Summer 2018 - CMNS 259 C100

Sound Studies I: Listening, Culture and Society (3)

Class Number: 1556

Delivery Method: Distance Education

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Distance Education

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

An introduction to sound as a communications medium and listening as a cultural as well as perpetual practice. Designed to develop the student's perception and understanding of sound and its behaviour in the interpersonal, social, environmental, media and creative fields. Explores a variety of cultural themes related to sound and listening with special reference to acoustic design and sonic environments. Breadth-Humanities/Social Sciences.

COURSE DETAILS:

A course designed to develop the student's perception and understanding of sound and its behaviour in the interpersonal, social, environmental, media and creative fields. The acoustic and psychoacoustic bases of sound will be introduced with emphasis on listening, the soundscape, sound and community, noise pollution, the science of sound, the human voice, acoustic design, and the sonic imagination. The course strives to teach listening skills, while providing you with the tools necessary for the analysis of sound and its behaviour within a variety of soundscapes.

Grading

  • Tutorials 10%
  • Soundscape Monitoring & Mapping Project 15%
  • Noise & Sound Pollution Essay 15%
  • Final Essay 20%
  • Sound Journalling 30%
  • Terminology Quiz 10%

NOTES:

Please refer to Canvas for take-home exam dates/times.

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

The Soundscape - Our Sonic Environment & The Tuning of the World   (2004)  Schafer, R. Murray.
ISBN: 9780892814558

Centre for Online and Distance Education Notes:

All CODE Courses are delivered through Canvas unless noted otherwise on the course outline.
https://canvas.sfu.ca

Required Readings listed on the course outlines are the responsibility of the student to purchase. Textbooks are available for purchase at the SFU Bookstore on the Burnaby campus or online through the Bookstore's website.

All CODE courses have an Additional Course Fee of $40

Exams
If applicable, please refer to Canvas for the most updated Take Home Midterm/Final exam times. Exams are scheduled to be written on the SFU Burnaby campus at the noted time and date (unless noted as a take-home exam).

Students are responsible for following all Exam Policies and Procedures (e.g., missing an exam due to illness).

This course outline was accurate at the time of publication but is subject to change. Please check your course details in your online delivery method, such as Canvas.



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Registrar Notes:

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Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

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