BB823: Sound and hearing
The Study Board for Science
Teaching language: Danish or English depending on the teacher, but English if international students are enrolled
EKA: N110027112, N110027102
Assessment: Second examiner: None
Grading: Pass/Fail
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Spring
Level: Master's level course approved as PhD course
STADS ID (UVA): N110027101
ECTS value: 5
Date of Approval: 22-10-2018
Duration: 1 semester
Version: Archive
Comment
Entry requirements
Academic preconditions
Course introduction
The aim of this course is to give students heading for a Master’s
degree in Biology an introduction into and a broad overview in the field
of bioacoustics. Students interested in the field are given the chance
to gain insights into major breakthroughs in acoustic communication,
training in relating to currently debated topics, and an orientation
about interesting questions for future projects. Furthermore monitoring
techniques for assessing wildlife presence of vocal species are
introduced.
degree in Biology an introduction into and a broad overview in the field
of bioacoustics. Students interested in the field are given the chance
to gain insights into major breakthroughs in acoustic communication,
training in relating to currently debated topics, and an orientation
about interesting questions for future projects. Furthermore monitoring
techniques for assessing wildlife presence of vocal species are
introduced.
The course gives an academic basis for studying acoustic communication, signal analysis and bioacoustics.
In relation to the competence profile of the degree it is the explicit focus of the course to:
- Give
the competence to plan and control work and development of projects, to
initiate and succeed in professional collaboration and to be
responsible for own professional development and specialization - Give
skills to read original research papers, to make high-quality
recordings of signals in air and water, to calibrate microphones,
analyse and visualize sound signals - Give knowledge and understanding of fundamental and recent topics within the field of bioacoustics
Expected learning outcome
The learning objective of the course is that the student demonstrates the ability to:
- have a basic knowledge of acoustics
- be able to describe the anatomy and physiology in different animal groups’ hearing organs
- be able to describe sound communication in different animal groups
- be able to explain the physiological and psychophysical methods for measuring hearing and sound production
- conduct an independent bioacoustics project
- be able to describe the experiments and results in a satisfactory academic language.
Content
The following main topics are contained in the course:
- Basic physical properties of sound waves
- Recording sound in the wild of frogs, birds, bats, whales
- sound production and hearing in air and water
- environmental sound degradation
- noise
- spectral analysis of signals
- the dB scale
Literature
Examination regulations
Prerequisites for participating in the exam element a)
Timing
Spring
Tests
Participation in the field course
EKA
N110027112
Assessment
Second examiner: None
Grading
Pass/Fail
Identification
Student Identification Card
Language
Normally, the same as teaching language
Examination aids
To be announced during the course
ECTS value
0
Additional information
The prerequisite examination is a prerequisite for participation in exam element a)
Exam element a)
Timing
Spring
Prerequisites
| Type | Prerequisite name | Prerequisite course |
|---|---|---|
| Examination part | Prerequisites for participating in the exam element a) | N110027101, BB823: Sound and hearing |
Tests
Portfolio
EKA
N110027102
Assessment
Second examiner: None
Grading
Pass/Fail
Identification
Full name and SDU username
Language
Normally, the same as teaching language
Examination aids
To be announced during the course
ECTS value
5
Additional information
Portfolio with:
- Oral presentation of seminar
- Vwritten critique of scientific paper
The examination form for re-examination may be different from the exam form at the regular exam.
Indicative number of lessons
Teaching Method
In the literature seminars each student must choose a recent journal article on a bioacoustics topic. In a group they are asked to prepare a short presentation and discussion of the work, which is presented and discussed in plenum.
- Reading scientific article
- Critical reflection / commentary
- Preparation for plenum presentation