UNIV 213
Science and Engineering of Music and Sound

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Reading Assignments for Jan. 20–24 (1/21/2020)

You should read the following sections in the textbook to prepare for this week's lectures.

• M: Chapter 3 and Section 4.5
• W: Chapter 3 and Section 4.5
• F: Sections 6.1 through 6.3

Help Sessions for Feb. 2–6 (2/1/2026)

I plan to be available at least at the following times this week:

• Sunday, 9:00–10:00 pm (Zoom)
• Monday, 2:00–3:45 pm (BRKI 368)
• Monday, 9:00–10:00 pm (Zoom)
• Tuesday, 9:00–10:00 pm (Zoom)
• Wednesday, 2:00–3:45 pm (BRKI 368)
• Friday, 2:00–3:45 pm (BRKI 368)

I will usually be available for short consultations right after class on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

Guidelines and additional information:

• Please contact me if you have a conflict with these times and would like to schedule a meeting at a different time.
• The Zoom link is available at the course Moodle site.
• If I am helping another student when you drop by, you may usually join in the conversation.
• If I have been helping you for a relatively long time, I might pause our conversation to help other students who are waiting for assistance.
• For in-person sessions, if I have finished helping you, please move out to the hall or somewhere else so that the chairs in my office are clear for newly arriving students.
• As a courtesy during Zoom sessions, please use your camera.

Help Sessions for Jan. 26–Feb. 1 (1/26/2026)

I plan to be available at least at the following times this week.

• Wednesday 2:00–3:45 pm (BRKI 368)
• Thursday, 10:00–11:00 pm (Zoom)
• Friday 2:00–3:45 pm (BRKI 368)
• Sunday, 9:00–10:00 pm (Zoom)

I will usually be available for short consultations right after class on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

Guidelines and additional information:

• Please contact me if you have a conflict with these times and would like to arrange a meeting at a different time.
• The Zoom link is available at the course Moodle site.
• If I am helping another student when you drop by, you may usually join in the conversation.
• If I have been helping you for a relatively long time, I might pause our conversation to help other students who are waiting for assistance.
• For in-person sessions, if I have finished helping you, please move out to the hall or somewhere else so that the chairs in my office are clear for newly arriving students.
• As a courtesy during Zoom sessions, please use your camera.

Reading Assignments for Jan. 26–30 (1/26/2026)

You should complete the following readings to prepare for the upcoming lectures this week. This assignment has also been posted on the Assignments page. All future reading assignments will be announced on this page but will also remain on the Assignments page throughout the semester.

The sections referred to below are in the textbook by Rossing, Moore, and Wheeler (3rd edition).

• M: Skim Sections 1.3 and 1.4; read Sections 1.5 and 1.7 and the first few sections of Chapter 3.
• W: Chapter 3
• F: Chapter 3

Chapter 1 reviews some fundamental concepts from physics. You may skim those chapters if your recollection of those concepts is good from a physics course taken here on in high school. However, if you haven't taken physics or if you have not used that knowledge much or at all, you should read Sections 1.1 through 1.4 carefully.

In Chapter 3, focus on Sections 3.1 through 3.5.

Reading Assignments for Jan. 19–23 (1/26/2026)

You should read the following sections in the textbook to review the material that was covered in the first week of the course. This list has also been posted on the Assignments page. All future reading assignments will also be announced on this page and will remain on the Assignments page throughout the semester.

The sections referred to below are in the textbook by Rossing, Moore, and Wheeler (3rd edition). The "M," "W," and "F" designators refer to Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, respectively.

• M: [no class]
• W: [none]
• F: Sections 1.1 and 1.2

Course Policies and Information (1/26/2026)

A PDF copy of the course policies and information document that was distributed on the first day of class is now available via the Syllabus and Policies link at left.

Textbook (1/19/2026)

The textbook that we will be using this spring is:

T. D. Rossing, R. F. Moore, and P. A. Wheeler, The Science of Sound, 3rd ed., Pearson, 2002. ISBN-13: 9780805385656.

Copies will be available for rent or purchase at the bookstore. You may also order a copy directly from the publisher; see the link below:

https://www.pearson.com/en-us/subject-catalog/p/science-of-sound-the/P200000006977/9780805385656

Course Web Page (1/9/2026)

This is the official UNIV 213 course web site. You should check this page at least once per day for important announcements. It is your responsibility to stay informed of assignments and updates.

Each page on this site should refresh automatically every five minutes, but you might want to refresh this page manually anyway. In the past, students have missed assignments because old versions of pages were residing in their browsers' caches.