SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
POV3439	Basic Sound Design	Fall	2	2	3	5

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Prof. Dr. NAZLI EDA NOYAN CELAYİR
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi GÖKHAN DENEÇ
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	This course examines the principles, the role and the aesthetic values of the sound production in moving image. Students are introduced to the stages of audio production & post-production and provided with the basic knowledge of audio software.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. To gain a critical understanding of, and hands-on experience with the equipment and practices of sound recording and editing techniques and design.
2. To develop practical and creative approaches to recording, creating, editing and manipulating audio.
3. To discuss the recent aesthetic and social contexts of expressing aural information and designing sound.

Course Content

This subject requires all students to have regular access to a software of digital audio workstation (DAW). The recommended DAW for Mac and Windows users is Ableton Live Intro, version 8 or better. Any other DAWs may also be used, though only limited support and instruction will be provided. You must consult with the instructor before using any other software.
All students are expected to have regular access to a computer (regardless of the type of the operating system) with an internet connection, be able to listen to sounds on this computer (with or without headphones), and regularly check their personal e-mail account and the course website/blog. Course announcements and comments on submitted work will always be distributed directly via e-mail.
There are no lecture notes that contain any related course information and classes will be held aurally, encouraing student participation to in-class discussions.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to class, Introduction to Physics of Sound Sound Indoors vs. Outdoors, Hearing of Humankind and Properties of the Ear * FEAST OF SACRIFICE - NO CLASS MEETING Microphones and Recording Techniques Ambience and Field Recordings Introduction to Ableton Live Levels of Listening, Basic Ableton Live Features Sound Mapping with Visuals #1 Automation and Warping in Ableton Live Sound Mapping with Visuals #2 Introduction to MIDI Composing Music Final Projects Evaluation #1 Final Projects Evaluation #2

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Various papers, articles, and book chapters and also audio-visual material will be assigned to read/watch/listen.
References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	10	% 25
Application	5	% 45
Final	1	% 30
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 70
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 30
Total		% 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Be able to specify functional and non-functional attributes of software projects, processes and products.
2)	Be able to design software architecture, components, interfaces and subcomponents of a system for complex engineering problems.
3)	Be able to develop a complex software system with in terms of code development, verification, testing and debugging.
4)	Be able to verify software by testing its program behavior through expected results for a complex engineering problem.
5)	Be able to maintain a complex software system due to working environment changes, new user demands and software errors that occur during operation.
6)	Be able to monitor and control changes in the complex software system, to integrate the software with other systems, and to plan and manage new releases systematically.
7)	Be able to identify, evaluate, measure, manage and apply complex software system life cycle processes in software development by working within and interdisciplinary teams.
8)	Be able to use various tools and methods to collect software requirements, design, develop, test and maintain software under realistic constraints and conditions in complex engineering problems.
9)	Be able to define basic quality metrics, apply software life cycle processes, measure software quality, identify quality model characteristics, apply standards and be able to use them to analyze, design, develop, verify and test complex software system.
10)	Be able to gain technical information about other disciplines such as sustainable development that have common boundaries with software engineering such as mathematics, science, computer engineering, industrial engineering, systems engineering, economics, management and be able to create innovative ideas in entrepreneurship activities.
11)	Be able to grasp software engineering culture and concept of ethics and have the basic information of applying them in the software engineering and learn and successfully apply necessary technical skills through professional life.
12)	Be able to write active reports using foreign languages and Turkish, understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, give clear and understandable instructions.
13)	Be able to have knowledge about the effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security in universal and societal dimensions and the problems of engineering in the era and the legal consequences of engineering solutions.