NM1600 - Digital Sounds and Surrounds

Credit points:	03
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Creative Arts

Available to all students

Students are introduced to a range of digital sound technologies and contexts in which these are applied. Music, film and multimedia contexts are examined, with a range of online tutorials providing practical grounding in the use of sound with text and image in the digital realm.

Learning Outcomes

• understanding of the range of contexts in which digital sound is utilised;
• knowledge of industry standard hardware and software systems;
• knowledge of the use of digital sound technologies in specific contexts of music, film and multimedia;
• practical knowledge of the combinations of digital sound with text and image.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to evaluate that information;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to manage future career and personal development;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coordinator:	Dr Steven Campbell
Lecturers:	Dr Steven Campbell, Mr Bjarne Ohlin.
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures - 1 hour lecture/week 26 hours tutorials - 2 hour workshop/week
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); quizzes or tests (20%); online tutorial exams (40%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.