Program Overview

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Introduction to the Acoustic Design Course

The Acoustic Design Course is a program that fosters individuals capable of creating human-friendly sound environments, improving the quality of acoustic information, and creating sound-related art and culture. This course aims to cultivate individuals with comprehensive problem-solving skills in a wide range of fields, such as sound-related arts, sciences, and technologies.

Curriculum

The curriculum of the Acoustic Design Course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in acoustic design. The course is divided into four systems: Design Science, Design Engineering, Design and Production, and Cultural and Social Design. Through these systems, students acquire and deepen their specialized knowledge and develop their ability to realize their sound design sensibilities.

Fields of Study

The Acoustic Design Course offers four fields of study:

• Sound Culture: Students learn about the characteristics and issues of sound culture by utilizing their knowledge and practical skills related to the history and culture of sound and music, work production, and expression theory and techniques.
• Acoustic Environmental Engineering: Based on a foundation of mathematics and engineering, students learn about the analysis, control, and evaluation of sound, the design of sound environments suitable for all people, and the proper processing and transmission of acoustic information.
• Acoustic Informatics Science: Students learn about human information processing from a scientific perspective, including the perceptual system and physiological mechanisms related to human audiovisual perception and communication through speech.
• Fosters capable personnel: The course provides practical education in basic and applied research and the production of works covering a wide range of sound-related arts, sciences, and technologies.

Faculty Members

The faculty members of the Acoustic Design Course are experts in their respective fields, with specializations including:

• Speech Information Processing
• Musicology, Music Theory & Analysis, Music Culture
• Applied Acoustical Engineering
• Perceptual Psychology
• Acoustic Engineering
• Psychoacoustics, Environmental Acoustics
• Media Arts
• Performance Evaluation of Acoustic Engineering System
• Psychology of Hearing
• Psychoacoustics, Noise Control Engineering
• Signal Processing, Image Processing
• Cognitive science, Psychology of Music
• Experimental Music, Sound Arts
• Architectural Acoustics, Computational Acoustics
• Auditory Information Processing
• Musicology, History of Japanese Music
• Speech Science

Student Works

The Acoustic Design Course encourages students to engage in various projects and research activities, showcasing their skills and creativity. Some notable student works include:

• Awarded the Excellent Project Production Award at the 11th ReCST Student Music Recording Excellence Contest
• Geng-Yan Jhang (Human Science International Course) was awarded Sempre Award at ICMPC17-APSCOM7

Facilities

The Acoustic Design Course has access to state-of-the-art facilities, including:

• Variable Reverberation Room: A rarity among acoustic laboratories, this facility has the ability to modify reverberation times.
• Acoustic Research Center: The center has all of the lab equipment needed for acoustics education and research, including an anechoic room, reverberation room, and recording studio.

Career

Graduates of the Acoustic Design Course are expected to play an active role in various companies related to sound, such as manufacturers of acoustic and communication equipment, electric appliances, musical instruments, etc. They can also work in architectural acoustics and noise control-related fields, software and communication-related fields, and companies' research laboratories.

Alumni Messages

Some notable alumni of the Acoustic Design Course include:

• TSUKUI Tomoya, Turbomachinery & Machine Elements Dept., Technology Platform Center, Corporate Research and Development Division, IHI Corporation
• GOTO Kosuke, Takenaka Corporation Research & Development Institute
• SUZUKI Kosuke, Nagata Acoustics

These alumni have achieved success in their respective fields, demonstrating the effectiveness of the Acoustic Design Course in preparing students for their future careers.