BB823: Sound and hearing (5 ECTS)

STADS: 04006601

Level
Master's level course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the spring semester.
4th quarter.

Teacher responsible
Email: jmr@biology.sdu.dk

Timetable
There is no timetable available for the chosen semester.

Comment:
BB 823 ligger fra Mandag morgen den 7. maj til og med fredag aften den 11. maj i Søgaardlejren.

Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
None

Course introduction
An introduction to bioacoustics (animal hearing and sound communication).

Expected learning outcome
Upon completion of the course the student:

  • should have a basic knowledge of acoustics
  • should be able to describe the anatomy and physiology in different animal groups’ hearing organs
  • should be able to describe sound communication in different animal groups
  • be able to explain the physiological and psychophysical methods for measuring hearing
  • will have conducted an independent bioacoutics project
  • should be able to describe the experiments and results in a satisfactory academic language.
Subject overview
Basic acoustics, hearing and sound communication in animals, noise measurement and sound analysis

Literature
There isn't any litterature for the course at the moment.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
a) Project assignment, Pass/fail, internal evaluation by teacher
b) Lab. work, Pass/fail, internal evaluation by teacher
Active participation and an oral presentation at a student seminar is necessary to pass the course

Re-examination after 1st quarter.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.

Forelæsninger: 10 timer
Eksaminatorietimer/opgaveregning: 20 timer
Laboratorieøvelser: 20 timer
Educational activities

Language
This course is taught in English.

Course enrollment
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Tuition fees for single courses
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