Masters course in Acoustics at London South Bank University - A route on to our PhD programme

Stephen Dance

The Masters program in Environmental and Architectural Acoustics (MSc) from London South Bank University is taught at the Department of Urban Engineering. This was the first Masters course at the University and has been running for more than 30 years. The MSc program is delivered on a two and five semester basis depending if taken on a full-time or part-time basis with a two semester exemption if the applicant have already been award an Institute of Acoustic Diploma. The course is focused on the application of tools to solve real world acoustic problems in the built environment. The Masters students spend 50% of the time in the laboratory undertaken practicals which either prove or disprove classical acoustic theory using the very latest acoustics equipment. The course culminates with a thesis which the student normally undertakes over the summer. The best dissertations are then put forward for international awards and the students get to go to an national or international conference

Mots clés: Education; Research

Domaines: Acoustique [physics.class-ph]

Stephen Dance. Masters course in Acoustics at London South Bank University - A route on to our PhD programme. Acoustics 2012, Apr 2012, Nantes, France. ⟨hal-00810550⟩