| DAY | LECTURE: | NOTES: | # | Chpt | TOPIC |
| THUR | Aug 21 | First Class | 1 | 0 | Introduction and course overview, What is Music? |
| TUE | Aug 26 | 2 | 1 | The Nature of Sound: Basic Units | |
| THUR | Aug 28 | 3 | 2 | Waves & Vibrations: | |
| TUE | Sept 02 | 4 | 2 | Simple Harmonic Oscillations | |
| THUR | Sept 04 | 5 | 3 | Sources of Sound | |
| TUE | Sept 09 | 6 | 4 | Reflection, Refraction, Diffraction, Interference | |
| THUR | Sept 11 | 7 | 4 | Doppler Effect; Beats | |
| TUE | Sept 16 | 8 | 5 | Amplitude, Energy, Intensity; Decibel Scale | |
| THUR | Sept 18 | 9 | 5 | Inverse Sq. Law; | |
| TUE | Sept 23 | 10 | 5 | Combined Levels & Interference | |
| THUR | Sept 25 | EXAM 1 | 11 | Chpts. 1-5 | |
| TUE | Sept 30 | 12 | 6 | Go over Exam I; & Ch.6 intro | |
| THUR | Oct 02 | 13 | 6 | The Human Ear | |
| TUE | Oct 07 | 14 | 6 | Pitch, Frequency, Loudness | |
| THUR | Oct 09 | 15 | 7 | Scales; Harmonic Series | |
| TUE | Oct 14 | Fall Break | |||
| THUR | Oct 16 | 16 | 8 | Periodic Waves & Fourier Spectra | |
| TUE | Oct 21 | 17 | 9 | Coupled Pendulums | |
| THUR | Oct 23 | EXAM 2 | 18 | Chpts. 6-8 | |
| TUE | Oct 28 | 19 | 9 | go over Exam II; Drums, Cymbals, and Bells | |
| THUR | Oct 30 | 20 | 15 | Room Acoustics | |
| TUE | Nov 04 | Drop Date | 21 | 10 | Strings: The Piano |
| THUR | Nov 06 | 22 | 11 | Violins | |
| TUE | Nov 11 | 23 | 11 | Violins(continued) | |
| THUR | Nov 13 | 24 | 12 | Blown Pipes & Flutes | |
| TUE | Nov 18 | 25 | 12 | Blown Pipes & Flutes (continues) | |
| THUR | Nov 20 | 26 | 13 | Organ Pipes; The Brass Family | |
| TUE | Nov 25 | 27 | 13 | Organ Pipes; The Brass Family: (continued) | |
| THUR | Nov 27 | Thanksgiving | |||
| TUE | Dec 02 | Last Class | 28 | 14 | The Human Voice; Formants |
| WED | Dec 10 | FINAL EXAM | 11:30-2:30pm | ||
| Adjustments may be made depending on student interests/needs and unplanned events |
| DAY | NOTES | # | LAB (Tentative) | |
| MON | Aug 25 | FIRST LAB | 1 | Measurement and Errors |
| MON | Sept 01 | Labor Day | ||
| MON | Sept 08 | 2 | Speed of Sound | |
| MON | Sept 15 | 3 | Velocity of Sound in a Gas/Resonant Tubes | |
| MON | Sept 22 | 4 | Transverse Waves | |
| MON | Sept 29 | 5 | Simple musical instruments: | |
| MON | Oct 06 | 6 | Computer based labs | |
| MON | Oct 13 | Fall Break | ||
| MON | Oct 20 | 7 | Fourier Transforms | |
| MON | Oct 27 | 8 | Diffraction and Interference | |
| MON | Nov 03 | 9 | Resonant Flame tube | |
| MON | Nov 10 | 10 | Oscilloscope experiments | |
| MON | Nov 17 | 11 | Standing wave patters in 2-D | |
| MON | Nov 24 | |||
| MON | Dec 01 | |||
| WED | Dec 10 | FINAL EXAM |