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Core Module Information
Module title: Listening
SCQF level: 11:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10
Module code: IMD11116
Module leader: Rod Selfridge
School School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment
Subject area group: Applied Informatics
Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added
Description of module content:

You will study the properties of sound, which are also known as acoustics. This includes vibration, waves and transmission. You will then progress to psychoacoustics, which relates to hearing, and includes: anatomy, mechanisms and processes. Listening is then addressed in terms of: objects, music and language. Soundscapes, or the unique listening experience of a place, identity and memory are explored. Finally different approaches of Perceptual Audio Evaluation are considered, specifically: design, procedure and analysis.
Learning Outcomes for module:

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Demonstrate a conceptual understanding of acoustical principles.

LO2: Critically review research into the underlying processes of listening.

LO3: Critically appraise perceptual audio evaluation methods.

LO4: Produce a piece of listening research.
Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2024/5, Trimester 2, ONLINE,
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Occurrence: 002
Primary mode of delivery: ONLINE
Location of delivery: ONLINE
Partner:
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Rod Selfridge
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Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)NESH Description
Independent Learning Guided independent study 140 Guided independent study
Independent Learning Lecture 40 Online LECTURE
Independent Learning Tutorial 20 Online TUTORIAL
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words Description
Report 100 1~2~3~4 Week 13 , WORDS= 120 hours. Produce a piece of original listening research that addresses acoustical principles, listening processes. Carry out a small-scale listening study typically involves at least 10 participants, whom you are required to recruit and survey yourself. You are expected to gather and analyse your own data using an appropriate method. Submission to be an 8-page maximum paper using a provided template.
Component 1 subtotal: 100
Component 2 subtotal: 0
Module subtotal: 100

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