course book is in English and the excercise material is available in English as well. Therefore, foreign students can also take this course. See requirements for details.

Contents

• Fundamental concepts of sound (without heavy mathematics)
• Hearing and psychoacoustics
• Sound sources with examples from musical instruments and musical acoustics
• Electroacoustics, sound reproduction, speech, music technology
• Basics of audio signal processing and digital audio
• Fundamentals of noise and room acoustics

Teachers

• Lectures: M.Sc. (Tech.) Heidi-Maria Lehtonen
• Excercises: M.Sc. (Tech.) Olli Santala
• Contact address: S-89.2300@acoustics.hut.fi

Literature

The course book is Rossing, Moore & Wheeler : The Science of Sound, 3rd Edition. Addison-Wesley, 2002. The book is available from for example the Otaniemi bookstore as well as HUT main and EE-department libraries. You can check the availability using the TEEMU-system. Furthermore, there is one copy of the book that can be borrowed from the laboratory (max borrowing time 1 day). In addition to the course book, excercise material is needed for the examination. The material consists of simple calculations and problems. The exercises in the examination will be more challenging, so study the exercises carefully!. Excercise material (9.5 Mb, PDF, DO NOT PRINT THIS AT HUT) Reading guide for course material

Examination is the only requirement for the course. Please study the book and excercise material carefully. The reading guide may be of help when studying.

Unless you are already familiar with the HUT examination practices, please read HUT Instructions for examinations (61 kb, PDF)

Important! You need to enroll separately to examinations! Unfortunately, the WebTOPI-system does not provide the necessary language information. Therefore, you need to enroll at least two weeks beforehand by sending email to S-89.2300@acoustics.hut.fi. The message should contain your full name and student number.

Unless you have enrolled to the examination beforehand, we cannot guarantee that the examination is available in English as well as in Finnish.

There are four examinations each year: two during the autumn, one during the spring and one in the summer.
- the examination dates are available at http://www.hut.fi/~sopinto/luku_tentti/index_luku_tentti.htm and WebTOPI

Next examination: 7.3.2008, 13-16, lecture hall S3 , enrollment using WebTOPI (https://webtopi.hut.fi) is mandatory.

The results of examinations will be published on the course pages and notice board.

For examinations, you need pens etc. and a simple calculator with logarithmic and root functions. Papers are provided by the ECE-department. Literature, mobile phones, laptops/PDAs or conversation are not allowed. Calculators with the ability to store formulas and notes are forbidden.

Note that you need to pass only (1) examination, even though there are four opportunities to take the examination. There are no mid-term exams.

Step-by-step instructions for taking the course

1. Register to the course using WebTOPI (https://webtopi.hut.fi). If you can't use webtopi for some reason, register by emailing your name, student number, department and email address. Note! It is generally a good idea to send email to the above course address anyway. The TOPI-system does not provide any language information.
2. Study the course book Thomas D. Rossing et al.: The Science of Sound, 3rd edition, 2002
   - it is available in the HUT main library, EE-department library and the main building bookstore
   - it is also available for borrowing in the corridor of
   the acoustics laboratory. The borrowing timelimit is max 1 day.
   - there is also a helpful guide on reading the book
3. Study also the exercises: they are simple calculations and problems.
4. Register to the examination by sending email at least two (2) weeks beforehand. We only prepare examinations in English if we know for sure that foreign students are coming to the examination.
   - there are four (4) possibilities for taking the examination (per year).
   - you need to pass only 1 examination, there are no mid-term exams.
   
5. If you have any questions related to the course, please contact us with email first!

Links

• Reading guide for course material
• HUT Instructions for examinations (61 kb, PDF)
• ECE-department's information for international students
• Studying at HUT

Miscallenous

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The course pages are updated throughout the course. Please visit frequently when taking the course.