Designed to be of interest to students of music and physics. Topics covered include application of principles of sound to musical scales and temperament, room acoustics, and physics of musical instruments. Deeper treatment for physics majors is handled in one additional meeting per week. Curriculum Physics 3 cr. hrs . This course is designed as a detailed study of curriculum materials available to the secondary school teacher.
Emphasis is on laboratory procedures and innovative teaching strategies at the secondary level.
3 cr. hrs. Emphasis is on problem solving applications. 3 cr. hrs. One third of the semester is spent on Fourier analysis, Fourier integral transforms, convolution, the Fast Fourier transform, and application of these concepts to physical problems. The writing of computer programs is an integral part of the course.