PHY207H1S
The Physics of Music
Official description
An online course intended to provide non-science students with a basic understanding of the science behind sound and music. Topics include oscillations, waves, human hearing and perception of music, musical scales, musical instruments, recording and storing sound digitally, producing sound and broadcasting. Lectures will be delivered via the web and mandatory tutorials will require live webinar participation. The final exam will require attendance on the St. George campus.
(PHY207H1 is primarily intended as a Breadth Requirement course for students with no university-level background in physics. Any student with university-level credit in physics, including students with secondary school transfer credits in physics is ineligible to take this course).
- Prerequisite
- n.a.
- Co-requisite
- n.a.
- Exclusion
- Any PHY course taken previously or concurrently (except PHY196H1/ PHY197H1/ PHY198H1/ PHY199H1/ PHY100H1/ PHY202H1/ PHY205H1)
- Recommended preparation
- n.a.
- Textbook
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['n.a.'] - Breadth requirement
- BR=5
- Distribution requirement
- DR=SCI
- course title
- PHY207H1S
- session
- winter
- year of study
- 2nd year
- time and location
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24L: Online Lectures 12T: Online Tutorials - R2/R6/R7/F2/F3 Asynchronous lecture videos will be available for students to view. Tutorials will be available only as online synchronous at their scheduled times. Please note that the final exam will require attendance on the St. George campus as it will be conducted in-person.
- Course URL
- https://phy207.physics.u…
- instructor
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