HEARING SCIENCE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Breadth - Biological Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze sound: its characteristics, its propagation, and its fundamental components (frequencies) Audience: Undergraduate 2. Map out the anatomy and physiology of the human auditory system Audience: Undergraduate 3. Connect anatomy and physiology to their consequences for human auditory perception Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe psychoacoustic concepts such as intensity, pitch, selectivity, and hearing in time and space Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify appropriate tools and scientific methods used to study hearing Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze sound: its characteristics, its propagation, and its fundamental components (frequencies) Audience: Undergraduate 2. Map out the anatomy and physiology of the human auditory system Audience: Undergraduate 3. Connect anatomy and physiology to their consequences for human auditory perception Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe psychoacoustic concepts such as intensity, pitch, selectivity, and hearing in time and space Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify appropriate tools and scientific methods used to study hearing Audience: Undergraduate