PH 203 - The Physics of Music and Sound

Prerequisites: PH 100 or PH 103 or PH 150 or equivalent. Corequisite: PH 203L - you must enroll in a section of PH 203L before you can enroll in PH 203 A second- semester course in physics for students with music and sound recording majors and others with a special interest in music, acoustics, or sound and hearing. Study of the physics underlying such things as the production of sound by musical instruments, electromagnetic storage and reproduction of sound, human hearing, and acoustics of concert halls and other spaces. Integrated laboratory experiments provide hands-on experience of these phenomena. Laboratory fee. 4 credits