Course Schedule
May be subject to change
| Date | Topic | Reading | Assignments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4/3 | Intro Lab / Course Description / Final Project Ideas | Lab 1 Assigned | |
| 4/6 | Sensory Perception / Data-driven Experiences / Physiology of the Auditory Pathway I | Moore Ch 1-2 | |
| 4/10 | Game Design Intro / Game Salad Intro / Building Sounds in Matlab | Lab 1 Videos / Matlab Due, Lab 2 Assigned | |
| 4/13 | Gameplay Labs 1 & 2 / Physiology of the Auditory Pathway II / | Moore Ch 3-4 | Board Game and Sonified Pong ready for Gameplay |
| 4/17 | Unity Intro / Controllers / Immersive AR/VR Technologies | Lab 2 Officially Due, Lab 3 Assigned | |
| 4/20 | Perception I: Loudness, Masking | ||
| 4/24 | Neuroplasticity I / Perception II: Temporal Processing, Pitch | Lab 3 Matlab Due | |
| 4/27 | Neuroplasticity II / Sensory Integration | Essay Set 1 due | |
| 5/1 | Lab 3 Gameplay / Neuroplasticity wrap-up / Plasiticity in Neural Pathway | Lab 3 Due, Lab 4 Assigned | |
| 5/4 | Intro to EEG, Closed-loop Gaming | ||
| 5/8 | Lab 4 Gameplay (Bio-Feedback) / OSC & Unity / Auditory Scene Analysis I / Intro to VR | Lab 4 Due / Lab 5 Assigned | |
| 5/11 | Auditory Scene Analysis II In-Class Debate: Regulation of Gaming | Papers for Debate | |
| 5/15 | Lab 5 Gameplay / Psychophysics and Neural Correlates of Spatial Perception / Final Project Discussion | Lab 5 Due / Final Project Assigned | |
| 5/18 | Dolby Visit - Meet at Dolby at 9:15 SHARP | Essay Set 2 due | |
| 5/22 | Lab Perceptual Experiment / Psychophysical Testing Methods / Performance Assessing Metrics | Final Project Abstract / Outline due | |
| 5/25 | Auditory Attention / Speech Perception / Special Topics | Essay Set 3 due | |
| 5/29 | Lab Final Project Milestone Demos / Project Discussion | Final Project Milestone due | |
| 6/1 | Project Topics / Special Topics | ||
| 6/5 | Work on Final Projects / Rehearsal | Final Project ‘Penultimate Version,’ Posters due |