Course length: Part-time: 34 weeks, one day per week (currently a Wednesday).
You´ll study the following modules:
General Principles of Acoustics
This module provides a foundation for further study in acoustics, and deals with the nature and behaviour of sound and vibration, its measurement, response of humans to sound and vibration, room acoustics, and basic noise control engineering.
Laboratory and Experimental methods
This module develops the practical skills which are essential for the professional acoustician, and also supports some of the basic principles introduced in the General Acoustics module.
Project
This module is an opportunity for students to carry out an individual research study in a specific area of acoustics.
The specialist modules provide an opportunity for students to focus in a specific area of acoustics. Students take a further two specialist modules from the following:
Building Acoustics
The Building Acoustics module considers the acoustical parameters that define the sound quality in a space, and reviews a selection of case studies.
Regulation and Assessment of Noise
The module focuses on the legislative aspects and the Standards and Guidance documents in acoustics.
Environmental noise: Prediction, Measurement and Control
This module focuses on the main sources of noise, their impact on the environment, and how they are assessed and controlled.
Noise and Vibration Control Engineering
This module considers the full range of mitigation measures associated with noise/vibration control at source, along the transmission path, and at the receiver end.
The modules are assessed by a combination of coursework and examination. Coursework is comprised of laboratory reports and a small number of nationally-set assignments set by the IOA. The examinations normally take place in June – and there are 3 examinations in total.