Course Name: Architectural Acoustics

Course abstract

The lectures will be oriented towards the students of architecture and will highlight on the evolution of acoustical science and its application in design and planning until today. The fundamentals of acoustics are an essential component while designing specific spaces small and big like recording studios, class rooms, lecture halls, auditoriums. The Architectural Acoustics course is broadly classified into three sub sections and comprises of 8 modules: After introduction to the course the lectures will be on sound physics. Lectures will include various characteristics of sound, its origin, propagation and auditory sensation and the measurement techniques. Difference in behaviour of sound in closed and open spaces and the mathematical calculations will also be covered. The primary focus of the second part is on acoustical design of spaces which includes room acoustics, understanding the phenomena of reverberation and sound absorption and finally design spaces where the primary purpose is related to achieving good sound quality. It includes small spaces like class room to lecture halls or large spaces like cinema halls and auditorium. The third subsection of the course will cover the aspects of environmental noise control - both air borne and structure borne.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Sumana Gupta

Dr. Sumana Gupta is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture and Regional Planning at IIT Kharagpur since 2013. She completed her Master’s degree and Doctoral Degree from the same Institute in 2008 and 2012 with a special interest in transportation planning and service quality evaluation of transport related facilities. Prior to this she worked for fourteen years as a professional architect and as a Lecturer in a Government Polytechnic College in India. She completed her Bachelor degree in Architecture in 1992 from Calcutta University. During her professional exposure as an architect she was involved in Science city auditorium design and presently offers the Buliding Acoustics course to the fourth year architecture students for the last four years.
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Prof. Sankha Pratim Bhattacharya

Dr. Shankha Pratim Bhattacharya is presently an Assistant Professor in Department of Architecture and Regional Planning, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He is an Architectural Engineer by profession and having more than fifteen years of teaching experience. He did his PhD on Modeling on Building Structure under Seismic Excitation in 2011.
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 Course Duration : Aug-Oct 2021

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 Syllabus

 Enrollment : 20-May-2021 to 23-Aug-2021

 Exam registration : 17-Jun-2021 to 17-Sep-2021

 Exam Date : 23-Oct-2021

Enrolled

2014

Registered

84

Certificate Eligible

45

Certified Category Count

Gold

1

Silver

10

Elite

16

Successfully completed

18

Participation

14

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold





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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 6 out of 8 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
    Note:We have taken best assignment score from both July 2020 and July 2021 courses
Architectural Acoustics - Toppers list

VATSAL PANKAJSINH PARMAR 90%

SUMEET JENA 83%

SANJIV PURI 83%

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 2014

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 82

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Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.