TY - JOUR AU - Ramakrishnan, Ramani PY - 2017/08/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - TEACHING ACOUSTICS TO ARCHITECTS JF - Canadian Acoustics JA - Canadian Acoustics VL - 45 IS - 3 SE - Proceedings of the Acoustics Week in Canada DO - UR - https://jcaa.caa-aca.ca/index.php/jcaa/article/view/3154 SP - 102-103 AB - <p class="Abstract">Teaching acoustics in most Canadian universities, with one exception, is an exercise in isolation.  In many departments across Canada, acoustics is presented to suit the particular student population.  Somewhat similar conditions exist in the Department of Architectural Science at Ryerson University.  My colleague in the department will discuss his experiences of teaching an undergraduate course to third year architecture students.  The current paper will focus on an elective building acoustics course taught at the graduate level.  Even though the department is part of the engineering faculty, architects seem to impose a disconnect with engineers.  In addition, when architects design spaces the focus is seen to be on possibilities rather the potential implementation of the design.  How to overcome the disconnect is the main obstacle for engineers.  Can one still teach a useful and practical acoustics course?  The answer to the above vexing problem is the main focus of the current paper.</p> ER -