Modules

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, learning and teaching activities on campus as described in the module descriptors are currently restricted. Learning and teaching will be enabled through a mixture of scheduled online activity where you will be able to engage with your tutor and classmates in real-time and unscheduled guided activity where you will be required to complete activities and tasks at a time which best suits you. Teaching will take place on campus, wherever possible, and where this is safe to happen.

Definitive information on module delivery during 2020/21 will be provided on Module Moodle Sites. For specific enquiries please contact the module leaders directly.

Core Module Information
Module title:	Listening
SCQF level:	11:
SCQF credit value:	20.00
ECTS credit value:	10
Module code:	IMD11116
Module leader:	Iain McGregor
School	School of Computing
Subject area group:	Creative and Social Informatics

Prerequisites

N/A

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

2021/2, Trimester 2, FACE-TO-FACE, Edinburgh Napier University
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Indicative References and Reading List - URL:

Listening IMD11116

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Occurrence:	002
Primary mode of delivery:	FACE-TO-FACE
Location of delivery:	MERCHISTON
Partner:	Edinburgh Napier University
Member of staff responsible for delivering module:	Iain McGregor
Module Organiser:

Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activity	Learning & Teaching Activity	NESH (Study Hours)
Online	Lecture	24
Online	Tutorial	24
Online	Guided independent study	152
	Total Study Hours	200
	Expected Total Study Hours for Module	200

Assessment
Type of Assessment	Weighting %	LOs covered	Week due	Length in Hours/Words
Report	100	1-4	13	HOURS= 0, WORDS= 4000
Component 1 subtotal:	100
Component 2 subtotal:	0
Module subtotal:	100

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